graphics prepping ????'s

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I just ordered a factory effex graphics kit. what prepping should I do. its kinda scratched up. I figured, pressure wash it and then clean it with alcohol.

yup buy a bottle of sticker on, spray it on lightly and you can position the graphics and work airbubbles out easier, ive been told u can do this with water in a spray bottle but i havent tried it and i wont so i dont recomend it


you like factory effex graphics, i love mine but its time for a change

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hmm good idea, i use water and car wash soap in a spray bottle to tint windows, maybe i will try that. thats probably all sticker on is.

dont use soap!! the reason for using water is it evaporates, unless soap does i woudlnt wanan try it

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ive tinted like 100 windows using soap in the mixture, and only the first few were messed up but thats just because i was just learning

i wouldntr risk it with 45 dollar graphics

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yea ill figure something out, they should be here tomorrow.

[300exOH]

I've seen professional automotive trim shops do custom work on cars and they used a spray bottle with 3 or 4 drops of dish soap. It also works for the decals for model and R/C cars. I would still clean the area well first. It does work very well.

clean the area with a degreaser and use sticker on or little bit of soap.

[Pappy]

clean the area with brake clean....

then after its good and dry wipe with a lint free towel....apply windex...apply graphics and yer done

[RytM1]

I asked FX the same question when I put mine on. They said just plain water in a spray bottle is fine. I did that and haven't had any problems. I would also suggest getting a hair dryer. Once you work out the excess water from under the graphics, heat them with the dryer (low heat is fine). You will notice that the graphics will shrink/stretch and form to the plastic better.