Body Work Before Vinyl Wrap

Always clean your space before attempting to install the wrap.

Body work before vinyl wrap.

When wraps won t work. Many companies are offer color shifting wraps that transition from one color to another depending on the angle of the light. I lucked out as the wrap was almost identical color corvette white as the painted portions of car i did not wrap. Not a problem for our friends over at national auto collision centers.

Any color you can paint a car can be matched with vinyl. If you put a vinyl on primer it may come off when you ll remove the vinyl. You need to let the paint cure properly before you put any vinyl or even a sealant. The only vinyl wrap film we can recommend to hide this damage is rwraps 3d carbon fiber or series 1080 carbon fiber films.

They use a heat gun to make the material more pliable so it can properly hug the contours of the vehicle. Vinyl wraps offer a larger variety of color and finish options than paint. A wrap won t work. Even then we cannot guarantee the condition of the paint once the wrap is removed.

Here s why the cast vinyl used for vehicle wraps will only adhere to paint that is in original oem or like new very good quality condition. In my opinion wrap over my unskilled body work looked better than if i painted. For prep i just used an orbital sander to get surface smooth but certainly not paint worthy prep. I would personally paint it first then wrap it.

30 days is the normal time. Need body work before you wrap it up. Even if the problem area is small installing a wrap over the damaged paint has the potential of creating more problems. It s best to sweep and mop before you bring the car into the space especially in winter due to the electro static charge of the vinyl wraps that will attract dust.

We recommend professional paint repair and proper cure time before a wrap should be applied to a vehicle. Remove hardware and clean it molding nozzles side lights. Tucson az united states 85711 2019 by southwest graphics wraps.