painting over contact adhesive

[jatt]

Hi all,

Wasnt sure whether to put this here or in the restoration section. Also put it in the reno forum. Did the usual search of the archives without luck.


Is there a suitable paint, sealer, undercoat etc... that would be suitable for going over the contact adhesive used on the dreadded vinyl wrap doors?
The wrap is lifting off the doors in the kitchen, so my thought was to remove the crap and paint em.
Underneith is MDF.
Got a gravity feed spray gun and the air comp set up with water trap. Also have an airless, but I think its a bit of a "blunt instrument" to use in this application. Bugger as one can simply drop the pickup in to a tin and go for it.

Thanks in advance,

Jatt

[floody_85]

Depends on the contact. The contact used on laminate tops, I wouldnt bother trying to paint over it. The glue uswd on vinyl doors should be a lot thinner but still could be hard to paint over

[_fly_]

I don't think he's talking about the contact adhesive used to put laminex down on a benchtop. Think he means the contact paper that you put over school books type of thing. That said I've used eucalyptus oil to remove sticky stuff on lots of things. Works quite well. Makes it gel and ball up a bit but it does come off.

[mic-d]

We've got a couple of the dreaded lifting vinyl wrap doors too. I can't recommend a treatment method because we'll just go to Bunnies and order a couple of replacements when we're sick of them. Seemed easier to do than fuss over trying to fix the old ones.
This isn't the kind of vinyl used to cover school books tho'.
Cheers
Michael

[floody_85]

I don't think he's talking about the contact adhesive used to put laminex down on a benchtop. Think he means the contact paper that you put over school books type of thing. That said I've used eucalyptus oil to remove sticky stuff on lots of things. Works quite well. Makes it gel and ball up a bit but it does come off.

No its completely different to them. The vinyl is reasonably thick. I don't think painting over then would be possible.

[jatt]

on many of the doors the vinyl has actually lifted off, as a result some of it has broken.

Recon there would have to be an adhesive sprayed on first before the vinyl is applied. If there wasnt a design routed into the MDF I would simply sand back.

If it was only a couple of doors then I would hunt around and find replacements or simply attempt to reglue with something like contact adhesive.

[Bob38S]

I have had success removing glues using Shellite.

It doesn't seem to cause any lifting of fibres or affect the surfaces I have used it on. Lay a heavy cloth over the surface, saturate with Shellite, leave for a few minutes and the wipe off. Before going to the full door I would certainly try a small section first to see if it will work on your adhesive.

If this fails to work then my only suggestion would be to try a heat gun and scraper - very carefully to avoid gouging the surface.

Hope it works for you. Regards,
Bob