Vinyl not sticking to drywall

[juan45215]

We are trying to apply cut vinyl to a painted wall. The vinyl is not sticking enough to pull off the application tape. IS there a super stick vinyl or s chemical you can apply to the wall to solve this problem?

Juan

 

[GaSouthpaw]

Arlon DPF8000 print vinyl sticks quite well. If you're going for anything other than white, though- it won't work unless you print it (and you get any color you want). Print/cut/apply/done.

As for cut vinyl- in my experience, problems with vinyl sticking to drywall usually boils down to the paint on the wall- and contractor grade paints that have an matte/eggshell/whatever finish are the worst.
Think about the things cut vinyl is (normally) applied to:
Vehicles
Composite panels
Painted signs
Coroplast
Etc.
What do they have in common? A good, smooth paint job. The vinyl has something to "grab" and adhere to.
Rapid Tac will help the tape release the vinyl, and you can try a heat gun on your lettering, but I'm not sure how much good it will do in the long run.
It's not unheard of to have to have a customer to repaint the wall.
My .02.

 

[knucklehead]

Some of the new paints have teflon, or silicon in them, for easy cleaning. Also means nothing else will stick either. Only thing I've found to work halfa$$, is to take a scotchbrite pad, and scuff the area. Then it's 50/50.

 

[visual800]

happens a good bit when we try and stick to eggshell sometimes you have to "baby" it when taking tape off. what paint is it? flat, egg, satin?

 

[Gene@mpls]

Someone on this forum (I think? Never totally sure of anything anymore) posted a 3M directive on this problem- do a pull test, wash 2-3 times with IPA and try
again. Gene

 

[Moze]

Someone on this forum (I think? Never totally sure of anything anymore) posted a 3M directive on this problem- do a pull test, wash 2-3 times with IPA and try
again. Gene

Yeah, that's for installing on Low-VOC paint.

 

[Gene@mpls]

Yeah, that's for installing on Low-VOC paint.

I guess I took Low-VOC for waterbase. I have been wrong before (today).