tegwin
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| posted on 16/8/14 at 05:15 PM |
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Vinyl on a defender roof
Any of you skilled gentlemen (and ladies) ever tried vinyl wrapping a car?
I have a white defender and I recon it would look nice with a black roof.
However, I don't think I can get a single piece of vinyl big enough to do it in one go.
So how do the pros do it?
Could I use two narrow pieces and very carefully butt them together in the middle?
All the photos I look at have the roof and gutters wrapped. This can't be one piece? Would you assume the gutters are wrapped first and then the
roof after?
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JamesMcMc
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| posted on 16/8/14 at 05:51 PM |
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I've wrapped a whole double decker bus! This was my first time - easy on the flat bits, not so easy on the corners.
I got my vinyl from Star Vinyls www.starvinyl.co.uk and they sell it by the meter but the roll is 1520mm so might be enough to cover your Landy. They
are the cheapest place - better than fleeBay...!
The easy way to do the flat bits is a bit like window tints - use a solution of soapy water on the panel and also get a sprayer bottle and squirt the
glue side of the vinyl once you take off the backing paper - this allows you to move the vinyl and re-stick it once it hits the panel. The down side
to this is you need to let it dry over night - even when using a heat gun as it just isn't sticky. Best to get the main bit down, leave it and
come back to the more complex bits the next day.
For complex corners, pros heat and stretch the vinyl with a heat gun - it's a two man job and it is very easy to mess up or burn through the
vinyl.
It isn't as easy as it may first seem - but a bit of trial and error can achieve okay results. Probably be easier and cheaper to get the roof
sprayed! Having said that, my bus cost £450 in vinyl vs £5000 respray...
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Irony
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| posted on 16/8/14 at 06:10 PM |
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I have wrapped maybe 30 vehicles and the above advice isn't bad. I wouldn't use soapy water though just normal water. Don't be
tempted by cheap vinyls, you need a specific wrapping vínyl. I would use metamark 7 series cast vinyl and I would expect to pay over 7 a meter at
1520mm wide.
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tegwin
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| posted on 16/8/14 at 06:13 PM |
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Thanks for the comments guys.
1520mm I don't think is quite wide enough once you have wrapped down the sides of the roof into the gutters 
Arse
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Irony
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| posted on 16/8/14 at 06:14 PM |
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Just checked out starvinyls. They are a hexis reseller. You will get the best results from their black gloss air release. The glue is thousands of
tiny dots that let the air squish out. Good stuff.
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renetom
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| posted on 17/8/14 at 06:20 AM |
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wrap
Do it properly
Get it sprayed
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James
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| posted on 17/8/14 at 07:31 AM |
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Have you looked at the spray-on vinyl wrapping?
I only know of it because a friend mentioned it to me.
Spray Wrap
One of the benefits is you can just pull it off when you're bored of it!
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tegwin
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| posted on 17/8/14 at 08:11 PM |
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Hmm.. I don't think the spray on stuff looks very DIY..
For those with experience.... do you think you could wrap from the top of the roof onto the vertical back section above the rear door in one piece?
Its a rather sharp corner made more complex by the curve either side.
[Edited on 17/8/14 by tegwin]
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