Reflective sheeting has features of retroreflective, wide-angle, and outdoor durability, widely applied in the traffic industry, such as reflective triangles, trailer reflective tape, reflective street signs, printable safety signs, and symbols, etc. But you also need to know how to paste the reflective vinyl.
What are some precautions of the reflective film processing method? Here’s an introduction:
Suitable substrate material.
To check the substrate material whether it is suitable for reflective vinyl pasting, and it is an unsuitable substrate base material for reflective sheeting sticking, then you should do some treatment for the surface of the substrate material.
Recommended substrate materials: the clean and flat aluminum plate or stainless-steel plate after proper treatment.
Unrecommended substrate materials: plastic, rubber, wood, and other materials.
Of course, if you have demanded to past the reflective sheeting tape on other non-aluminum or non-stainless steel, please take measures according to the adaptability of the reflective film before pasting.
Treatment of substrate
The surface of the aluminum plate and stainless-steel plate just delivered is very smooth, which is not conducive to sticking. It is necessary to grind 400-500 sandpaper in a circular arc direction for pasting.
The reflective signs of the vehicle body shall be pasted on the surface of the car body which is free from obstruction, easy to see, flat and continuous, and free from dust, water, oil, rust, and paint layer warping.
Clean the substrate before pasting.
Before pasting, the dust on the surface to be pasted shall be wiped off. The parts with oil stains and stains shall be removed with a soft cloth dipped in degreasing solvent or cleaning agent, and washed with clean water, and finally dried.
For the part where the paint has been soft, rusty, or warped, the paint shall be removed, the part shall be polished with sandpaper and antirust treatment shall be done, and finally, then the reflective sign of the vehicle body could be pasted.
When you cannot paste directly.
When the surface of the car body can not be directly pasted with reflective marks, the body’s reflective marking should be pasted on the strip lining with a certain rigidity, strength, and anti-aging. Then the strip lining board is firmly pasted or riveted to the body.
Don’t affect the performance of the reflective film.
According to the introduction of the pasting method, the reflective sign of the car body shall not be drilled or slotted after pasting, otherwise, the performance of vehicle lighting and signal equipment will be affected.
In summary, reflective sheeting is mainly applying for outdoor traffic signages, the substrate materials are also required for better outdoor durability. The solvent-based adhesive can not go well with all the substrate, the suitable choices are aluminum or steel plate with treatment. If you are using plastic material, such as HDPE, PVC, we need to change the adhesive formula, thus, it is good if you can tell us earlier.
