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    Duhh..What did I just buy??651 vinyl for car racing stripes?

    Like I said I tried it 5 times with failed results.The material as soon as it touchs body sticks and wrinkles up and no amount of squeezing gets the bubbles and wrinkles.I used water and soap mixture but its like the soapy mixture neutralizes the sticky adhesive and it wont ever stick.I have enough material let to try a few more attempts.What If i just used straight water and not mix in the 2-3 drops of detergent?Would that allow me to move material around and squeegy out water and not effect adhesive and once it dries it would stick to bod. Because honestly I dont see how the hell you put down the material like hat and have it just lay flat and squeegy out wrinkles and bubbles when it sticks to car o strong.Just seems you would have to have some water solution for it to actually be able to squeegee out bubbles and wrinkles.I dont see how in the world it is possible to squugy out wrinkles and air bubbles when material sticks at slightest contact.
  2. stratotak

    Duhh..What did I just buy??651 vinyl for car racing stripes?

    OK..this was my first time trying this.I gave up after 5 attempt.I watched youtube videos and they made it look simple and to to the point, All I wanted was a simple 24" wide stripe down the hood.No crazy wrapping, Cut out lenght and taped middle down to creat a fold.Carefully peeled of backing and folded sticky side down on car and for the life of me it just lays down all wrinkled and bubbled.I have seen videos and it lays down flat.It sticks as soon as it touchs body and no squeegeeing doesnt gets rid of the wrinkles or bubbles.I have tried it dry and with wet spray.I gave up and tossed the rest of the roll in trash..lol..Lucky it was only like $21 for roll of 24"x10 yds'.I have used Plastidip and had fair results.A little to much texture but I cant get this stuff laid down.I dont know If IM doing it wrong.And you need to do something else with this product .I dont have the patience to set there and spend a bunch of money wasting more money on materials till I get the knack off it.Plastidip.Here I come again. I did it exactly like this guy did in thisYou Tube video.Went to lay down the first side and it wrinkled all to hell and no amount of squeeging got rid of the wrinkles or bubbles,It was sticking to car to much.I did one attempt at 11 PM at night when car was cool as hell. it still stuck to car like crazy.
  3. I bought a roll of 24" by 10 yd's of 651 .I thought It was also for car stripes use.I thought It was the stuff where you spray a solution of water and dish detergent for lubrication and squeegeed it out and let it dry?? Is this what this stuff is??Did I by wrong products??If not how do I apply this to car ??