Car stickers and paint?

[Phill Fenton]

Yes this can happen when a vehicle has been re-sprayed. It’s down to the quality of the paint but I have never known it to happen on a factory finish paint job.

You shouldn’t be held responsible for the paint quality of the vehicle you supply stickers for.

[Glen Mathers]

Never happened to me, it must have been painted very recent or it’s a very poor paint job.

[Gert du Preez]

It happens on new cars as well.

Once did a full wrap on a 12 seater minibus. the client came back with prints flapping in the wind a while later.

Turned out the vinyl was still firmly stuck to the paint, and the paint was not stuck at all on the body…….

Must add, it was a Chinese made van. 🙄

[Martin Pearson]

As has been said it can & does happen, never seen it myself on a factory painted vehicle but have heard about it.
Best way to cover yourself is to always make sure you warn the customer that it is a possibility.

Have had it happen on vehicles that have had a cheap blow over and also vehicles that have been painted with non automotive paint, I kid you not one guy I use to do some work for used to paint his vans with dulux gloss :lol1: Actually it probably wasn’t dulux as he wouldn’t pay that kind of money.

[Tim Painter]

As has been said poor quality paint job.

Removed some graphics from a clients car the other week and paint came off in one area.

At the right angle you could see it had a poor repair in that section.
With the fine scratches from being rubbed down visible.

[Chris Hansen]

sounds like a bog repair job on a pre existing accident, or a completely shite paint job….
Hehe, first edit on swear words lol

[Simon Worrall]

I recently applied two large printed sides to a recently spray painted trailer. As I was installing them, using 3m ij380, a small patch of the paint came off. Underneath was galvanised metal.
I pointed this out to the customer, and he accepted he had sprayed the trailer himself without the use of etch primer, having been advised he didnt need it by a paint "specialist"

He asked me to finish applying the stickers as best I can, accepting it was fully his responsibility and absolving me of any blame whatsoever.

Last week he came back – the paint had fallen off in ugly patches all over the trailer – except where the stickers protected it. He asked me if I could cover the rest with vinyl.
I refused to waste his money this way, told him to have it stripped down completely, and start again.

My question is this. Does galvanised metal need treatment before vinyl can be applied directly to it, or can I offer to wrap it completely instead of his getting it resprayed first?
It would probably be cheaper for him just to cut out the middleman, and wrap the whole thing.

[Chris Hansen]

I would say, from limited experience doing galvanized boats, you clean until tomorrow and still stuff comes off, so I think treating would be necessary. yes the vinyl sticks but for a wrap i would think you need a better surface.