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After doing this for years, I (for some time now) apply this dry always. Application fluid brings it's own set of risks/challenges to the game, beyond having to wait a long time before removing the transfer tape. As was stated earlier---experience pays dividends. When I used to use fluid, I...

3M 680CR is the only reflective I will warranty.

When someone asks "$300, can you do any better?",...I'll answer "Sure, let's make it $350"...always gets a smile.

Agreed; however when I choose to pre-sheet and then rout, I do an engrave pass with a "V" bit just far enough down to break the vinyl--works great and routs vinyl clean...then use your straight flute to rout out the letters. Done this many times with success,...but haven't tried it with a 3mm...

HaHa...Love it! I used to get in pissing matches with people in trying to provide better design. Alas,...I surrendered long ago as well.

I've experienced this as well, and "intuitively" thought is was Jay Cooke primer failure...(primer and paint both blistered and peeled leaving the raw hdu exposed. I threw all of the Jay Cooke primer out. Also, a colleague from another shop had these issues, and they decided it was the Sherwin...

Yes, you're thinking right on the materials and treatment---I've made tones of them this way in and around the Richmond Virginia area.

I have used swingdesign when I need just a small piece of color (1' x 6' rolls). Yeah,...they seem oriented to "crafters", but the small rolls are great---keeps you from having to own a whole role (possibly for life). Ordered from them twice now with good results.

I heard they eat Tide pods too.

Thanks everyone---I appreciate you guys weighing in....valuable input. I really appreciate it!

Interesting....but for me---I've used this 680 countless times with success. The first issues I've ever had with the material is the last 2 new cars.

I've never had a problem either...putting graphics on fresh paint has never been an issue until these 2017 Chargers.

Thanks for the info...yes, that's why heating with the heat gun made it worse. Thing is, waiting until the car could be exposed for 8 days in 55+ degree heat was not an option. Actually (go figure) when the client picked up the first car, they remarked how "great" it looked...haha...and when I...

Yep,...pimples. And no to heat gun---made things worse.

No it was not air egress...it was installed dry. It was a new Dodge Charger (produced in October 2017). Bubbles do seem to enlarge when warm,...and lays down flat when cold. I did a test---applied the vinyl to a piece of Dibond to make sure it wasn't a vinyl failure. I'm convinced that the car's...

I just recently applied prints (IJ-40) over existing prints (that were IJ-40). I had recently done the original prints, and the new prints were done to change the colors of the graphics (requested by the client). Within days all of the prints started curling off of the substrate (ACM)...both...

I successfully applied 2 colors of 3M 680 reflective to a 2017 Dodge Charger. It all went down smooth without a hitch....now I notice some bubbling occurring. I pop them,...but others appear at different spots. I've come to the conclusion that the car's paint is still outgassing. Can anyone...