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Advice on ‘ghosting’ removal from vehicles.
Hi all, I had a repair to a customers van yesterday. The txt logo I removed had shrunk quite a bit 2/3 mm.
The glue once cleaned off left a clear outline where the outside edge of the original text was. I tried to get the new logo directly on top of the original to hide as much of this as possible although some was still visible.
I’m sure the customer gets his van waxed, will this make a difference to the reisdue left behind once cleaned off? It’s a black van and the vinyl has only been on for 4/5 months.
Any advice?
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ghosting is basically where the paint has been protected by the vinyl, the exposed areas are weathered.
weathering can be accelerated by the quality of the paint work being poor, non-factory finish etc so abrasion effects it more/quicker.
other than the likes of t-cut etc. theres not allot you can do unless you hand it over to a pro body shop to dry buffing it out.best of luck with it…
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Cheers Rob, I applied the smallest bit of t-cut to the areas yesterday and all seemed ok when it left.
Just thinking ahead in case there are any further issues.
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T-cut (always in my fitting box) works wonders 😀
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I always advise customers that this may happen when removing old and if they really want to worry about it then I suggest they go to a local valet place who’ll mop it down for about £80, most can’t be bothered to be fair. I don’t like to do anything to vehicles that involves cutting the paint, what if you make an area shiney, you have to keep going to the edge of the panel so it doesn’t stand out, then where do you stop!
I only made the mistake once – cost me several hours mopping an entire red astra van to ‘finish what i’d started’ and make it look good all over!!
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I always point it out to customer first before starting job – with option for a full valet or just the area that I’m working on. (have really good deal with local garage to do my valets!)
I personal don’t like customers doing their own valets before bringing me the vehicle, as was caught out recently by a valet that had polished the car with ‘nano-polish’ – wasn’t told and had HUGE problems getting anything to stick 😕 -
don’t add up to me
been on 4-5 mts and 3mm shrinkage what you using fablon and no nails to stick it 😉 -
quote Chris Wool:don’t add up to me
been on 4-5 mts and 3mm shrinkage what you using fablon and no nails to stick it 😉I didn’t realise the vinyl was that new, I wouldn’t expect any ghosting after such a short time – unless on rubbish paint.
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Haha 😛
It was on a new Transit (Not the new shape) Like I said he gets it waxed/ polished and wondered if my cleaners or glue had reacted to this.
It was M4 Matt black.
All ok though, the missed call I got was to ask if I was able to do Risk Assesment pads.. Better to be prepared though.. right 😉
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