A customer brought in a 12' trailer that we lettered up about 8 - 10 years ago... We used that premium chrome vinyl by Coburn. One side that sits in the sun for the most part is completely faded to clear and he wants 1 side and the rear redone.
I started with the steamer and a plastic razor blade. the old chrome comes off OK but so does the paint revealing a silver stainless steel. I switched to a heat gun and less paint is coming off but I get scratching. I spoke to the customer about this and that I have never seen this happen before. He is fine with me matching a vinyl to basically cover the bad areas before relettering and 3m has a pretty close match. I decided to use some rapid remover to get the glue off and it is taking the paint right off!!!! I then tried methyl hydrate and the same thing is happening.
The paint job looks very good, and not amateur and the original decals are still on the trailer from the dealer with advertising that the panels are held on with 3M vhb tape...so I have to think this paint is original.
What the hell is going on here?
anyone experience something like this, cause in all my years I have never seen anything like it
posting a pic. You can see that the lettering has turned basically clear and the part I removed using rapid remover took only the paint off under the letter.....just strange.
