tanker truck question

[dortonracing]

I have Fuel truck that we was going to be putting a wrap on the tank, It raw aluminum and not all polished and shiny any more. the tank is 20ft long and doing a 52in tall sticker on it. We was going to go ahead and do it in 3 panels. Here is the problem i came across. I got the vinyl all set where i wanted it and was going to start at top and work done on each panel, so i got about 2ft peeled and was pulling it tight to stick on tank and when i did the vinly stuck and wouldn't come back up at all, it acted like it wasn't even wrap vinyl. you could have a spot where it would normally be a small bubble you could rub out with your finger but this would not do anything like that. It acted like using a 651 or smililr vinyl, any one have any suggestions or tips?

 

[Malkin]

What kind of vinyl?

How was the surface prepped?

 

[dortonracing]

using 3m wrap vinyl, cleaned with water and soap first then went back with alcohol on complete surface. the tank was a little bit cold but i figured if anything that would make it stick worse it wasn't like frozen cold just cool.

 

[dortonracing]

pat white let me know how it goes, we are going to try and get the tank nice and warm and try something small on it. I was thinking a quick easy install but guess i was wrong.

 

[dortonracing]

might take a piece of vinyl see how it sticks to tank. mine stuck like crazy and couldn't reposition or move

 

[Malkin]

I have generally found that vinyl does adhere very well to aluminum tanks, but that sounds pretty unusual.
Maybe a warmer temperature will help.

 

[GAC05]

We've done the local fleet a few times here both raw & painted aluminum tubes with IJ180c.
Initial tack is high and it is never cold here.
We work from the top down and with 2 or 3 foot of adhesive exposed at a time using the backing to keep the lower parts off the tube on the way down.
After the second or 3rd 42' tanker it gets easy.....

wayne k
guam usa