3M MCS Warranty

3M Warranty With Your Indianapolis Vehicle Wraps

Now that you have chosen to wrap your company vehicle or personal vehicle with vinyl, are you covered for material mishaps? 3M has a basic product warranty. The basic product warranty protects material right out of the box. Their promise is no physical damage, visual defects, or adhesive defects. 3M’s basic product warranty protects the material from anything that would affect the performance. The 3M MCS warranty takes your coverage and protection a step further. The MCS warranty has you covered for practically any application when you use finished graphics completely made with 3M graphics products.

3M Guarantee

The 3M MCS guarantees that the color of your vinyl film will stay that color for the lifetime of the warranty. This warranty also covers 3M textured vinyl wrap films. In addition to these forms of vinyl wraps the 3M MCS Warranty also covers illuminated sign films.

This warranty will also cover print finished vinyl wraps. When you use ink, film, graphic protection, and application tape you are able to create far more complex wraps that are eligible for the 3M MCS Warranty. Overall 3M guarantees the performance of their product.

Listed below is a chart for the life cycle of finished graphics as stated in 3M’s MCS Warranty brochure.

Stage 1: Remove material from box

What’s covered?

3M Basic Product Warranty

• Film
• Overlaminate

Specifics: Obvious damage, adhesive defects, visual defects

Stage 2: Choose ink/printer

Available options

• 3M MCS Warranty eligible ink/printer
• 3M Performance Guarantee eligible ink/printer
• Other ink/printer

Stage 3: Finished graphic production

What’s covered?

3M MCS Warranty eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

3M Performance Guarantee eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

Other ink/printer

•  Film
• Ink
•  Overlaminate

Specifics: Image defects, cutting defects

Stage 4: Installation

3M MCS Warranty eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

3M Performance Guarantee eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

Other ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

Specifics: Adhesion failure on recommended substrates

Stage 5: Life of finished graphic

What’s covered?

3M MCS Warranty eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

3M Performance Guarantee eligible ink/printer

• Film
•  Ink
• Overlaminate

Other ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

Specifics: Adhesion failure on recommended substrates. Image cracking, peeling, crazing, or blistering. Excessive dimensional change. Excessive image fading.

Stage 6: Removal

What’s covered?

3M MCS Warranty eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

3M Performance Guarantee eligible ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

Other ink/printer

• Film
• Ink
• Overlaminate

Specifics: Failure to remove as stated.