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can anyone tell me if vinyl will stick to rust?
May seem like a silly question but was just wondering, can vinyl stick to rust or not??? Thanks for the information it is appreciated.
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yes if its absolutely dry, no lose bits and clean. but not 100% adhesion.
silly question no
chris
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No Stephanie. It’s would be like asking it to adhere to sand. You always need a clean grease free surface.
Karl
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Okay thanks for the information Chris and Karl I appreciate it.
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Karl has a better class of customer than me.
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Yer joking Chris. Where my place is it’s like Iraq with chip shops. 😀
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spray acrylic on it first and it helps the adhesion.
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Thanks for the tip James, that is a good trick to know!
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it won’t make the sign look any better though Stephanie 🙄
Lynn
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The vinyl might stick to the rust – but will the rust stick to the metal 😕
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Its actually a vehicle we are doing, well I’m doing. Its my husband’s little car, their is just a little bit of rust by the wheels on the one side. And I’m wrapping his car to learn how to well wrap vehicles and I just wanted to see if it would cause any issues.
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Steph, treat vinyl like paint, it will stick to rust, but not for long.
Rub the rust down to bare metal first, apply a couple of coats of primer, rub down smooth, then apply the vinylPeter
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quote Peter Normington:Steph, treat vinyl like paint, it will stick to rust, but not for long.
Rub the rust down to bare metal first, apply a couple of coats of primer, rub down smooth, then apply the vinylPeter
Okay thats is what I will do then, thanks.
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Rust is oxidation i.e rotting of iron through exposure by the reaction of iron with oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture.
It would be foolish to the extreme to apply any vinyl to panels that are that far gone in the terms of deterioration.
If you value your reputation refuse point blank and tell your customer to buy a new(er) vehicle.
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Ali, its stephs husband’s car, so she would have a hard time telling him to buy a newer car… or would she?
Peter
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quote Peter Normington:Ali, its stephs husband’s car, so she would have a hard time telling him to buy a newer car… or would she?
Peter
New(er) car then.
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We have other things to pay for that are more important then buying a newer vehicle, especially since there is nothing wrong with the one we have now. My husband is just bored of his white car and I need to learn how to wrap so I figured it would be a good place to start as its not that much of a concern if I mess it up of if it does not stay on all that long. As we are just going to use a HP roll of vinyl of what ever color we choose.
But thanks for the advice anyway Ali.
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