Vinyl wrapping the radio trim

I bought a roll of vinyl with the fantastic idea of wrapping some of my dash trim. Two hours and a scrapped attempt later....Anyone have any vinyl wrapping tips on how to do it? I can't seem to do it without a bunch of creases. Is it even possible to do with a single piece of vinyl?

 

this is the exact reason i've never done this. i'm thinking about taking everything apart and spraying it down with plasti dip. that, I CAN DO!!!!

good luck man

 

Isn't there a product that you place in hot water and then dip the part in and pull it out through this stuff and it sticks to it like crazy..?? I don't know what it is but guys do rifles, etc with camo stuff on it..!

 

I do not think you can do it in one piece I think it had to be 3 pieces one top, one side and one bottom. Matching it up is difficult. Try using a hair dryer to smooth out areas. @mesojdm did his in camo i believe maybe he can chime in.

 

Yeah, the more I stare at this thing, the more I think that I should just hydro dip it. Kinda wish I didn't buy all this nice vinyl

 

heat is your friend..... and patience

 

Youtube has plenty of DIY/How-To videos on this subject.

When in doubt, always check Youtube...

ETA - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=diy+vinyl+wrap

 

Probably a problem where you're starting and stopping.
I'd trying laying the vinyl surface on a flat surface, sticky side up, and lay the bezel on it. Work it from the center out...

 

Also worth mentioning that cheaper quality vinyl is much harder to work with for compound curves.

 

Alright, I'm giving this another shot tonight. I'll post up the results.

 

Lay the Vinyl wrap flat on the piece cut a slit straight down the middle and work the vinyl from the inside edge to the outter edge. make sure your warp is tucked under the edges so it don't lift. Take your time

 

That's clean! Okay, that gives me inspiration. I'm going to get it right tonight

 

Take your time if it gets wrinkled Pulled that wrinkle part up and redo it don't take the whole piece off again just the wrinkled part

 

Here's some more inspiration

 

You guys are vinyl pros. I'm amateur hour over here.

I wrapped the entire inside radio dash trim. I got all the way to the last corner and cut the excess vinyl too short...when I heated it up, it wrinkled and pulled back to the point that I couldn't pull out the creases. I almost had it! 2 more hours worth of practice I guess. For now I left it intact, but I'm going to unwrap it and try it once more when I get over my failure, yet again.

So first lesson learned: Heat is most definitely your friend.
Second lesson: Don't lose concentration and get sloppy at the end.

 

Should have put this advice into practice.

 

I am starting to get the hang of wrapping. It has taken me a few attempts, but I'm getting better at it. I saw you wrapped the insert around the A/C knobs. Question...I managed to pull out that whole insert. It was rather easy to get out. Once I removed it though, I fiddled with it for a while but couldn't figure out how to pull the face off (well, remove it without breaking it, that is). Could you enlighten me on that? I'm assuming you removed the plastic trim around the knobs. I managed to get the start button out and pulled the corner free, but something in the center seemed to hold it all together.

 

Also, I was looking at the chrome vent rings...I was going to spray mine...I managed to break half of one of the vent ring clips. Are those little plastic welds holding them in as well as the clips?

 

I tried doing this recently and my patience ran out. I wanted to "complete" it so I could at least get the look of it.

I had it in about 13 different pieces and you could see all the numerous seams and it started peeling the next day.
Worst waste of vinyl wrap ever.

The next day, my second roll of vinyl came in the mail, but right now I have it plasti-dipped which I didn't do a very good job on either.

 

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