A carwash owner painted the outside of his premises in Hengrove bright yellow – only for it to be scrawled with graffiti.

Ibrahim Ali got his paint brush recently when he realised that the dull exterior of Diamond Car Valetting, in Wells Road, did not make the business stand out on the busy road.

He even commissioned a professional graffiti artist to draw a car on the outside of the single-storey building.

But the 34-year-old was disgusted a few days later to discover that ugly green graffiti had been drawn all over the yellow wall.

He said: "The entrance wall was a horrible magnolia colour when we first came here. So I decided to paint it yellow. People have walked past and commented on how it brightens up the area, and they're pleased it's not pink.

"A graffiti artist also printed a green car with two 'magic men' who are supposed to be able to see through the bubbles to discover where a car has travelled. For example, there's a painting of a mountain, so the car has been to the mountains. It was my idea, but the artist helped me develop it."

But just as the small business was looking professional and newly painted, unsightly graffiti was painted all over the yellow wall.

Ibrahim said: "Some people have come along and put graffiti over the yellow wall and ruined it. They must have jumped over the fence in the middle of the night."

Ibrahim, who lives with his wife and four-year-old son in Zetland Road, Redland, has been running the business with friends after coming to England from Jordan.

Ibrahim added: "I chose yellow because I wanted something that people would notice, but not a silly colour.

"It makes people happy, and many car washes use the colour yellow with black writing on their signs."

Ibrahim now plans to repaint the large building with more yellow paint to disguise the ugly graffiti.