First mistake was using a big piece, should have cut it down to give you at least 2-3 inches of coverage on all sides, this gives you better handling and control of the wrap when you pull and lay. Glassing it would have helped a lot as it could potentially prevent glue lines from a heat gun when laid down then pulling or stretching, from there working from the middle out allows you to squeegee out the air away from the middle. Looks good tho for your first time 🤝👌🏼
Thanks! I want these videos to be as real as it can be because everyone else on youtube makes it look so easy to wrap but it takes lots of practice and patience to make it look good
Shoots! This def makes me realize that Ima be just fine with doing my Monteros roof in a couple pieces and seeing how that goes.thanks for sharing your learning!!
You're not alone on this i'm sure it was just a vvivid issue because I tried this vinyl on a roof wrap but the vinyl was super sticky it was almost impossible to glass out. I made the mistake of removing the whole backing paper at once, this resulted in the film sticking to the car before i even touched it so i couldn't lift it to glass out. Now I ordered 3m since it doesn't stick unless you put pressure on it so i hope its easier to work with.
Yeah I tried to remove the backing paper in sections at a time but even that made it difficult to glass out so I also ended up removing it all and had the same exact issue of the vinyl sticking
I did the same thing as you, I saw you making a lot of the mistakes I made. I saw you struggling a lot with pulling the vinyl up and repositioning it. For cheaper vinyl like Vvivid you should use the wet method of application. This makes it much easier to pull up and reposition. My results were pretty much the same as yours because I lost patience with it, and rushed and created creases / bubbles. It looks nice from far but not up close. I'm waiting on some 3M 2080 now to replace it. Hopefully it is much easier to glass out and apply. Also another big tip with Vvivid or any cheap vinyl is to heat large sections of it when you're applying it. This helps it stretch out and conform without wrinkling, and makes it act more like the higher end vinyls would.
@Victor Diaz yes, the 3M was much more forgiving and easier to install. I made a huge mistake half way through and was able to heat it back into shape and keep going. If I did that with Vvivid I would have had to scrap the whole thing.
@@gabediaz1373 For the Vvivid I just used a spray bottle with water and like 1 squirt of dish soap. It helped a lot, without it I wouldn't have been able to pull it back up and reposition it.
Vvivid i found is near impossible to glass out on a roof. There is a reason people use avery or 3M on roofs as its a much thinner easy to glass out wrap. I'dhave given up after half hour and conceded I used the wrong wrap for a easy roof job but you kept going till u got it done!!. Its a tough vinyl.
you did pretty well for that sheet of vinyl, i used the same stuff and it was quite poor, Avery will likely be my next go to since its more flexible andplyable.
really helpful, I tried wrapping my hood yesterday and it was so so difficult, I always kept having so manny bubbles in the middle and i just couldn't get it glassed... I tried glassing it on the middle of the hood and working outwards from there but that didn't work out any advice?
It's also a really good idea to to wash am use a clay bar on the part you Will be working on! Also using a proper wax and grease and wax removal products that are designed for prepping paint. But I'll admit your first time is a little tricky especially with dark colors like high gloss black the imperfections will show through slot more on dark colors. Hope this helps. Also vivid + has great instructional videos for thier wraps. Again hope this helps!
I tried wrapping my hood with this and it was literally impossible. It zaps SO MUCH energy out of you just trying to untack it to lay it down again, over and over.
I'll agree, with not much experience wrapping something this large, it takes a lot of energy out of you trying to make it work. But that's part of the learning curve
its alot harder than it looks. I tried twice doing it myself and screwed it up....in the end paid for someone to do it. I think part of my issue was temp and being in patrial sunlight no cover.
