I have a customer having trouble getting stickers to stick to these new fiberglass/plastic portable toilet doors. I told him "Sure, I'll show you how." I washed one with Dawn and water, rinsed it and dried it. Wiped it with alcohol. Pulled out a torch and flamed it. Put a sticker on and it felt good. Next day, corners are lifting and it's easy to peel. The stickers are supposed to stick, only I'm stuck.
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
Hi Rick. It sounds like you did all of the proper preparation, so it would come down to the type of adhesive on the stickers you were attempting to apply. There is a specific type of adhesive for "low-e plastics" and aluminum & stainless steel surfaces. It's more aggressive and holds much better on those problematic surfaces. Different manufacturers provide these under various stock numbers, so knowing the properties of that surface substrate is important, when ordering the vinyl that those stickers are printed on, or cut from.
Hope this information is of some assistance.
Posted by John Arnott (Member # 215) on :
I read something about portable outhouses once...on their website say that it takes a special kind of sticker material to work properly. That's why I just skip those kind of jobs. Next!
