Links to 3M 2080 series colors wraps and brochures for our Slate wrapping

[AmatuerX]

Thanks for posting this. I will say it's getting me excited to pick the right color for my little truck - this, and a personalized license plate. 😁

 

[BodogThiccNecc]

Agreed...

I'm also a fan, I really hope I can get both of these colors.

 

[kvermeer]

Atomic Teal wrap, which is my current favorite.

I was going to chime in after looking at that PDF that the atomic teal is gorgeous. I also like the sky blue, key west, citric acid, liquid copper, firey orange, even flip electric coral if I'm feeling brave. Utilitarian gray is fine too, but if I'm going to add color it will not be gray, black, white, brown, or even a red or dark blue. Oranges, yellow, teal, and "Is it green? Yes. Very."

I'm only guessing from all the identical names but it seems to me this has to be the wraps Slate will offer.

But then I went looking into the Slate Maker, and while it's true that Atomic Teal and Gloss Liquid Copper and Satin Flip Electric Coral and Satin Ocean Shimmer are all color names offered in 3M 2080, Sky Blue and Key West and Citric Acid aren't.

Meanwhile, the Slate Maker has many colors, like Magma Metallic and Gloss Tropical Vacation Green and Ambulance Yellow and Gloss Flip Cosmic Dust, that aren't available in the 3M 2080 film.

Tropical Vacation Green and Ambulance Yellow are are Avery Dennison Supreme film colors:

https://www.averydennison.com/conte...ct-overviews/swf/po-supreme-wrapping-film.pdf

Gloss Flip Cosmic Dust is a 3M PWF series wrap:

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/2413021O/3m-protection-wrap-film-swatch-poster.pdf

I've dumped the colors from the Slate Maker HTML and a few product pages into the attachments. Take a look for yourselves and see what you all think! It appears to me that there are going to be more than one option for wrap vendors.

 

[kvermeer]

I've dumped the colors from the Slate Maker HTML and a few product pages into the attachments. Take a look for yourselves and see what you all think! It appears to me that there are going to be more than one option for wrap vendors.

I continued working and had my local Qwen LLM (ugh, I know, sorry, but at least it's not some cloud tool) write me a few Python scripts. With that, I concluded that Slate has about 75% of the 3M PWF line, a little over 50% of the 3M 2080 line, and 32% of the Avery Dennison Supreme line of creatively named colors. In reverse, a little over a third of Slate colors come fro

Also, the 3M US page (https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5005081006/) doesn't list Liquid Copper, Firey Orange, or Electric Coral, those are missing from my list. Whoops.

Interestingly, Luscious Lips, a featured red color, is made by a completely different vinyl film manufacturer called Oracal under their part number 970RA-961.

The AI and I were unable to find a manufacturer for any of the following colors: Champagne Problems, Magma Metallic, Magma Satin, Whip Dream, Bronzed, Desert Drifter, Gliterally, Night Owl, Make My Gray, Silver Lining, Sage Serenity, Whole Lava Love, Satin Hot Cocoa, Best of the Zest, Satin Creamy Oat, Jungle Gem, Tropical Tide, Blue Steel, Purple Haze, or Mauvelous. Those might either be internally remapped colors by Slate (I did not try to match colors visually or by RGB values from the Maker to any vinyl product lines), or colors that are custom to Slate.

I'm assuming that the "Custom" color slider on the Slate maker is just for the rendering engine, I don't think that you can order through-dyed vinyl in arbitrary colors. Or perhaps they're going to offer printed wraps too?

 

[bartflossom]

Good work! And slate has certainly shown a lot of printed wraps on their prototypes.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Which wrap manufacturers offer a perforated product? I recall that was mentioned as a feature.

 

[bartflossom]

Just found a cheap way to get swatches. That atomic teal looks different every time I see it on youtube so I want to see it with my own eyes. Just a buck and change for each color and 10 bucks to ship. I ordered 7 different colors I've been interested in.

https://www.rvinyl.com/products/3m-2080-wrap-film-sample-swatches

 

[bartflossom]

Which wrap manufacturers offer a perforated product? I recall that was mentioned as a feature.

I only remember that 2080 has a air release "channel" to aid in getting out bubbles. https://tinyurl.com/ycx4bbcx They call it "air drain comply" technology

 

[JoeBlow-Kokomo]

Atomic Teal wrap, which is my current favorite.

Man! I had a 1970 Cougar when they were still small and sporty. 351cu, fun car.

 

[cadblu]

I wanted to share some interesting news with the wrap community. Today I met with a local company that specializes in wraps. They have extensive experience in wrapping vehicles with poly panels and have indeed heard of Slate. Unfortunately, they have serious concerns of wrapping the unpainted Slate poly panels. They claim that much better adhesion would be obtained if the body panels were first painted and clear coated.

Not sure if this is a valid concern, but if this proves true I might consider just painting my Slate. Also thinking a good paint job will outlast a good wrap. Thoughts?

 

[Luxrage]

Not sure if this is a valid concern, but if this proves true I might consider just painting my Slate. Also thinking a good paint job will outlast a good wrap. Thoughts?

I'm all in on painting the Slate. A few body shop friends of mine who work in RV restoration and fiberglass work are chomping at the bit to try the composite panels. Should be the same amount of prep as any bumper skin.

 

[sodamo]

So are they expecting a porosity problem? Did they explain why an adhesion problem? Or simply a case of not knowing?

 

[sodamo]

I expect will will be reading a range of painting attempts once Slate is in hands of owners.

 

[cadblu]

I expect will will be reading a range of painting attempts once Slate is in hands of owners.

Slate has continually claimed that body panels would become available as “replacement parts.” It may be prudent to buy a single sacrificial panel to be used for “paint coupons.” For example, you can cut up a fender into dozens of poly coupons to determine the optimal number of coats of primer, topcoat, and clear coat required. Determine what color looks best while you fine tune your technique. I think it’s better to practice on cheap coupons before aiming your paint gun to the actual truck.

 

[kvermeer]

Just wanted to bump the thread with this gorgeous image of Chris with what I believe to be an Atomic Teal Slate SUV:

I still want an affordable, repairable, utilitarian vehicle with good efficiency, and I'll be content with a grey Blank Slate (maybe a DIY wrap job), base pickup body, efficient road tires, and steelies... but wow, those off-road tires and gloss metallic wrap and alloy wheels look really good.

Full 3500-pixel-wide source: https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AUTO01_Visionary_01_Chris-For-NW-4.jpg