Can you vinyl wrap over primer

This is another cause for concern for people interested in skipping the full paint job and going straight to wrapping the car. Not unless, you apply a sealant on top, you will have a huge problem with keeping moisture away from the surface of your car. Vinyl wrap will need a lot of heat for it to stick over primer than it would over paint. This is because of the surface texture of primer. A coat of clear always does an excellent job at protecting the paint and the metal beneath it.

Plus, it also creates a surface that can adhere well to vinyl wrap. We have already listed some of the reasons why that is above. A lot of people have had terrible experiences with wrapping over primer. In most cases, the wrap would come off with the primer. The ideal foundation for the vinyl wrap is a well-painted and cleaned surface. Forget about the shortcuts if you want your vinyl wrap to last for a long time. Instead, paint the car as one would normally do, and then wrap it as you may wish.

Ask any professional detailer, they will be completely against the idea of wrapping over primer. The worst thing you can do is wrap directly over freshly painted primer. And when it does come off, it will remove a significant amount of the primer. Forcing you to start the process from scratch and wasting the primer you had already applied on the sanded surface of your car.

Also, you have to familiarize yourself with the process of removing vinyl wrap properly. If you do it wrongly, it will come off with some paint and that is what you should avoid. Fillers are used to hide scratches and similar to primer, are one of the things that go first in the painting process.

Secondly, fillers ought to also be left to dry fully before the paint can be sprayed over it, and only then can a car be wrapped. Of course, it will. What will vinyl wrap stick to?

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Does vinyl wrap scratch easily? Can you wrap a car yourself? Similar Asks. Popular Asks. Has anyone ever wrapped a vehicle that is only prime painted, any problems with adhesive not sticking to primer and what could be done. OldPaint New Member. Pat Whatley New Member.

Not an utomobile but a piece of industrial machinery. It had been shot with an epoxy primer. Vinyl stuck just fine and went down nice and smooth. Finished the whole 2' x 8' panel in minutes.

Went back to trim the edges and around the holes where the knobs and switches were going to be installed and that's where the trouble started. I'd see a little pucker along an edge and squeegee the devil out of it but couldn't get it to stick. Then shallow bubbles doing the same thing. We left it on for a couple of hours to see what would happen.

Slowly but surely the whole thing was going to fail. Thanks for your help! Hi Nicholas, Thanks for your question! Either way, the problem can usually be solved by using a touch-up paint pen carefully applied to fill the chips.

Once the surface area is clean and level, your vehicle should be ready to wrap. Hope that answers your question! Best of luck with your restoration project! I have a E van that definitely needs some bodywork.

If I get it prepped for paint but do a wrap instead, would that work? Thanks in advance. Hi Bernard, We appreciate your question. As long as it has a good primer coat, it should be okay to apply a wrap.

You never want to wrap over bare metal. Hope that helps! I think the solution is to sand the whole surface smooth again. To get the best adhesion, how fine a grit do I need to work down to? Hi Paul, Thanks so much for your question! If you do sand, we suggest using at least 1, or even 2, grit. We only sand where needed and with good transitions between the sanded and unsanded areas.

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