Issues with 3M Wrap material

I have no idea, but it looks like you did everything right.

Is there any chance this client LOVES to wash their vehicle? One mystery was solved when I found out the person washed their truck with Mother's Car Wash detergent multiple times a week. (He did NOT like a dirty work truck.)

 

small enough job. Re do the job, for free and wait for 3Ms response. Keep the client happy.

but it looks like material failure or abrasive cleaning chemicals?

 

Looks like mold/mildew to me. Never seen it before like that.

 

Do you get much rain there by chance?

 

Do you have an 'outgas station' or some other controlled manner of outgassing, or do you print, roll up, and set on a shelf for 5 days?

 

this has absolutely nothing to do with outgassing.

 

I have seen this happen before and it was a result of chemicals in the rain water reacting with the adhesive. You should check under the vinyl and make sure it is not on the vehicle also. Maybe it isn't the same issue, but I have seen this before.

 

It happened to a huge amount of vehicles in a specific area and they determined it was some kind of reaction to the rain water that caused the issue. I have no idea how they figured it out, but that's what the final answer was.

 

LOL, blame it on climate change

 

It was the manufacturer who came back and said that, they reimbursed all the parties involved also. (Just replaced the vinyl and laminate)

 

I could be wa-a-ay off base with this, but I've seen similar and so have most of you. A few questions.

I'm sure the vehicle was washed and prepped properly, but I don't think this is coming from below the vinyl, but outside problems. Seeing how this is happening around ALL the edges, indicates nothing is falling from the rain or spilling on it, but hitting it head on.

Around here, we have a fleet of police cruisers and SUVs with a similar problem. It gets like that around the edges and we finally figured out, it's the salt and salt brine they have in storage about 250' away. They park their cars in designated spots and the ones closest to the salt piles are the ones which have the most problems, down to the side facing the pile is worse than the other side of the vehicle. It doesn't happen while the salt is just sitting there, but they use large backhoes to fill trucks in the winter and that's when the stuff gets airborne. No other police departments have this problem and we use the same vinyl for all of them.
Years ago, we did many signs along the Jersey seaboard and those signs took a punishment from the sand hitting it, but more so from the salt air.

Are you located near salt air/water ??

 

It looks to me like the overlaminate is seperating from the print media. Which would have nothing to do with outgassing. And everything is white so ink isn't even involved. Everything on the inside looks great. Laminator pressure? I wonder if the same issue would happen if it was full bleed with a light color.