Painting over 3M Film
Just got back from 6 weeks in Mesa Az. Spoke to a Mobile paint guy who was doing a lot of work on RV's at the resort where we were staying, and I asked him about removing my 3M film on the front of t...
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LVJ58 wrote:
It would seem that one could mask around the edges of the graphics, then lightly sand over the vinyl graphics with ultra fine grit paper.
A primer coat could then be sprayed over the graphics to fill any hairline cracks in the vinyl graphics.
After the primer drys then a color spray could be applied over the graphics.
I would think that would work, but of course I could be wrong as often I am...:S
Actually that is exactly what the paint guy said he would do. Has rational was that most if not all cars today are clear coated and have a plastic over the bumpers and fender well areas. He pointed out that auto body shops don't strip the plastic when painting your slightly damaged bumper. Made sense to me.
