Will paint peel when removing stickers from a boat or car surface? Paint peel generally happens when correct surface preparation had not taken place during the spray painting process.
This is generally the main reason paint peeling occurs during a sticker removal. The paint is essentially just sitting on the surface with very little paint adhesion.
When you attempt in removing the sticker that has been applied over this area its when the paint peeling process occurs.
Will paint peel when removing stickers from a Fibreglass Boats
The gel coat finish on a boat is super tuff and a hard plastic-like finish.
Stickers should be easy to remove without damaging the surface unless the Gelcoat has been repainted. In this situation, you are dealing with a painted surface and paint peel may occur.
I have in many instances have removed decals and stickers from Fibreglass boats without an issue.
If your boat Gelcoat is factory original and has not been painted then you should not experience any paint peel.
Painted Aluminium Boats
A painted finish on an aluminium boat may have paint peel when removing rego or boat stickers.
A customer had contacted us once wanting to cover a section with vinyl due to paint peel.
Painted substrate surfaces is generally where the issues of paint peel may occur.
One reason that paint peel may occur is due to the surface preparation before painting.
Will Paint Peel if I Remove stickers from Vehicles?
I have removed stickers and decals on Vehicles.
I have never encountered paint peel issues when removing stickers from vehicles.
These vehicles however had factory paint finishes.
In fact, Business vehicles sold at Vehicle Auction houses all over the world use a high-pressure washer to remove decals and signage without an issue.
Imagine if they had to remove these stickers manually by hand.
Tips on How to Avoid Paint Peel
There is not much you can do if your painted surface has not been applied onto your substrate correctly.
As we know by now this is the reason why you have paint peel when removing stickers.
Some Tips
- Use a heat dryer on low setting to warm the vinyl and adhesive.
- Slowly work at picking the edge of the sticker and start removing it.
- As you are removing the sticker if the paint starts to peel stop straight away.
You then need to make a decision on what you need to do next.
From here you might be ready to install your boat stickers. I do hope this has helped you out by answering the question will paint peel when removing stickers?