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Paint and Coatings

 All paints (water based "latex" or oil based) must be given adequate time to dry before installing any vinyl or poor adhesion, bubbles and eventual edge curl will result. Although "adequate" is a loose term, we recommend that if the painted faces cannot be stacked without sticking to one another, then they are also not dry enough for vinyl.

Paints should be well dried and cured before installation of signage. It is always better to use two lighter coats of paint rather than one heavier coat when painting signs that are to be covered with films, as drying and curing will be faster and more complete.

Flat latex paints are harder to stick to than others.

Some latex surfaces may be incompatible with pressure sensitive graphics. A prime coat may be applied before vinyl installation. A good on-site test for dryness of a painted vehicle surface is to press a thumbnail into the paint. If the nail edge leaves an impression the paint is still too soft to apply graphics upon.

Vinyl adheres better to surfaces that have been painted with a gloss or satin finish as opposed to surfaces that have been painted with a flat or matte finish. This has to do with the amount of surface contact available to the adhesive.
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Vinyl generally sticks better to oil based paints than water based or latex products. There are some exceptions to this rule and we have found that vinyl modified acrylic latex paints receive vinyl better than straight PVA types.

If you are interested in putting vinyl on a painted wall it is important that the wall be primed before painting. This reduces the chances of removing the paint layer when the vinyl is removed. Vinyl removal from a wall should be done when the wall/vinyl are warm – either by increasing the ambient air temperature or by using "Mild Heat" from a hair dryer.

If the vinyl doesn't want to stick initially it can be made to stick a little better by using a heat gun and squeegee on the applied film before removing the application tape.

Alternatively the application tape removal can be made easier by lightly spraying the graphic with application fluid (soapy water), waiting two minutes and then peeling back the application paper at a flat reverse angle against the graphic.

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