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mini cooper bonnet stripes advice please?
just curious really. when i have tried to apply these in the past, if i run them down the centre the application is easy.
when i have tried to come from the outside down to approx 8 inch from the centre badge, all is good until the final 4-6 inch where the bonnet ‘drops’ over.
The vinyl starts to pucker up as the bonnet curves away from itself (dome effect). I cant seem to get it flat, even with heat,unless i make a single cut but i have seen them out there uncut?
any tips at all
ta
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On the last 6 inches, hold the vinyl away from the bodywork and work it on in horizontal strokes applying about 1/2 inch at a time (or less). Use the corner of a felt squeegee. I did 8 of these last month with calendared vinyl, no problem. No heat needed, applied dry.
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Cheers buddy,
trial & error i suppose. Didnt think it would be too difficult but rather find that out sooner than later.
thanks again
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original bonnet stripes are cut to shape. they have a slight bend at the front end, so when fitted they look straight !
have a look around the web, might see a pic of the shape to give a better idea.
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Is it a Cooper or Cooper S?
The Cooper S has a different bonnet and it is harder to fit. Standard Cooper is nice and easy.
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Im not sure , my bank of english words are not big enough.
But if the problem is that the end of the stripes wont stay down on surface after mounting I solve the problem by gently rubbing the end with a soft cloth.
You start where the rise start and work your way towards the end.
That way you generate some frictionheat and you can push the "bubble" away. -
here is a mustang i did not so long ago…. may help?
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … tang+sally
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i have a template of of these stripes i made for the bonnet if it helps? the bonnet ones are curved i put application tape on the bonnet drew the lines and then used digital camera to tranfer pattern to pc then scaled it up over cutting the the lengths.. and this was mega glitter silver cast vinyl.
cant seem to be ableto upload a pic..
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all seemed to go together nicely in the end.
Difficulty with this one was that it was one of the ‘insurance repair’ cars that we do for a client, so we had to do it outside on site rather than our nice clean,dry,warm unit! 😀
Have completed a few stripe jobs now and they always catch you out on just how long and complicated they can be!
Good for skills but rather do a van anyday of the week.
thanks for the tips though guys!
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oh opps maybe to late just uploaded pics in potfolio…never mind glad it worked out.
ian
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