Installing Paint Protection Film
Posted by admin in Paint Protection on November 13, 2010
Paint protective film is gaining more and more popularity as a way to protect valuable paint jobs against road debris and other hazards. Many professional installers are available to do the job and are often the best option for many people. But for those of a more do it yourself nature, the film can be applied with great success by anyone with patience and a little common sense. Here is the basic procedure.
Paint protective film is a thermoplastic urethane laminate that generally comes in rolls. The film adheres to the vehicle’s surface by means of a pressure sensitive, acrylic adhesive. Anyone who has worked with window tinting film will immediately recognize the similarities between tinting and paint protective film. In fact, the two are virtually identical other than paint protective film being transparent.
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Paint Protection and Resale Value For Your Automobile
Posted by admin in Paint Protection on November 13, 2010
Cars are one of the most depreciating commodities in the market. As soon as they are driven off the showroom, their prices fall by 10%. That is the reason it becomes very difficult to get a good price for old cars. Within five years, the prices of even the most expensive car brands can fall to as much as 50% of what they were initially purchased for. Hence, one thing must be kept in mind. Cars are not homes. While you can buy and sell homes and make profits off them even, you cannot do so with a car. No one wishes to buy a car that has been used before, if they do so it’s only because of the reduced cost that they will have to pay for it.
There are various ways in which people try to perk up the appearance of their old cars so that they can fetch a better price in the resale market. This can include changing the upholstery of the car and using leather seats to give it a plusher look, changing the tires and putting in new ones that look and are functional, cleaning the interiors of the cars from all kinds of rubbish and refuse that might have collected in it, attaching some topographically friendly devices to the car, adding a great stereo system to the car and so on. But there is one point that can really help boost the resale value of the car. And that is, adding a paint protection on the surface of the car.
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Car Paint Protection – How to Find the Best Paint Protection System For Your Car
Posted by admin in Paint Protection on November 13, 2010
You’ve been driving around in that old clunker your dad gave you when you went off to college for years and now you can finally afford a new car. You’ve finished college, started your new career and worked your way up the ladder enough to finally get the salary you deserve. You’ve had your eye on a particular model and you happily go off to the dealership to buy one. While you are there, the dealer may offer to sell you a paint protection system that is designed to keep the paint on your car looking new. After driving an old car that saw a new paint job over a decade ago, you want to do everything to maintain that beautiful look and what the dealer is saying may sound quite enticing. Beware, because what sounds too good to be true usually is.
Dealers get paid a substantial profit by selling you expensive car paint protection systems. How much they charge you will depend on how much they feel they can get out of you. Don’t forget that these salespeople know all about your finances from your application and credit report. They know how much you make, how much you pay in housing and how much credit debt you have. This gives them a general idea of how much you can afford to pay. They may offer a debt laden person the system for $500 dollars and offer it to a person who has a lower amount of debt for $1500.00. Either way they are making a super profit and they do it under the guise of doing you a favor.
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Paint Protection Film for Your Vehicle
Posted by admin in Paint Protection on November 13, 2010
To prevent rock chips and pitting on the front of the car, the traditional solution was to install a custom vinyl black bra or you just wait until the bumper is damaged enough and then paint it. Neither solution was very appealing. Now, there is an answer to all the problems of rock chips and road debris. It is generically called paint protection film. Several familiar names are in the business of making the film: Avery, 3M, Venture, Llumar. The original developer of the film was 3M and it was used in the Korean War to protect helicopter rotor blades. 3M later redesigned it for application to the front bumpers and hoods of vehicles.
With an enhancement in design to adapt the film for the auto industry, the idea took off. The concept was unbeatable. Car owners could now apply the film to bumpers and hoods, and drive the vehicle anywhere without worrying about getting a rock chip in their $100,000 Ferrari. Initially, each installation was custom cut from a bulk roll and carefully applied to the paint. It was time consuming and required lots of experience. The idea took a while to trickle down into the main stream vehicles. As demand increased for the protection, new companies sprung up design kits that could be cut out on a plotter and applied to the car. Hence, another segment of the paint protection film industry was born. The last piece of the puzzle was to have a network of independent, trained installers. Unfortunately, the industry suffers from a lack of skilled technicians.