Stainless Steel

[jghoaks]

Trying to put a logo on a piece of stainless steel about 1 1/2 " x 18 " long. Having trouble with the decal not sticking in some spots ....using 651 material....I even used some heat after words and it didn't even help. Any suggestions would be appreciated !!

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Stainless steel usually usually has a very oily surface. Even if it feels dry. I would think you need to wipe any stainless down with Isopropyl Alcohol before you mount anything to it. I have done plenty of vinyl on my stainless fridge. I even cut a thin lined box out and titled with script font"Menu" Very wispy tails on the font. And it has sticked for over 2 years without issue. Wipe it down with water and soap. Then a stainless steel wipe. The stailess steel wipe is loaded with oil. I believe stainless is also produced with alot of oil on the surface. You need something that will cut the oil off more then just soap and water.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

And I woulnd't think the heat would help at all if you haven't removed the oil. Actually I would almost bet that heating it would make it worse as this could spread the oil around more.

 

[jghoaks]

Ive tried wiping the surface with alcohol several times before trying to apply decal and had no luck.

 

[jghoaks]

And yes the heat did make it worse

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

That's really all I could think of. What vinyl are you using?

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

http://www.ssina.com/finishes/sheetsamples.html

This might help. Figure out exactly what type of finish you are dealing with. Then you will have a better idea of what you are fighting. I didn't even know there were this many finishes to stainless steel.

 

[jghoaks]

That's really all I could think of. What vinyl are you using?

651 orafol intermediate

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Yea you got me on this one. I tried the things I could think it would be. The vinyl doesn't sounds like an issue. I used Grimcos briteline black vinyl and did what I said and no issues. Maybe there is something missing. Or you might need a stronger alcohol instead of isopropyl.

 

[jghoaks]

Yea you got me on this one. I tried the things I could think it would be. The vinyl doesn't sounds like an issue. I used Grimcos briteline black vinyl and did what I said and no issues. Maybe there is something missing. Or you might need a stronger alcohol instead of isopropyl.

I just washed it again with dawn and water and scrubbed it really good.....then I will wipe with alcohol again and see what happens this time.... thanks for the help

 

[jghoaks]

Washed it a couple times with dawn and hot water and that seemed to do the trick.....thanks for the help

 

[lgroth]

Acetone works pretty good for stainless too...

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Washed it a couple times with dawn and hot water and that seemed to do the trick.....thanks for the help

Awesome. Glad you got it to work. I will put that in my notes (dawn and Hot water) I guess if it works for oil covered birds why not stainless.