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Wrapping my car currently
Anyone tried wrapping their own car? ****s hard! I can do the laying down smoothly but it’s the edges and folding that kill me. Doing matte white/gloss black/ dark blue calipers to match interior. |
Good luck with that. Personally, I take it to a professional. :y
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Originally Posted by Yuille36
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Good luck with that. Personally, I take it to a professional. :y
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There's a reason a good wrap job costs thousands of dollars. It takes a lot of practice to get good at it.
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Originally Posted by Strigoi
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There's a reason a good wrap job costs thousands of dollars. It takes a lot of practice to get good at it.
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Just like window tints, anyone can do it but to do it really well is a skill.
Please post back with pictures and advice on your learning curve, would be good to see, all the best. |
I've been learning tint and wrap on my own, but exclusively for my own cars and friends and family.
Its tricky, and there is a lot of waste, especially initially. Nothing more frustrating then spending an hour shrinking a back window only to get a piece of dirt under it. I have not wrapped a entire car yet, but have done large area clear bras, roofs and lots of tricky small parts. Depending of the areas you are struggling with, sometimes those areas either require you to tack, heat and stretch Or even pre-stretch and shrink to cover the area. Using a good brand of wrap is critical, and consider the edge tape/glues |
Originally Posted by kenneyd
(Post 7676136)
I've been learning tint and wrap on my own, but exclusively for my own cars and friends and family.
Its tricky, and there is a lot of waste, especially initially. Nothing more frustrating then spending an hour shrinking a back window only to get a piece of dirt under it. I have not wrapped a entire car yet, but have done large area clear bras, roofs and lots of tricky small parts. Depending of the areas you are struggling with, sometimes those areas either require you to tack, heat and stretch Or even pre-stretch and shrink to cover the area. Using a good brand of wrap is critical, and consider the edge tape/glues |
Wanted to inform all of you... **** Amazon. They put the wrong label for wrap and I bought matte white thinking it was right. Turns out one is matte white and other is matte diamond white so it’s two different panels. So far 2 rolls of wrapped have been delayed in 3 days so I may need to wait till Monday to start working on it again |
you'll need quality vinyl first of all....then YouTube is your friend for anything general and DIY. Wrapping a W211 would be a bit daunting due to the amount of panels/parts you'll need to separate to result a quality job. Good luck.
to answer the initial question...i believe you'll need a heat gun and some thin plastic tools as well as thick fabric gloves. |
Originally Posted by hachiroku
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you'll need quality vinyl first of all....then YouTube is your friend for anything general and DIY. Wrapping a W211 would be a bit daunting due to the amount of panels/parts you'll need to separate to result a quality job. Good luck.
to answer the initial question...i believe you'll need a heat gun and some thin plastic tools as well as thick fabric gloves. |
youtube is your friend and there are TONS of helpful videos to assist you. post pics and let us see.
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Would love to see some pictures as I am also thinking about wrapping my E55.
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