The invention relates to the technical field of 
coating metal films with protective films, and specifically relates to a 
vacuum coating method of a protective film. The 
vacuum coating method of the protective film comprises the following preparation steps of 1, vacuumizing, namely putting a product to be coated in a 
vacuum chamber, and then vacuumizing, and heating simultaneously so that 
water vapor is formed on the upper layer of a container; 2, plating a 
metal film, namely plating a 
metal film through an evaporative metal 
film coating process; 3, introducing air after finishing 
coating of the metal film, namely, turning off a 
diffusion pump, turning on a molecular 
grating, charging air into the 
vacuum chamber through a flowmeter and stabilizing the degree of vacuum and keeping for 0.2-1 minutes; 4, cleaning the surface of the metal film, namely starting an 
ion bombardment power source; and 5, plating the protective film, including charging 
liquid vapor of organic 
silicon, keeping the pressure unchanged, and starting the 
ion bombardment power source again so that the organic 
silicon grows on the metal film layer by layer to form the protective film. The 
vacuum coating method of the protective film has the characteristics of high production efficiency and low cost, and the protective film is good in compactness, strong in protection performance and wide in application range.