Clear Coat Over Vinyl Decals Pulling Up

With a few materials and a little of your time you can clear coat decals yourself.

Clear coat over vinyl decals pulling up.

A few years ago a customer bought some norton decals installed them and his painter clearcoated over them. Just wondering if anyone has sprayed 2k clear over vinyl decals. This question comes up a lot. He tried to sue us in small claims court for the cost of the paint job and the decals.

I have attached a picture of a table i did several years ago for a 60 boat in florida. Clear coat also has a reputation for changing the way light is reflected off of the vinyl changing the way the colors appear. They are huge raiders fans and i have some metalized raiders logos i bought on the net and their names in vinyl decals i need to put on then clear. I used an automotive acrylic urethane as my topcoat.

But i have a couple of tumblers to do for my nephew and his soon to be wife. And i would not recommend applying vinyl decal or vehicle graphics on a large scale such as the black and pink starred car above then clear coating over top of the decals. When you add decals to your motorcycle or other vehicle as décor you will want to add a clear coat over the top of the decal. In all instances i had the company that does the vinyl graphics on our company vehicles supply and cut the vinyl.

For the same reason you might want to switch things up for you might not want the effect to be so permanent. Everyone wants to know how to seal vinyl decals. You can seal these all different ways depending on what you re going to use the project for. Well today we are going to share not just one way but three different ways you can seal your vinyl decals.

The decals fried and wrecked his paint job. Clear coating helps to protect the decal from peeling cracking or sustaining other damage from exposure to the elements. If you do decide to go with a clear coat we highly recommend testing the results on a separate piece of your vinyl wrap. We re using a wood ceramic and a plastic material here.

I usually paint decal dip pull the decal and clear. Spray one coat onto your vinyl. How to apply clear vinyl wrap. How to seal vinyl decals.