00 00... Work Instruction For Removing The Protective Film

The protective film should be removed 48 hours before vehicle handover to the customer. 

The protective film can be easily removed from the affected surfaces. Polishing is necessary only in exceptional cases.

Instructions for removing the protective film: 

• In order to reduce the amount of force required, the film can be torn at the edge and pulled off in narrower strips.
• Remove the film in a surface temperature range of -10 °C to +50 °C.

Excessively high temperatures can lead to adhesive residue being left on the surface.

In order to achieve the recommended temperature for pulling off the adhesive film from the vehicle after direct exposure to the sun, it is possible to carry out a car wash with applied protective film in order to cool the vehicle down.

Fig 1: Removing Protective Film

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Car wash and surface inspection: 

• Check vehicle surface after the car wash.
• Any adhesive residue left on the vehicle surface can be removed by rubbing by hand or using a cleaning agent R2 (part number 83 19 0 417 324) or stain remover (part number 83 11 9 407 816) and a lint-free cloth.
  Fig 2: Cleaning Car Wash Surface Area

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Procedure in the event of paint swelling: 

• Any paint swelling normally disappears within 48 hours.
• Higher temperatures (infrared lamp) accelerate this process.
• Polishing of the surfaces is necessary only in rare cases if the heat treatment does not result in success.
  Fig 3: Paint Swelling

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