today we had to change the phone # on my company truck,pulled numbers sprayed rapid remover as we usually do was waiting for it to take effect when lo and be hold i see runs in my gerber print just below where the numbers were,grabbed hose sprayed it down tooooooo late ,,took the color right out of it to the base color,was i amazed ?,you bet your bibbie i was,gee sure wish i had clear coated the print. lesson #1 clear coat color prints lesson #2 know what your doing before you do it. lesson #3 let someone else do that stuff so when it messes up you can tell them how dumb they were instead of of you felling so stupid. oh well all in a days learning. just got to love it huh? ge;o))
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
look at the bright side, at least it wasn't someone elses truck with graphics printed from files you don't have on equipment you don't have.
Now we will all be a little less likely to make that same error. Thanks
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
Live and learn. It's just a bitch learnin' sometimes.
Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
Sounds like you need Rogers new product - Rapid Restore Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Well, ya gotta admit, the stuff lives up to its name! Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
You should be able to sue SOMEONE for this travesty- the pain and suffering, loss of marital contact, personal embarrassment, the door hurting your head when you repeatedly head-butted it...the list is endless.
on a serious note: would the RR eat the clearcoat? Roger? Any ideas? Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
From personal experience, I can tell you it will. The only thing that will hold up for an Edge print agains RR is a vinyl overlaminate.
Why, oh why, is the tuition to the School of Hard Knocks so high?! Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
Geo: Which foils on which vinyl were you using?
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
I'm guessing that we all learned that lesson the hard way, at the "School of Hard Knocks". I can't remember how many times I've told staff to make sure they never spray that stuff near an edge printed graphic... and Glenn is 100% right... the only thing that will protect it from RR is a clear over laminate such as clear Vinyl. If you have the edge print near a gas Cap on the vehicle, well you should protect that area as a well... cause the gas will attack also. I did 4 large jobs this week on Vehicles and everyone of them has "Condoms" on the areas that need protection.
[ May 03, 2002, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Neil D. Butler ]
Posted by geocob (Member # 515) on :
we use oracal vinyl (white) and zero nine foils, don't miss think my post i'm not blaming anything or any product it was My own error and stupid, ge;o)).
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
This is good to know!
I have a customer giving me a hard time in paying and his trailer was all done in edge prints.
Hey roger can you hook me up with a 5 gal pail and I high power pump?
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