This comprehensive guide explains how to apply interior vinyl wraps, also known as contact paper, to walls, furniture, and appliances. It covers the process of applying vinyl wrap, including how to use it, its benefits, and best practices for installation and maintenance. The guide begins by peeling off a small section of the backing paper and aligning the vinyl with the surface’s edge. Slowly apply the vinyl using a squeegee to push out any air bubbles or wrinkles. Work from the center towards the edges, applying even pressure.
To wrap around contours, heat the vinyl until it is soft and work it around with a plastic card, making sure to clear any air bubbles. The guide also provides tips on how to trim the edges and around door handles with an X-Acto knife or box cutter. The wrapped vinyl is then heated again with a heat gun to secure it to the car.
The guide also discusses the use of Brushed Steel 3M Vinyl (BR201) for the interior trim of a car. It also provides a tutorial on how to cover drawers and dressers with round edges in vinyl wrap. The guide also offers a large selection of How to Wrap video tutorials, including how to wrap a kitchen cabinet, worktop, wardrobe, and wall.
In conclusion, this guide provides a step-by-step guide on how to apply interior vinyl wraps to various surfaces, including walls, furniture, and appliances. It also provides tips on how to properly measure and cut the vinyl wrap material to achieve a flawless finish.
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What would we do without YouTube and people like you posting vids such as these. Thanks so much for the demo. The factory paint has come off from high traffic trim pieces and this vinyl wrap will be just the thing to make it look nice again. I appreciate ur efforts and hope mine looks almost as good as yours. Cheers.
Definitely a great tutorial! Given I’ve just had this article, patience, the heat gun from a soldering station (set to minimum and carefully used as well), and got it perfect on my 1st try, definitely this article played a good part. Did it on a laptop LCD lid, mine is carbon fiber pattern and it really looks awesome now. The flat part is easy of course but the corners and rounded edges were tricky, but a little heat, stretching it just enough and patiently doing, it turned out perfect. Goes to show that with patience, the right tools (that don’t even need to be fancy) and a great tutorial, anyone can take their hand at it and not be afraid. Also for whoever decides to do it with a hot air solder station: just set it to around 150ºc and maximum airflow, no nozzle, pretty much as little time with heat applied as he showed on article.
Bro! Phenomenal instructional article! I’ve watched a lot of article, as I want to learn how to vinyl wrap, this is the best article BY FAR! Way to explain patience, techniques, the importance of different cuts, addressing the sharp corners, and showing the back view. You are very thorough! Way to go man, I feel 100% comfortable vinyl wrapping the trim pieces in my car now. You gained a new subscriber. Keep it up!
Finally a article that explains the vinyl process in detail. I have done my own wrapping in my car but I bought a cheap vinyl wrap from China which creates a lot of bubbles and it’s very thick. It took me a long time to do it but I think I am going to buy a good quality vinyl and do it over again. Very good explanation made!
Great tutorial! Probably the best vinyl vid I’ve seen. I’m definitely going to try this out myself. Already taken the dash apart, I just need some vinyl now. I know you used 3M, but I’m wondering what’s the best brand you’d recommend for interior trim like this. I’ve been doing some research, and people say that 3M can be kinda finicky. Got any articles on headliner repair, audio upgrades (replacing OEM speakers or sub box and wiring) or rally light installs? These are all jobs I’m doing to my car. I have a first gen BMW cooper that I’m working on as a refurbishment project.
Thanks for the article iam wrapping similar parts for the first time,and this is exactly what i needed to see to get a feel for the amount of heat and stretching.gave me the confidence todo my stuff and it turned out great.i took my time cause thats what it takes to make it look like it came that way..
this was an overall good article but I do have an issue with the first trim piece you did if you started at the low inside parts you would not have any tension would not need the heat gun and would not need to stretch the vinyl and would lay relaxed and not pull up in a year or two. basically, if you have tension and need to stretch with heat your not doing it right. heat and stretching is a last-ditch tool should not be the first thing you go for.
