Thanks, Martyn. šš
You are correct, it was a high-bond vinyl which is great in many ways, but does nothing to make the installation any easier, because it pretty much sticks on contact.
All those sockets, monitor, alarm system and fire alarm in the small entrance area could not be touched.
we managed to apply the vinyl over the switches with one little inlay of about 5mm between the alarm and a socket.
On the side wall with the monitor, there were two cuts in the material. (see attached) one at the monitor and one at the alarm. Not because we couldn’t cut them out, it was more because the face area of both was larger than the area at the back of each. this would still be doable with a normal adhesion vinyl and a few tricks installing it, but with the high bond adhesive and painted plasterboard walls, it just didn’t make sense not to have a cut in the vinyl, with the risk of losing the entire panel of vinyl and possible damage to the wall surface if it didn’t go down perfect. Keeping in mind, that we are there to install the graphics, it is not our fault they cannot remove some obstacles due to them having tamper alarms connected to the police. which just added to the fun because there were lots of sensors and cameras in other areas.
The way to help apply high-bond vinyl around these types of obstacles is to gently wipe them with a polish of some sort which leaves a coating on them and stops the vinyl from sticking fast to them as you work. yes, you can masking tape them off, but keep in mind they are sensitive to touch and you then have to remove the tape.
it took two men, two full days to complete.
The red lines indicate where the only cuts were made to apply.