What To Apply To Auto Vinyl Stripes

How to apply vinyl racing stripes on a car or truck.

What to apply to auto vinyl stripes.

Unfortunately they re also easy to install incorrectly. The adhesive side of the vinyl faces downward. Universal 3m vinyl 8 solid racing stripes for cars and trucks 59 99. Outside of working at woodland i run my own small business.

This becomes evident while you re actually applying the pinstripe as more often than not you end up with a stripe that s too high on one side of the car and too low on the other side of the car. Vinyl graphics installation tutorial by illusions gfx. When i applied the cquarts i applied it on the stripes as well. Universal 3m vinyl 4 solid racing stripes for cars and trucks 59 99.

Vinyl pinstripes are easy to install on your vehicle. The top layer of your graphic is the application tape premask. You may follow all of the instructions below. It was a super simple to install new.

Racing stripes manufactured using the 3m 1080 wrap series film featuring. Using your squeegee and starting in the middle where your masking tape crosses the decal begin to apply the final sticky side of the decal to the surface. I had updated my logo recently and wanted to apply new vinyl lettering on the back of my car. Continue smoothing out the decal from top to bottom with long horizontal strokes assuring the decal is securely adhered to the surface.

Universal 3m vinyl rocker panel stripes for cars and trucks 29 99. The bottom layer is the release liner backing paper. Water will only be needed on larger decals to ensure that the air bubbles can be pushed out from underneath the vinyl. I actually did it the other way around had some vinyl stripes installed on my dib and a few months later decided to coat it with cquartz uk.

Use horizontal strokes to apply the decal equally. The middle layer is the vinyl decal. But you will not need to use water. Tools needed to apply your racing stripes.

If you are applying 3 high or smaller lettering. A step by step instruction video on how to apply pre cut racing stripes on your car. The vinyl film stretches slightly to follow the curve of a fender but don t expect a giant american flag to stretch enough to let you apply it to the wheel well arch of a dually pickup. To remove the vinyl decals from the old branding i simply peeled off the vinyl letters and used a razor along with some solvent to get rid of the residue.