4:20 start in the corners, not the middle. if you start in the middle then by the time you reach the corners you only have a tiny amount of wrap left to stretch into the corners, meaning way more tension in the corners. if you start in the corners you have all that material in the middle to stretch towards the corners and way more even tension.
What I would recommend is make the relief cut first making an X just mind how far the is reces you don’t want to cut the film you’re wrapping with I noticed even after making the square cut he still had the same amount of tension which leads to over stretching the material causing discoloration and warping of the pattern
good tutorial..def dont need primer for those pieces not nearly enough stress. also when your “Bridging” gaps such as in your shifter bezel you dont wanna start in the middle as you said…you would want to heat the vinyl slightly and push into the center of the stretch then work outwards twords the edges…this puts all the tension and stretch on the largest flattest surface as apposed to the edges. This is the same method used for door handle cavity’s and license plate areas.
Love this article I’m buying a car for my website and im gonna have to wrap some pieces Of trim and I’m worried but this definitely made it less scary seeing you work with it so much was great 🙂 cause I was worried you had to me like the flash or it would dry and be done 🙏🙏this was great thank you!!!
Great article, thanks for taking the time to document the process. I keen to wrap my centre console and steering wheel trim. Do I need a heat gun with a possibly low setting of temp and airflow for this job? Don’t have one and wondered if a 2 heat and airflow speed will do (450C and 600C, airflow 300/500mph)? Thanks
Thank you for your article. I have done vinyl in my car and I found in a couple months there was areas on the trim that bubbled up. Usually where the sun was able to shine on. Any ideas how to prevent this ? I will not bother changing it but I am looking at doing it again on another car but it turned me off lol
Nice but how can you wrap trim on your car around the centre console without removing it from the car I have an Audi Q5 and want to wrap the alloy trim but it’s a big job to remove the console can you give me some advice on the best way of doing it What colour is the wrap you are using it looks like what I am after a brushed aluminium look
I think I would have laid the film down into the recess so it doesn’t try to lift. Had the film set down in the low spots at 6:29 it wouldn’t be trying to lift in the future. I used to work at a wrap shop as their articlegrapher and watched a lot of their work. Maybe you know something I don’t though. I’d be interested in feedback from other installers.
fuck i should have watched this first and been patient to get an exacto knife.. i did the trim around my shifter knob and it looked like that piece you wrapped but longer and i totally fucked up the folding part also i just used a razor blade to cut and it sucked and a hair dryer for heat. if anyone plans on doing it the way i did save yourself the hassle learn from my experience and dont do it. get the propper tools and be patient cause you will have to be careful and pay attention to detail.
y dont u cut the left over corners so u can stick the vinyl better om the corners i mean the cut the corner thats stick only the left over so u don’t have keep using the heat fun to get rid of the bubbles n since u dint it n u haverall this extra wrinkle n vinyl sticking together that u weren’t able to get them to stick properly in the back meaning it won’t stick into it meaning won’t last \\long or it will create a bible sooner
Noticed one thing right from go…You cleaned the part with alcohol to remove any oils or grease, but then handled the piece with bare hands, thereby negating the alcohol cleaning. Always wear powder free nitrile gloves when doing anything that requires a clean, grease and oil free surface. Other than that, good article.
The whole piece at 4:45, As an experienced installer, is just wrong. First of all, you can lay the most recessed part first, before the high spots, and only slight stretching would be required to do the rest of the piece and it would basically guarantee never lifting.. not needed primer.. But if you did the high spots first, what you could do is heat the middle, and then while the vinyl is still warm, start working the outer most recessed parts in.. this will basically only stretch the middle part outwards. Reducing the risk of the vinyl lifting.. again would not need primer. Just my thoughts. Been wrapping for about 6 years now.
