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HI everybody I don't post much but I live in this board... the thing is that I have been flooded with full body car graphics and I have such a hard time doing the wrapping of the side moulding the ones that go almost the whole lenght of the car. I apply the whole thing real nice, then I heat and stretch the vinyl on top and bottom of the moulding but there is ALWAYS app. fluid there and the vinyl DOES NOT stick and forces me to wait till it dries so I can sqeegee it down again...is there a better way of doing this please I need help and here is my only resourse for help. I will greatly appreciate any input.Thank you soo much for your time and your concideration on even reading my post.Rui
-------------------- Image is everything Rui Batista Hyper graphix custom auto graphix http://www.hyper-graphix.com Posts: 17 | From: New Bedford, MA | Registered: Mar 2002
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Have you tried using an X-acto knife to cut the graphic right on the edge of the moulding? This would allow the app fluid to escape there.
Otherwise, in the past I have just made the graphics in several pieces that I could apply one at a time, and just trim the edges right up to the mouldings.
By the way, none of the pages on your website work. They couldnt be found by the server.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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Hi thanks for the help I have to do that sometimes but other times the graphic is big and then I can't piece it is has too go on all at once, when you slit it with the blade do you cut it the whole lenght of the car or just a small piece here and there to get the fluid out? Please reply.I want to thank you once again for your effort in helping out. I have been so busy that I have no time to work on the website...I got it up but no time to upload the graphics content and all the other good stuff...someday I will get it done...
-------------------- Image is everything Rui Batista Hyper graphix custom auto graphix http://www.hyper-graphix.com Posts: 17 | From: New Bedford, MA | Registered: Mar 2002
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I just slit the vinyl wherever it's creating a problem, I usually dont have any big solid panels that long, most of them are just like part of a big swoosh or piece of a flame or something like that.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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the thing is that I have been flooded with full body car graphics and I have such a hard time doing the wrapping of the side moulding the ones that go almost the whole lenght of the car. I apply the whole thing real nice, then I heat and stretch the vinyl on top and bottom of the moulding but there is ALWAYS app. fluid there and the vinyl DOES NOT stick and forces me to wait till it dries so I can sqeegee it down again...is there a better way of doing this please I need help and here is my only resourse for help. I will greatly appreciate any input.Thank you soo much for your time and your concideration on even reading my post.Rui
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