Any tips on preparing a truck door for vinyl lettering?
Posted by coop (Member # 504) on :
Two words:
RAPID PREP You will not be sorry.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Amen to what Coop said..and I follow up with a rinse/wipe with Rapid Tac.
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
If those truck doors havesomeheavy duty gnar on them,BON AMI isgood to start with....then all the RAPID stuff!
Posted by John Thompson (Member # 2750) on :
Where can you get Bon Ami? I have had no luck here in the deep south finding it. As the before posts, use Rapid Prep, I see a lot of sign people still using alcohol, I guess they haven't figured out that it don't cut wax or in the case of most work trucks, grease.
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
John, if you can't find it in Kroger, look in a cheap grocery store or a dollar store.
Posted by Jim Lebbad (Member # 2654) on :
Thanks for all your help! Jim designrunners.com Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Curious.....is Rapid Prep similar to Prep Sol, which also removes wax, etc? Never used Rapid Prep.....what's it all about? Thanks.
Posted by Bill Preston (Member # 1314) on :
Hi Todd,
Not sure about the chemical similarities of the two products, but Prep-Sol (brand name) has a bad habit of leaving a residue behind. When I have used Prep-Sol, I follow with a wash of water and Comet, and a final water rinse.
Hope this helps.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Todd...Rapid Prep is one of the line of Rapid products like Rapid Tac and Rapid Remover. It is not petroleum based Like Prepsol and Pre-Kleeno.
Having a background in auto body repair and painting, I always swore by Prepsol, and it worked fine for prepping prior to painting. I also used to use it to prep vehicles for vinyl application. I never had a failure using Prepsol.
However, last year my wife got a small amount of paint damage on her 1 month old car and I had to repaint the bumper. I did everything as usual including the prepping with Prepsol. But I had this funny feeling about what was on the surface even after 2 or 3 swipes with the Prepsol (the paper towel was still feelng like it was sliding over a slippery surface). So I got thinking about the sample bottle of Rapid Prep that Roger Bailey had sent me and did an extra wipe with it. VOILA!!!! That time I could feel the paper towel "dragging" on the surface so I knew that it was now free of wax.
Since then I use Rapid Prep for my vehicle preps.
(Disclaimer...I have nothing to do with Rapid products...I don't get paid by them..I am just a fan of their line-up of products...Even though I rarely do wet applications )
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