How to apply vinyl

[cobalt123]

What you will need:

Vinyl decal
water bottle with spray nozzle
soap
squeegee (or credit card)

1 Your first step is to find the area on the car that you are planning to put the decal. You want to remove all dirt, road grime, and wax from this area so the vinyl has a good surface to cling to.

Step 2 Fill a spray bottle with tap water and one drop of soap. This will be used to let you move the decal around after it has been placed on the car.

Step 3 Remove the protective backing from the vinyl. As you are removing the vinyl, you want to spray the sticky side with the soapy water solution.

Step 4 Spray the car thoroughly with the soapy water where the vinyl will be applied, then stick the vinyl onto the vehicle.

Step 5 The vinyl should now be on the vehicle. The next step is to spray the outside of the vinyl with water. This will be the buffer between the vinyl decal and the squeegee. Now you want to begin to take all of the air bubbles and wrinkles out by squeegeeing from the middle outward.

Step 6 If the surface is flat, then skip to step 7. If the surface is round, you will have to use a heat gun or hair dryer and slowly stretch and work the vinyl around the curves.

Step 7 Try to let the vinyl dry on the car for 24 hours before taking the car for a drive. This is usually not necessary, but is a good precaution to try and let the vinyl fully adhere to the vehicle.

Step 8 Wax the area around the vinyl that the original wax was removed from. DO NOT WAX THE VINYL. Most vinyls already have a protective coating that will be damaged if waxed.

Step 9You are finished. Enjoy your new vinyl

---------- Post added at 02:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:40 AM ----------

here is a video i found using google search
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/vi...ur-car-185136/

[ONESLOWBSERIES]

hell yeah its so much easier than trying to do it dry

[Wolf117]

Originally Posted by ONESLOWBSERIES hell yeah its so much easier than trying to do it dry

didnt think you could do it wet haha noob to vinyls

[AAS G5]

Only Thing I might add to that is some vinyls come with an application paper to help apply it. Leave that on and dont wet it and squeegee from center out like stated above if you try to remove this paper while its wet underneath you will pull the vinyl back off. After you have finished park the vehicle outside in the sun or use a hairdryer to warm the vinyl for best adhesion.

Otherwise great write up!