Best Window Perf and Laminate

[Mr. T]

I will be installing some window perf on our shop truck and I want to use a material that will look good. I have recently seen some that you can see where the perf was squeegeed onto the window.
Thanks,
Tracy

 

[BigfishDM]

Mr T give me a shot, I did good on the reflective remember well my perf is even better.

 

[Mr. T]

ttt

 

[WB]

Most of those lines you see when new perf is applied will eventually go away. it's just air thats been trapped.. give it a few weeks in the sun and all those marks should disapear.

 

[Letterbox Mike]

Squeegee marks will go away once it's sat in the sun for a few days, nothing to be alarmed about, although it can look a little crummy at first.

For materials, for vehicles our preference is Clear Focus 50/50. For short term jobs that you don't need to worry about lasting more than 6 months or so we'll use Solvex, it's alot less expensive but it won't last as long. We also use Solvex for shorter term windows as well (although we do have a huge 2000 s.f. window job that was supposed to be temporary that's now been up for 3+ years and it looks as good as it did the day we installed it, and with no laminate at that!).

 

[kstompaint]

I like the solvex. We normally use Oracal on all vehicle applications but it is much more difficult to install. I put the Solvex on my truck and so far, so good. We removed a wrap last week that another shop installed. I'm pretty sure they used 3M. It was a little over 2 years old and was not holding up well at all.

 

[Mr. T]

Thanks guys. OK, I thought the streaks would stay. Glad that got cleared up.
Should I use the special over lam also? I have Oracal 290 in stock.
Tracy

 

[cptcorn]

I like the solvex. We normally use Oracal on all vehicle applications but it is much more difficult to install. I put the Solvex on my truck and so far, so good. We removed a wrap last week that another shop installed. I'm pretty sure they used 3M. It was a little over 2 years old and was not holding up well at all.

Did they edge seal the graphic? Everything we've put on has last well beyond 2 years without an issue.

Thanks guys. OK, I thought the streaks would stay. Glad that got cleared up.
Should I use the special over lam also? I have Oracal 290 in stock.
Tracy

You should use an optically clear laminate.

 

[kstompaint]

You HAVE to use optically clear laminate. Otherwise you can't see anything out the window and you might as well just wrap it with 3951.