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IT's done! But the pain was a lost of Sunday. Here's what I found: Dry install: It worked, a few air bubbles that were a pain to remove. But adhesion to surface was very good. Wet install: I used straight water mist, but not near rivets or truck seams. It worked good, but a little bit of the graphics did float around. I believe there can be a good amount of wetness and too much wetness. Where there was too much, the vinyl seemed to float. BTW - the rear of the truck was a different material, I believe a wood door or fiberglas. Either wet or dry didn't make a difference, the installation went quicker and better there. Hey, it's done now!

I'm going to cut extra material, dry works I know. But I need to work out the kinks in the problem.

I will give it a try.

It is R-tape conform, a paper tape, I used it plenty of times. The aluminum is painted and I cleaned it twice. I think now that you said it the fluiid got under the rivets. The heat gun didn't work, the fluid must have gotten stuck under the vinyl. Oh to mention the worse piece was a large slab of vinyl 20"x20" over many rivets and a seem in the wall. But them again the smaller letters on smooth areas also didn't stick. I have to finish this project this weekend and something this large I dread doing it dry!

Thanks, its sticks dry. I will try water and soap this weekend.

Store bought Rapid Tac, I did wash the truck myself and wipe it down. The side did not feel wax smooth, but I wiped it down with the tac solution anyhow, as I normally do. It was step by step, text book...it just wouldn't stick. How do you use plain water, the same way?

I worked for hours today, trying to get a truck done. It was not in the cards to happen. I used the wet method with rapid tac, because it is 8 feet long. The truck had rivets (small ones). I applied, and wiped and applied and wiped...waited and peeled mask. The lettering would not stick to the aluminum panel truck, expecially the rivet areas. I wasted a lot of vinyl. I mainly do it dry with help and it's ok. But something was up with the tac fluid, the lettering would not stick to anything. I was using Oracle 651 vinyl, and also tried some intermediate 3 mil from fellers, but it would not stick. I wasted so much money and time. Any ideas, what the hell happened? This has never happened before.