Man doing work for free is unheard of, you really seem to be a super cool guy. Know the vid is old but still super useful information. Just recently wrapped my hood, took like 4 hours but I really took my time to make sure it was done right and was my first time wrapping anything. You are fuckin awesome dude. Keep up all the good work.
This is the exact article I needed to see. I’ve been perusal your articles for a couple of months now. I want to get into the wrapping business and I started my first project with my own interior in carbon and it was very difficult to use probably not the best first material to use or the fact it was labeled as 3m which it wasnt, and the material wasn’t the best. But the second job I did was on my friends BMW 3 series and it came out wonderful. But I did find wrapping the corners difficult but now I see where I went wrong thanks bro love the articles and love the work, I hope to get on that level one day big ups 👍
Man u make it look easy. I think I’m going to wrap my car perusal your articles. I used the CF wrap u suggested here on my vents an it looks very good. I need a portable heat gun cuz I don’t have a garage and couldn’t heat an tuck some areas that needed it. Practice makes perfect. I really want to wrap my car
Been helping my husband’s wrap the interior of our vehicles for the past 3+ yrs. They only reason & time we redo it, is when we want a change up the look. We are working teaching our daughter so she can do her own look in her vehicle in the next couple of years. **Chris, Doing amazing work as always, on doing your trait as well as teaching it, keep it up!
CK that was a phenomenal job uses this pre-cut 1/2 be worn in 2 hours to do it wasn’t good as yours however I got to admit though they had that little side covers on the side of the slit which I saw that you cut off yours cleanly to the edge top there’s cover the side I believe used EV Wrap precut center console for Tesla Model 3. Your rights quality could be better it wasn’t nice and glossy as yours Cadillac dry and cracky looking
Just discovered this website. Im already a huge fan. Was looking for some inspiration and guidance. I’m starting my first wrap project ever. I want to wrap my Fiat Panda (sport) in glossy red vinyl. Just ordered everything and will see how it goes. Man you’re websiteing is useful and nice to watch 😊
You make it look easy. I did my W212 E400 center console and like you I did each lid separately. I used the same gloss fiber interior wrap but removed the side trim piece of the center console. This allowed me to have better access side of lid trim. My biggest issue was trying to get the side edges to stick.
Is this type easy to wrap around edges? I’m doing a console with a center piece of abs which will be covered and recessed into a larger surface of mdf. The mdf will be vinyl. Thanks. By the way, good job. But then you are a pro, eh? 🙂 What about removing the gloss surface like you mentioned. You did not do that. What happened?
Rules say; “Keep Comments Respectful”! Christian, man I got Nuthin Except RESPECT perusal An Artist at Work. Awesome Job ! How you managed with the Camera in your face, No Light and not being able to use the passenger seat, so you wouldn’t have been working L/handed – and among All that, you still kept up with the chat ! Nothing But Respect ! I’ve done, vaguely similar, wallpapering at home, and I Always had to do It at Night, so I could have Peace ‘n’ Quiet ! So thanks for a Great Demo, and making it look like Anyone with All their fingers ‘n’ thumbs in the Right place could do that job ! 😉☘PoD☘🤘 🍀The Best Of Good Luck 2U 👍
Amazing article. Such detailed work and precision. I like the two fingered control of the blade and delicate use of heat gun. Love the tips (careful where you put the heat gun, always retract your blade… I typically create jobs much bigger by mistakes unrelated to the job itself!). article was good but camera man can lock off focus to the point he wants by tapping lock on the screen). I now have confidence on wrapping my BMW z4 without having to remove the dash trims. Excellent article and job. Thank you 👍
CK, do you have any tips for wrapping the center console trim of a Hyundai Genesis Coupe? I have a 2012, and I tried to do it myself for my first time with the trim out of the car using the Epoxy CF vinyl. I didn’t have a way of getting power to my heat gun without taking the trim out at that time, and it’s lifting all around the edges. I was recommended to use a wrapping primer to keep the edges down, but I didn’t know about that product at the time of installation. How do I stop the lifting around the edges when I try to do it my 2nd time?
