Since paints low in VOCs become increasingly popular, installers are discovering that graphic films are not adhering to walls as reliably as they have done in the past—a challenging and potentially costly problem. To help graphics manufacturers and installers address this problem and ensure reliable results with its graphic films, 3M has developed the new 3M Enhanced Adhesion Cleaning Method, a wall preparation procedure that it is strongly recommending users to adopt.
Using the new 3M Enhanced Adhesion Cleaning Method and testing the film’s adhesion to the walls, graphic manufacturers and installers can quickly, easily and successfully adhere almost any 3M wall film to nearly any paint. It is simple – first clean an area of the wall with a mixture of 70 percent isopropyl alcohol and 30 percent water. After using this solution to clean the area TWICE, apply strips of the film to the cleaned areas on each wall where the graphics will be installed and observe their release characteristics after 15 minutes.
