Hi,
Im jut about to skinning some part from my motorcycle, my cuestion is that I can apply some stickers before the final coat, like the Ducati and some lines.
This is a great place, congrats for the great job that you're doing.

Were you trying to bond them to the ABS? ABS isn't an easy plastic to bond to, you would need to aggressively stand it with 60 or 80 grit to get any sort of bond. Even then, you would likely find you could pry them off quite easily if you tried.

Just a side note; 80% vacuum with no perforated release film is quite high, you will likely leave your laminate quite dry. You should add a layer of perforated release film after the peel ply, and consider dropping your vacuum level a bit if cosmetics are more critical than weight.

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Hanaldo - 6/24/2018 10:59:27 PM

Were you trying to bond them to the ABS? ABS isn't an easy plastic to bond to, you would need to aggressively stand it with 60 or 80 grit to get any sort of bond. Even then, you would likely find you could pry them off quite easily if you tried.

Just a side note; 80% vacuum with no perforated release film is quite high, you will likely leave your laminate quite dry. You should add a layer of perforated release film after the peel ply, and consider dropping your vacuum level a bit if cosmetics are more critical than weight.

Hanaldo. Thanks for that info. I was coming to these conclusions myself but it’s good to have some input from those more experienced than me (and that’s just about everybody).

Mick