Vinyl anyone?

[DINEAUTO 10+ year member]

Does anyone know any good techniques on how to lay vinyl? I'm building an enclosure and the outside is wrapped in vinyl. I'm having a hard time with it bunching up in areas. I worked from the middle out. The heat gun and stretching is not enough. Is there some designs that you just can't use vinyl on? I think that I just don't know the technique. It's very frustrating and I have so much respect for the ones that can do this good. Please any help would be great. Also if you could tell me how to post pictures than I will show you what I am working on. Thanks

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[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Does anyone know any good techniques on how to lay vinyl? I'm building an enclosure and the outside is wrapped in vinyl. I'm having a hard time with it bunching up in areas. I worked from the middle out. The heat gun and stretching is not enough. Is there some designs that you just can't use vinyl on? I think that I just don't know the technique. It's very frustrating and I have so much respect for the ones that can do this good. Please any help would be great. Also if you could tell me how to post pictures than I will show you what I am working on. Thanks

you must get the pics online first, and then when you are posting, click the button above that looks like mountains and insert the direct link to the pics...they will show

 

[kowboy 10+ year member]

Does anyone know any good techniques on how to lay vinyl? I'm building an enclosure and the outside is wrapped in vinyl. I'm having a hard time with it bunching up in areas. I worked from the middle out. The heat gun and stretching is not enough. Is there some designs that you just can't use vinyl on? I think that I just don't know the technique. It's very frustrating and I have so much respect for the ones that can do this good. Please any help would be great. Also if you could tell me how to post pictures than I will show you what I am working on. Thanks

this should be interesting. I wanna wrap my box in vinyl too, but I have NO clue how to go about it. How 'bout it guys?

 

[DINEAUTO 10+ year member]

How do you post the pics online?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i go to photobucket and post there

 

[DINEAUTO 10+ year member]

One is before resin and the other is after the fiberglass and I tried something else. I mixed resin with long strand fiberglass that comes in a can and dries hard as hell to smooth the ruffness on the outside. It would have been a great Idea if I would have taken more time with it. It was alot of sanding to smooth it out.

 

[Hecta G 10+ year member]

not bad looking, pretty cool design.

 

[DINEAUTO 10+ year member]

Thanks, I'm almost done. I did the best I could with the vinyl and I will post the finished pics in the next couple of days.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

could try a glaze putty for smoothing purposes!? anyone tried this before?

 

[DINEAUTO 10+ year member]

I haven't used that. I'm new to this and I'm just trying things right now. I'll have to give it a shot on my next one. Is it for finishing?

 

[DINEAUTO 10+ year member]

Any techniques that anyone wants to share?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

I haven't used that. I'm new to this and I'm just trying things right now. I'll have to give it a shot on my next one. Is it for finishing?

yes...for finishing

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

it has to have seams //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif it can't just be one solid piece

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

cut them to shape

and maybe stitch them back together when u have it cut out right?

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

There is an older thread about this somewhere that should come up in a search. But one method is to cut panels of 1/4" plywood or MDF and wrap them individually then attach the wrapped 1/4" thick panels to cover the baffle or side panels to help conceal seams. There are pictures in the older thread on vinyl.