Etch Glass Effect Vinyl

[Floridaman]

Greetings,
I have a question for you all and I really hope to learn more about this.
Last week I was assigned a simple job, to install frosted vinyl in a small conference room. The vinyl was supplied and ready cutt to size. I cleaned the windows with glass cleaner, and I prepared a solution (water and dish soap) for wet install.
I don't know which brand this vinyl is, I'll share the info as soon as I get it.
In the core all it says was Etched Air, which yes it was bubble free... And here it comes the problem... It looks wet after a week, why is this happening ?
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[Solventinkjet]

Wet install with air egress vinyl is a no no. The water gets trapped as you have now seen.

 

[adsababy]

As Solventinkjet has said, never use water with air free products, dry install only

 

[graphics guru]

DRY install ....i use ASLAN Glass Etch...great stuff and very realistic to the real thing...has air release as well

 

[Souldar]

Yes, dry install. We used an Arlon product (Ever Etched) last time that was air egress but you had to wet the outside or the soft side of the squee gee would scratch the surface. Lucky for me the client took a discount instead of making us redo it because we didn't wet the outside. Always follow the directions when provided!

 

[unclebun]

You didn't have application tape on it?

 

[Souldar]

Directions didn't call for tape, directions said use a wet mount on front but I thought it sounded silly and learned my lesson. If it is a solid piece I don't use application tape on most etched material. This was brand specific.

 

[unclebun]

I've never used an etch vinyl that was stiff enough to handle without application tape.

 

[Souldar]

I have been doing vinyl since before there was even air egress. There is not much I cant handle.