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ghosting on vehicles

Boudica

Boudica

I'm here for Educational Purposes
Well.... I used the search function - most of what came up was about ghosting in prints. I did find this thread - it's not as useful as it is entertaining, but it seems like there's no way to get rid of it (easily)
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Preventing Ghosting for leased vehicles

Hey guys, I have a pretty high end leased vehicle I’m working on for just some cut graphics or possible partial wrap. The concern is ghosting when the graphics are removed at lease end. Will ceramic coating help keep the oven from fading the exposed paint so it won’t be as bad?
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Geneva Olson

Geneva Olson

Expert Storyteller
Boudica said:
Well.... I used the search function - most of what came up was about ghosting in prints. I did find this thread - it's not as useful as it is entertaining, but it seems like there's no way to get rid of it (easily)
www.signs101.com

Preventing Ghosting for leased vehicles

Hey guys, I have a pretty high end leased vehicle I’m working on for just some cut graphics or possible partial wrap. The concern is ghosting when the graphics are removed at lease end. Will ceramic coating help keep the oven from fading the exposed paint so it won’t be as bad?
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(sheepishly) I saw it too. but I had already posted this! lol.
Anyway, yea, looks like we are printing big enough to cover it!
 
Stacey K

Stacey K

I like making signs
Someone had posted maybe a couple years back about a solution that is supposed to help with ghosting. I never bought it. I just say...too bad, so sad.
 
Geneva Olson

Geneva Olson

Expert Storyteller
I saw something in the thread called "ghost off" and that was from 2010. They applied it on a nissan. I think the paint on Nissan's are crap because of experiences we have had with Nissan vehicles having "soft paint". So I dont know if it would have worked or not on this box truck.
 
Boudica

Boudica

I'm here for Educational Purposes
Stacey K said:
Someone had posted maybe a couple years back about a solution that is supposed to help with ghosting. I never bought it. I just say...too bad, so sad.
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This sounds vaguely familiar, but I couldn't find it in a search.
...Stacey's customer
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unclebun

Active Member
What you have to do depends on what you mean by "ghosting". Sometimes it's a ridge of dirt dried into adhesive at the edge of the letters that doesn't come up with solvent and a paper towel. Sometimes it's fading or dulling of the vehicle finish around the letter that doesn't happen behind the letter. Sometimes it's polishes/treatments that were applied after the lettering that doesn't exist behind the letters. And more recently there are reports of paint discoloration behind the lettering. It's not fully clear what has caused this, whether something having to do with printer ink migrating through the vinyl to the paint, the adhesive itself discoloring the paint, or other cause.
 
Geneva Olson

Geneva Olson

Expert Storyteller
cornholio said:
Probably not a problem on a Cyber Truck, if someone is brave enough to drive one
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We had a customer who was in college and had his charger keyed by an ex girlfriend. We wrapped it for him and it looked AMAZING. That ex girlfriend was so mad when he got it wrapped, she spray painted the wrap. I think he ended up with a totally different car.
 
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