Vinyl Vs Paint Stripes

Not so easy to do.

Vinyl vs paint stripes.

Advantage of vinyl is you can change your mind after a year or so remove it and do something different. It will last much better and you will be glad that you did it right. I cheated when applying ours. Wrap vs paint small panel sections.

I have a graphics designer friend who will do the design for free and i can have the local sign shop make up custom vinyl stripes. Jump to latest follow 1 11 of 11 posts. And in a stranger universe than this on the third hand i could just go down to the local auto store and get genaric strips. Paint is permanent and takes some skills to layout and prep and pain the area.

Vinyl takes a lot of clear coat and sanding buffing to not be able to feel that edge of the vinyl. Painting requires quite a bit more prep time than wrapping. If you choose to use vinyl make sure to use cast vinyl and not callendered vinyl. I used a 3 4 band of 3m fine line directly above lining up perfectly with the top edge of the thick boot stripe.

Vinyl vs paint stripe vinyl is for sea rays a hatteras should have paint stripes to look right. For small sections that have to be repaired often vinyl wrapping can be less expensive. Given it s usually a panel or two that need to be repaired it s cheaper to just wrap the repaired or replaced panel than it is to paint it. If you don t care about the edge on the stripe it would be cheaper but in my opinion at that point it s more cost effective to do vinyl.

You may get bumped because this is the classic mustang section of the forum but imo i prefer paint cause its easier to get a smooth line transition.