I think the temp was the issue here. That makes sense why all the pros do it in door. Or if you get really cool weather than I suppose that helps too. Great job on the first attempt
I'm certain it had to do with the hot temperature throughout the day. But living in Hawaii, the weather is consistent year round so the next best option if I want to do this during the day is in a garage or shaded area
Thanks! I learned a lot from doing just this one section of my car. Planning to wrap my car in a different color down the line so i'll most likely make another video
Lol you look just like me trying to do my first wrap on my hood, I tried doing it by myself and MAN!!!! That was no joke ! I took me about 6 hours to finally get all the wrinkles and bubbles out ! It looked great until I turned on the garage lights , that’s when I noticed how many scratches the vinyl had! These gloss black films are way too delicate. Next time I think I’ll go with a matt finish
@@tapig3322 haha to late for me already ordered some but hopefully it comes out decent, I do have some imperfections so it's not gonna be perfect but hopefully I don't mess up
My car is out in the sun pretty much all day and I haven't seen much fading of the vinyl. From a distance it still looks good, but the imperfections from my wrapping skills do show (vinyl peeling back a bit, etc)
I watched dozens of videos before I did my roof and hood, the best thing to do is stretch it out tight on all four corners (called GLASSING) before you start the squeegee process. The only time I used the heat gun was after I had finished squeegeeing it to make sure all the air was out. I’m watching the vid and see you talked about what I just said,
Yup I tried to glass out the vinyl sheet at first but I had issues once the vinyl was on. It took a little longer than I expected but that's part of the learning process. At least now I know going forward 👍
First mistake was using a big piece, should have cut it down to give you at least 2-3 inches of coverage on all sides, this gives you better handling and control of the wrap when you pull and lay. Glassing it would have helped a lot as it could potentially prevent glue lines from a heat gun when laid down then pulling or stretching, from there working from the middle out allows you to squeegee out the air away from the middle. Looks good tho for your first time 🤝👌🏼
I’m a beginner as well appreciate your transparency in the video. I agree, two people are certainly needed. I would’ve used hinges as well
Thanks! I want these videos to be as real as it can be because everyone else on youtube makes it look so easy to wrap but it takes lots of practice and patience to make it look good
Shoots! This def makes me realize that Ima be just fine with doing my Monteros roof in a couple pieces and seeing how that goes.thanks for sharing your learning!!
I think you did an awesome job for your first time..thanks for sharkng
Thanks! Always learning.
You're not alone on this i'm sure it was just a vvivid issue because I tried this vinyl on a roof wrap but the vinyl was super sticky it was almost impossible to glass out. I made the mistake of removing the whole backing paper at once, this resulted in the film sticking to the car before i even touched it so i couldn't lift it to glass out. Now I ordered 3m since it doesn't stick unless you put pressure on it so i hope its easier to work with.
Yeah I tried to remove the backing paper in sections at a time but even that made it difficult to glass out so I also ended up removing it all and had the same exact issue of the vinyl sticking
I love your videos and your positivity! Keep the videos coming!
Thanks! Just trying to learn and share my experience
You really need 2 people, all corners need to be held before contact on the roof with slight tension this way it starts out as flat as possible.
I did the same thing as you, I saw you making a lot of the mistakes I made. I saw you struggling a lot with pulling the vinyl up and repositioning it. For cheaper vinyl like Vvivid you should use the wet method of application. This makes it much easier to pull up and reposition. My results were pretty much the same as yours because I lost patience with it, and rushed and created creases / bubbles. It looks nice from far but not up close. I'm waiting on some 3M 2080 now to replace it. Hopefully it is much easier to glass out and apply. Also another big tip with Vvivid or any cheap vinyl is to heat large sections of it when you're applying it. This helps it stretch out and conform without wrinkling, and makes it act more like the higher end vinyls would.
Those are some great tips!! I'll definitely keep them in mind when I apply more vinyl in the future!
thank you for the tips! Im going to be wrapping my roof and trunk soon.
@Victor Diaz yes, the 3M was much more forgiving and easier to install. I made a huge mistake half way through and was able to heat it back into shape and keep going. If I did that with Vvivid I would have had to scrap the whole thing.
What wet application do you use for gloss vínyl?
@@gabediaz1373 For the Vvivid I just used a spray bottle with water and like 1 squirt of dish soap. It helped a lot, without it I wouldn't have been able to pull it back up and reposition it.
Vvivid i found is near impossible to glass out on a roof. There is a reason people use avery or 3M on roofs as its a much thinner easy to glass out wrap. I'dhave given up after half hour and conceded I used the wrong wrap for a easy roof job but you kept going till u got it done!!. Its a tough vinyl.
you did pretty well for that sheet of vinyl, i used the same stuff and it was quite poor, Avery will likely be my next go to since its more flexible andplyable.
Great job. Thanks for the video
This video is super candid which is great. This has been the most helpful video so far
Glad it was helpful!
Thus was really helpful! Thanks for sharing.
No problem! Glad my struggles and frustration with this helped you out 😅
really helpful, I tried wrapping my hood yesterday and it was so so difficult, I always kept having so manny bubbles in the middle and i just couldn't get it glassed... I tried glassing it on the middle of the hood and working outwards from there but that didn't work out
any advice?
Looks good to me. Nice one
Thanks 👍
It's also a really good idea to to wash am use a clay bar on the part you Will be working on! Also using a proper wax and grease and wax removal products that are designed for prepping paint. But I'll admit your first time is a little tricky especially with dark colors like high gloss black the imperfections will show through slot more on dark colors. Hope this helps. Also vivid + has great instructional videos for thier wraps. Again hope this helps!
