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Author Topic: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great  (Read 4921 times)

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Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
« on: August 14, 2005, 01:08:03 pm »
Anyone have any advice for anything I could spray on it to make it stick in those toruble areas?

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Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2005, 01:46:27 pm »
What is the surface like (e.g. paint, stripped to wood, vinyl, etc.) ?

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Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2005, 01:53:16 pm »
Its a wood surface but was also painted too.

So painted wood.

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Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2005, 02:01:46 pm »
What kind of paint ? If this was an existing cabinet, then what surface prep did you do ?

Basically tell us as much as you can, including what kind of contact paper.

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Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2005, 02:05:32 pm »
Alright well the cab was a MameRoom.com arcade machine before they started selling their cabs with the black color already on them. So just the plain wood.

The spray paint was America's Finest by Rust-Oleum (Fast Dry All Purpose Interior/Exterior)

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Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2005, 05:58:17 pm »
The surface should have been clean and dry (and un-waxed!) before applying the contact paper. By the way, contact paper isn't very good in the sticking department anyway. You should use commercial grade vending machine/amusement game self-stick vinyl instead.