Body Work Before Vinyl Wrap

When wraps won t work.

Body work before vinyl wrap.

I lucked out as the wrap was almost identical color corvette white as the painted portions of car i did not wrap. Many companies are offer color shifting wraps that transition from one color to another depending on the angle of the light. You can put wax on a fresh paint but not a sealant. Always clean your space before attempting to install the wrap.

They use a heat gun to make the material more pliable so it can properly hug the contours of the vehicle. You need to let the paint cure properly before you put any vinyl or even a sealant. Remove hardware and clean it molding nozzles side lights. The installers then apply the vinyl wrap to the body of the vehicle.

Even if the problem area is small installing a wrap over the damaged paint has the potential of creating more problems. Need body work before you wrap it up. We recommend professional paint repair and proper cure time before a wrap should be applied to a vehicle. 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.

A wrap won t work. If you put a vinyl on primer it may come off when you ll remove the vinyl. Tucson s premier local vinyl wrap shop. The only vinyl wrap film we can recommend to hide this damage is rwraps 3d carbon fiber or series 1080 carbon fiber films.

For prep i just used an orbital sander to get surface smooth but certainly not paint worthy prep. 30 days is the normal time. Any color you can paint a car can be matched with vinyl. Tucson az united states 85711 2019 by southwest graphics wraps.

I would personally paint it first then wrap it. Even then we cannot guarantee the condition of the paint once the wrap is removed. In my opinion wrap over my unskilled body work looked better than if i painted.