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Title: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
Post by: Agm 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?

Title: Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 14, 2005, 01:46:27 pm

What is the surface like (e.g. paint, stripped to wood, vinyl, etc.) ?

Cheers.

Title: Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
Post by: Agm on August 14, 2005, 01:53:16 pm

Its a wood surface but was also painted too.

So painted wood.

Title: Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
Post by: CheffoJeffo 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.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
Post by: Agm 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)

Title: Re: Used contact paper for side of cabinet but not sticking great
Post by: Ken Layton 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.