Dashboard Film Help, Trying to install dashboard film myself, 's a bitch! Options

[se99jmk]

Hi guys,

I picked up some dashboard styling film from a company named Folia Tec, it's a metallic flip-flop green/purple.
I went with film because I wanted a non-permanent solution, otherwise spray is probably the way ahead.

I've done one small section so far (will post a pic soon), but it's not easy, ended up with a couple of bumps and jagged edges.

Can anyone help me out with some tips/suggestions? step-by-step process with pictures pretty please?

Went on a web hunt for instructions and got Folia Tec's own stuff, but it wasn;t too helpfull.

thanks guys,

jamie

[se99jmk]

Thanks guys!

That wet surface mist thing sounds like a great trick, haven't heard that one before!

I think my main problem stems from the fact I'm trying to apply it to car parts (internal, the plastic sections), which tend to have round corners both on the edges and in the middle of the piece.
Also it arrives as one large piece of film and has to be cut to specific size for the part, so cutting around things like the grill can be tricky.

When i tried to pull it around the corners of the plastic piece, I ended up with folded areas on the external corners where there was too much material (as will happen when you place a flat piece of film on a rounded corner). Also on internal corners like grills, I had to make a cut in all four corners to be able to get the material to stretch around it. after that it doesn't lay flat particularly well...

djultimate, with that mist surface, how long do I have before the stickiness sets in? seconds/minutes etc?

Thanks again for you help guys, seriously, I'll get you some pictures to show off my first attempt.. (not pretty I can tell you!)

in the mean time, here are the instrucitons provided:
http://foliatec.de/pflege/_e/montage/index...s_id=95&search=
and a product link
http://v2-en.foliatec.de/shu_cms/index.php?kid=17 (mine's the flip-flop film in the bottom left)

any more suggestions you guys have, especially for corners, are most appreciated!