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Jun 23, 2016 13:23:00 GMT
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The roof on my french car has gone the way of most french cars I know. Is it ok to wrap in this state? It doesnt feel very rough, in fact its surprising smooth, and what lacquer is left isn't just flaking away.   |
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Jun 23, 2016 15:21:18 GMT
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I would at least flat it back with 1500 wet or dry first. My mate wraps cars for a living & has just sign written my van. It's good stuff but I reckon what you got there might show through the vinyl. A good way to tell would be do a test piece on the worst area & see how it looks.
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life's short & it's hard, like a body building elf.
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Jun 23, 2016 21:40:49 GMT
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Any recommendations on a brand of vinyl or where to buy? I guess matte will be easy to hide faults then a gloss finish?
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Yes matt will definitely hide more. I don't get too involved other than the odd A4 piece I've bought off ebay for bike stuff so can't really advise. All I know is my mate makes it look a lot easier than it is. There is bubble free stuff which must be slightly porous. Any bubbles you get can just be squashed until they disappear instead of chasing them to an edge. I would definitely get that!
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life's short & it's hard, like a body building elf.
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Ive bought some textured, 3d carbon & matt vinyl samples from an ebay seller who claims they are the bubble free. Thanks for your above advice  |
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Jun 24, 2016 16:15:50 GMT
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Cast vinyl is much easier to use as it conforms better to the underlying shape and can be stretched/ heated if needed.
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Yes heat it up a bit to help with some of the sharper curves.
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life's short & it's hard, like a body building elf.
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Jun 29, 2016 21:35:00 GMT
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  I thought the textured vinyl looked naff originally, but now on the car its looks the best of the three. I would prefer the matt but you can see the bad lacquer underneath, but only from very close up. |
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Preparation for vinyl application is the same as for paint. The better the preparation the better the finish. Vinyl doesn't hide very much. Your wrapping friend should be able to advise you far better than us as he can get up close and personal with the car.
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Matt and stain vinyl shows up everything. Every little ripple or chip uder it.
As above, if you want it to look great, it'll need sanding back. Some vinyl doesn't bond well to bad paint either. Especially if the paint is loose under it as it can't hold it firm, if that makes sense?
Definitely sand it back, panel wipe and go from there.
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Jul 30, 2016 11:00:15 GMT
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Have you considered plastidip pop it in you tube and see what you think?
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Toyota HiAce Super Custom Ltd (My thing)
Isuzu Trooper (her thing)
Audi a4 1999 (boys thing)
Toyota Yaris
Caravan - (festi thing)
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Jul 30, 2016 19:00:56 GMT
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Have you considered plastidip pop it in you tube and see what you think? Yes I did, in fact I'm going to do the rails and spoiler that way, however I'm sure the price would mount up with the cans id need plus there's all that masking. Any way ive applied the wrap now and I'm really pleased with the result.   |
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Jul 31, 2016 10:22:56 GMT
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That looks good. What prep did you do?
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That looks good. What prep did you do? I simply cleaned the surface as if I were painting it, the first attempt the vinyl was sticking like curse word to a brush and we ripped it, next time round we did the roof half and half instead of trying to do it all in one go and things went a lot better. |
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Last Edit: Aug 1, 2016 9:03:01 GMT by mgbizzle
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