Thanks! I'll definetly keep those in mind when I go back to wrap the rest of my car later down the line
I tried wrapping my hood with this and it was literally impossible. It zaps SO MUCH energy out of you just trying to untack it to lay it down again, over and over.
I'll agree, with not much experience wrapping something this large, it takes a lot of energy out of you trying to make it work. But that's part of the learning curve
I think you did a great job. Thanks
Thank you! I Think it turned out good for my first time applying vinyl of this size
its alot harder than it looks. I tried twice doing it myself and screwed it up....in the end paid for someone to do it. I think part of my issue was temp and being in patrial sunlight no cover.
I think the temp was the issue here. That makes sense why all the pros do it in door. Or if you get really cool weather than I suppose that helps too. Great job on the first attempt
I'm certain it had to do with the hot temperature throughout the day. But living in Hawaii, the weather is consistent year round so the next best option if I want to do this during the day is in a garage or shaded area
@@arvin_arn vvivid is heat activated adhesive .. so basically Hawaii worst nightmare
@@ctwraps6308 Yeah, next time I'm doing this indoor in my garage
Not bad at all bro, not a easy task by yourself and you did pretty good
Thanks!
im bought to attempt this thanks for your video it looks good!
Just ordered it hopefully it looks good
Just a little bit of elbow grease and some patience and it should turn out good! 👍
Where did you ordered from??
Hey man I think you did a good job for just 1 guy. I am taking on the challenge next weekend and I’d be happy if it looked like yours!
Thanks! I learned a lot from doing just this one section of my car. Planning to wrap my car in a different color down the line so i'll most likely make another video
Lol you look just like me trying to do my first wrap on my hood, I tried doing it by myself and MAN!!!! That was no joke ! I took me about 6 hours to finally get all the wrinkles and bubbles out ! It looked great until I turned on the garage lights , that’s when I noticed how many scratches the vinyl had! These gloss black films are way too delicate. Next time I think I’ll go with a matt finish
Yeah I learned a lot trying to lay vinyl of this size. Will take what I learned and apply it to the next time i'm laying vinyl!
Dang I was going to put vivid black on my hood soon but wow 6 hrs, I kind of don't want to do it anymore haha
@@tapig3322 haha to late for me already ordered some but hopefully it comes out decent, I do have some imperfections so it's not gonna be perfect but hopefully I don't mess up
How does the black vinyl do in sun and heat?
My car is out in the sun pretty much all day and I haven't seen much fading of the vinyl. From a distance it still looks good, but the imperfections from my wrapping skills do show (vinyl peeling back a bit, etc)
loved to watch the struggle. :P looks great
All part of the learning process 😅
I watched dozens of videos before I did my roof and hood, the best thing to do is stretch it out tight on all four corners (called GLASSING) before you start the squeegee process. The only time I used the heat gun was after I had finished squeegeeing it to make sure all the air was out. I’m watching the vid and see you talked about what I just said,
Yup I tried to glass out the vinyl sheet at first but I had issues once the vinyl was on. It took a little longer than I expected but that's part of the learning process. At least now I know going forward 👍
Damn bear impossible with this particular product. Much easier with Avery. Vvivid gloss black doesn’t stretch.
@@jdstarek the gloss on vivid looks better than Avery tho but Avery is a bit better
@@jdstarek thing I've been seeing this is Avery isnt as nice finish it's got more orange peel
So does this have a sticky adhesive?
It's essentially a big sticker
A pro tip, don’t use vvivid it’s a thicker product. Next time use 3M it will save you a lot of time and you can glass the roof quite easy.
Thanks for the tip!
Where did you buy iy
Amazon
Where did you bought it from?? Can you put the link ??
Got it off amazon. Just search for the Vvivid gloss black
@@arvin_arn sorry bro but do you still have the exact link? I can't trust the random ones.
@@araf7829 Check the video description for the link
@@arvin_arn damn no more 6 by 5ft
@@araf7829 Try clicking on the vendor itself on amazon. They might have multiple postings of the vinyl with different sizes
How’s it holding up after 11 months
Still on. The color hasn't faded too much but it is starting to peel back on some corners/edges
Triple digits is way too hot. The vinyl will instantly stick & you can not glass it. You were just stretching it the whole time.
Yeah that was a mistake on my end trying to apply the vinyl after having the car sit outside. But now I know going forward
wish you has a friend
So this is how to not wrap a roof.
I'm no expert but yeah just showing what I went through and the struggles I had