Morning all,
Now I've had an idea, and want to run it past you.
As I'm tight, and not good at painting, I was wondering about covering the ali panel of my car with sticky back plastic to give them some colour.
I Know the risk of bubbles etc, but has this ever been done and what were to results?
Many thanks on your opinions
Why bother just polish her up.
Cheers,
Bob
I would use a colour fast vinyl as plastic will fade quick.
HTH.
interesting idea but my gut feeling is it will cost more than paint.
to get a good finish spraying needs a biut of practise but people have achieve acceptable results (on land rovers) using a fine foam roller (for
radiators).
you would need to use etch primer for best results.
if your sitcky placcy works out cheaper give it a go - there an many buses & cars covers with this stuff for advertising; not sure how durable it
would be and it if falls off, then you can always paint it.
Hi all,
I've found a company that supplies exterior colour fast plastic (sticky), durable for a minimum of 7 years, @ £18 a roll, so I'm very
tempted to try it, unless you know some where to get cheap etch primer and paints from? (please)
Something like this?
linky
ISTR it's all done with the same stuff they use to stick decals on yachts
In the trade it is called a 'wrap' and uses a 10 year plastic film. To get a good, bubble free finish takes a lot of practice but is
possible, although some compound curves will be a challenge to say the least.
If plain coloured panels are required then paint 'em. 
They do it on taxis all the time. Can't see a problem.
Here in Argentina is a new fashion, put to new expensive cars these sticky vinyl plastic material, here I see most and most Audis, Mercedes, BMW with
these material in black opaque, loks really nice.
chhers
Maradona
quote:
Originally posted by bernie955
They do it on taxis all the time. Can't see a problem.
it certainly works but i wouldnt like to have a go myself, there is a sign place opposite my garage and they do vans with fully covered sides ie;sky
vans and its one of those jobs that need many hands