air bubbles

[Colorburst]

Yesterday I installed a printed vinyl piece 52" x 72" on to a piece of polymetal. It was laminated with 8520 matte. When I finished I discoverd I had a section with hundreds of little bubble in it. Is there any way to remove these or am I screwed?
Thanks,
George

 

[Gino]

According to what the use of this is going to be.... will people notice them ??

Has your customer complained or are you not satisfied ??

If the customer hasn't seen it yet and you aren't happy, I would imagine, you're gonna have to do it over again.

 

[petepaz]

do you have a pic
maybe you can hit it with a heat gun or torch and lift it carefully with out stretching too bad and re-apply just that section
other than that just pop with a needle and try to smooth out with your finger nail

 

[ProWraps]

was the media a non air release media?

 

[Mosh]

1+ heat gun.

 

[Colorburst]

It is going to be mounted on a wall at eye level in the entrey hall of the building. People just walking by will not see them. People coming up close for a good look probably will see them.
The customer has not seen it, but has been a little particular on other parts of this job which included 3 floor mounted pieces and another wall piece.
I have a pic but you can't see the bubbles. I have popped all of the slightly larger bubbles with a pin and tried a heat gun but this is the second go-round on this because on the first one I had a small area with some scratches in the lam and I over heated it and the polymetal deformed. It is not an air release media.
Will the bubbles get worse over time?
Thanks

 

[Mikeifg]

Air release, I'd redo it if the customer is picky already. It will save you hassles later. Been there before. The bubbles should go away depending on material? was it cast? But then again without the air release it might not work anyway.

 

[scarface]

redo it, don't let something half arsed go out!

 

[Mike Paul]

If it's at eye level it was a re-do before you deformed the poly metal.

I couldn't let it out of the shop like that. Even if your customer accepted it in hopes that they go away you just lost his future business in my opinion.

 

[jiarby]

I haven't had bubbles in forever, but on a rush job today I did!

3651 (not RA) printed, no lam.... mounting to Sintra with a big squeegee.

Squeegee is fine, but there is a heavy black outline on some text and the black is stretching ... has not dried long enough to let the vinyl harden up.

It will probably gas out.