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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strudeau wrote: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.
Not true at all..... Some cars do come from the factory with small, high impact areas covered with paint protection which is on top of the paint not under it. No good paint job would include painting over anything like you speak of.