Hello Friend how are you? I hope very well, I live in Colombia and I don’t know if you can help me, and I have seen all your articles and I want to try to put vvivid in my truck but I don’t know which reference to use I would like to use inside and in the two carbon fiber mirrors and on the outside the brushed gray .. but I don’t know the specification of the material can you help me to know which one to buy .. thank you very much for your help .. I hope to be able to put it ..
Hi Christian. Great article about wrapping. I’m detailing high end cars in Kansas City, but I never done wrapping and would like to try. Would you make a article about different quality wraps and sources where I can buy it? In your article you showing carbon fiber for interior only. Where did you order? What carbon fiber do you recommend and for what applications? If you don’t want to make a article – just reply to my message. I will be grateful for your advise. Thank you in advance.
Hey Christian, been perusal your articles and work, as of late. Lately I have had issues with vivvid peeling, not sticking or staying stuck. At first I thought it was my technique but now I’m wondering if I am getting imitation wrap. Mostly I purchase through Amazon . Is the a possibility I’m doing some thing wrong technique wise or would this be a characteristic of imposter film?
I just got a 2020 Subaru Outback (guy ran a red light and totaled my 2019 🙁 But I have the black plastic that was a dark wood vinyl in the 2019. This article was a big help in my decision to do the wrap myself than buy a premade one. Thanks. Question: where to you recommend I buy the vinyl? I couldn’t find a link.
I have ordered a couple rolls of this vinyl from amazon and it has almost no stickiness! The back paper practically falls off! I thought maybe it was a fluke on my first order, so I placed a second and still the same. How come the stuff you have it 1000x more sticky? Do you order from vVivid directly? Or do you order through Amazon? Or is this just the norm for this type and brand? Thanks for the help!
I have tried this in my car, and removed it after 3 months. Reason, i usually park my vehicle in 🌞 and when interior gets heated and some dust gets in the edges these sticker films edges gets out of the body where its applied and will looks very bad. Then after a lot of consulation from auto experts i tried hydrographics in my dashboard and now its comparable to ferrari interior. Go for carbon fibre design in hydrographics water dipping. All those approved providers are offering life time guarantee. It will cost as like this square inch /$ . Hope this may help you car lovers. Any way the wrapping seen this article is of extreme quality. Great job♥️
As the owner of a Model 3 that did this wrap recently, a word of warning. The piano black is itself a wrap of sorts. Use caution when removing the wrap. I had just about completed the cupholder portion when i was a little too careless with the knife and had to start over. So i give the wrap (unheated) a good yank to start over because im a moron. It took the wrap off, right along with the piano black below it and i was left with the ABS. If i ever unwrap ill need to replace this piece from ebay now.
question: I did this to some of the interior in my own car to cover up dings and scratches on the interior. it looked awesome…… until the first hot day outside. then bubbles came up, and the edges started to wrinkle up when the interior of the car got hot. what steps should be taken to minimize the risks of this when i eventually re-do it ?
I asked a guy that does car wraps in my city if he could wrap the interior of my car, he told me that interior wraps are a waste of time and money, because as soon as summer starts, the film will peel off. I’d say he either does something wrong or uses some cheap ass vinyls.. But what do you think about it?
This faux carbon fiber craze has me going nuts. Do people really think this stuff improves looks? I see it and first thought is cheap cheesey crap. I had car with some bad trim pieces inside wrapped with dark gray vinyl to blend with interior colors. Smoothed out and mad trim look better. Carbon fiber wrap is pure rice.
This may be picky, and I guess it depends on just exactly how much one charges for this type of interior work… but its too bad you didn’t take the extra moment to align the carbon fiber pattern between the pieces. Would have made the installation juuuuuuuust that extra slick. Please take it as a constructive crit.