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Okay! I finally figured it out! My body shop guy who removes the body parts came over and looked at the lines and immediately says, those are sand marks in the body. Apparently the car had been in an accident and was repainted on the back end. The people who repainted it, did not sand correctly...

I have not used any other colors of the 3M 1080. This the first time I have used it. I have the Black Metallic Gloss and the Firestorm Red Metallic Gloss. Both do the same exact thing. And yes, I have squeegeed some of the spots, pulled it up and squeegeed again, but like I said, it has the same...

3M 1080 Glo Thanks for the reply fella! I took many photos, but couldn't get a good photo of what I am talking about, but then found one of the bumper that showed a few lines. Look at the photo with the black and you can see lines in it. I have two photos of the same lines, one is a closeup...

I am doing a color change wrap for a 2014 Camaro and never have used this type of vinyl before (3M 1080 Black Gloss Metallic). I have only printed and installed using 3M180CV3 and others. After starting the wrap job on the Camaro, I started on the back bumper and after getting finished, I am...

Your should be able to profile your media with Flexisign Pro. It isn't a true postscript rip so it does have some problems but you should be able to get by. You will need a spectrophotometer to profile media. Your issue isn't with the profile, it is with your media being full of dust or dirt...

The sign will be approximately 48" wide by 36" tall. Probably will use something like Alumacore or a PVC material. Will be attached to both sides of a projecting metal bracket that holds the two signs, to be viewed from both directions of the street. The bracket shall have a top and bottom bar...

The car wash they use has high pressure sprayers that are door height and above the vehicle. After going thru the car wash, it didn't appear that this could be the only reason why the pieces were coming off. I would assume that the presoak, and waxes they have in that carwash could attack the...

Looking for someone who knows about designing projecting sign brackets. I need some help designing a bracket to hold a two sided sign projecting on a outside brick wall. Sign will be approximately 36x48 wide. I would assume I need to attach to wall on top and bottom and attach sign to bars...

You are correct, it should hold up in a carwash. I have had this problem twice and both times the client has used the same carwash. I just went to the carwash and all the decals that are applied to their kiosk and on the building and inside the wash bay, are all coming off exactly like this...

All vehicles we install graphics on are washed with a detergent mixed with water, and then with 70% alcohol solution. The vehicles are spotless before putting on the vinyl. If it wasn't cleaned properly, why can't you get the rest of the vinyl off without heating it up?

Car Washing My client has over 15 vehicles I have installed vinyl onto and these two are the only ones that are doing this. They run them all thru an automatic car wash that has no brushes, just power washers. Why would only these two have the edges coming off and none of the other vehicles? I...

Have the same issue. I had a head replaced and the same thing happened. I would get lines printing when using the targets for cutting. Everytime you have the targets on to print, these horizontal lines print at the end and beginning of the job. Also when you do a bi directional print, it will...

I have installed two vans for a client using cut vinyl. I used a 3M 7125/7175 series cast vinyl. The installation took place in fall of 2010 and both vehicles have the same problem of the edges coming off. I can still see the adhesive on the vehicle in which has attracted dirt. Can anyone tell...

Just putting out a warning to all people wondering if they should switch to a third party ink such as WINCOM Digital. I purchased ink from Wincom Digital out of Canada for about 9 months. When I first started using them, the ink seemed to work absolutely wonderful. I did have to create all new...