{"id":31,"date":"2024-05-28T02:20:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T02:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/can-the-vinyl-be-used-on-painted-sheetrock\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:33:28","slug":"can-the-decal-be-used-on-painted-sheetrock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/questions-about-decals\/can-the-decal-be-used-on-painted-sheetrock\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the decal be used on painted sheetrock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. This is becoming a more common application of our product. It is a bit overkill in that our vinyl is designed for many years of outside use. You will have no problem inside.<\/p>\n<p>Just make sure the surface is clean and oil free. Also, it may take more than the standard 3 days for the vinyl to fully adhere after installed &#8211; possibly up to 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>This does not mean the decals and\/or lettering will peel off on it&#8217;s own during the &#8220;curing&#8221; period. But kids (and others) might easily pick it off until it adheres fully.<\/p>\n<p>Have another question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/decals\/decals.html\">decals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/signs\/signs.html\">signs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/lettering\/lettering.html\">lettering<\/a>,<br \/>\nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/stripes\/fastnfurious\/fastnfurious.htm\">stripes<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, decals can be used on painted interior sheetrock. Ensure the surface is clean and free of oil before application. Note that full adhesion on interior surfaces may take up to 30 days, during which time the decal could be picked off by children or others if not left undisturbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/1184"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}