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- Important!!!-
Remove the item you are wanting to wrap if possible.
CLEAN properly, remove all dirt, and grit. Ideally wash with dishwashing liquid as that will remove all the grease and oily build up that will prevent the vinyl to wrap.
- First, you will want to cut your piece of carbon wrap to roughly the size of the object you are wrapping.
Whilst not nesercary, I find it easier as it stops the excess bits from getting in the way.
- Ideally you will want to wrap the WHOLE thing with one continuous piece, as it looks better. It is possible however to use more than one piece if your object is particularly difficult to wrap.
- Next, you will want to roughly stick a section on, somewhere near the centre. Start with the largest / flattest area. Peel the backing off, and stick it down.
- Now, this is the step you repeat over and over:
- Peel the bit of wrap that is stuck down off, heat it with a hair dryer, pull it tight, and stick it down again.
- Push any air bubbles out.
- Peel it up again, heat, and re-stick.
- Each time you do this, you are aiming to stick down more than you peeled up, hence slowly covering your object.
- So long as you bought the decent quality wrap, such as 3M, then re-sticking like this wont be an issue.
- Do not stretch the material TOO far, otherwise the carbon wrap patter will distort.
- Yes, you will probably burn your fingers a few times. I did. Man up.
- ALWAYS work outwards!
- Once the whole item is wrapped, go past the edges, and wrap part way on to the other side (by about 1 or 2 cm) and cut.
- If you missed any air bubbles, you will now have a hard time. Keep heating the area and trying to push them out. If you don't think that will work, you can try using a pin to poke a hole for the air to come through, although I would only recommend that as a last attempt plan.
This video more or less shows the same method I used, except I didn't wet it first.
I always wet decals or stickers that I apply, so perhaps I should of done!
Remove the item you are wanting to wrap if possible.
CLEAN properly, remove all dirt, and grit. Ideally wash with dishwashing liquid as that will remove all the grease and oily build up that will prevent the vinyl to wrap.
- First, you will want to cut your piece of carbon wrap to roughly the size of the object you are wrapping.
Whilst not nesercary, I find it easier as it stops the excess bits from getting in the way.
- Ideally you will want to wrap the WHOLE thing with one continuous piece, as it looks better. It is possible however to use more than one piece if your object is particularly difficult to wrap.
- Next, you will want to roughly stick a section on, somewhere near the centre. Start with the largest / flattest area. Peel the backing off, and stick it down.
- Now, this is the step you repeat over and over:
- Peel the bit of wrap that is stuck down off, heat it with a hair dryer, pull it tight, and stick it down again.
- Push any air bubbles out.
- Peel it up again, heat, and re-stick.
- Each time you do this, you are aiming to stick down more than you peeled up, hence slowly covering your object.
- So long as you bought the decent quality wrap, such as 3M, then re-sticking like this wont be an issue.
- Do not stretch the material TOO far, otherwise the carbon wrap patter will distort.
- Yes, you will probably burn your fingers a few times. I did. Man up.
- ALWAYS work outwards!
- Once the whole item is wrapped, go past the edges, and wrap part way on to the other side (by about 1 or 2 cm) and cut.
- If you missed any air bubbles, you will now have a hard time. Keep heating the area and trying to push them out. If you don't think that will work, you can try using a pin to poke a hole for the air to come through, although I would only recommend that as a last attempt plan.
This video more or less shows the same method I used, except I didn't wet it first.
I always wet decals or stickers that I apply, so perhaps I should of done!
