Who's good with Vinyl?

[TrickyTransAm]

I need to build my amp rack, but haven't worked with vinyl before.
Parts Express gives a good description on how to work with it when you have a flat/square cabinet....but I'm doing irregular shapes, which will require more cuts and folding of the vinyl to make a clean look.

Has anyone worked with it for automotive applications?
Willing to learn how to do it, or pay to have it done. It's A small project where I don't want to waste money on material to experiment.

Let me know

[98blackbeauty]

are you using Vinyl material? If so, its streachable, You can fasten it 2 ways, contact glue or staple it on back side. By iregular shape are you putting speaker in the side of t top storage area?

[TrickyTransAm]

are you using Vinyl material? If so, its streachable, You can fasten it 2 ways, contact glue or staple it on back side. By iregular shape are you putting speaker in the side of t top storage area?

Yes Vinyl material. I would probably staple this since it will be in the heat, and i've seen some spray adhesive come undone under higher heat.

Your location guess is close - probably an oval or similar is what I had in mind, just wasn't sure how to get the corners to behave without bunching up.

I'm building a cover for my amp rack, and the irregular shape will be inside corners as well as outside corners with a plexi window.

[Gregs_gsxr]

on the face of your box I would use spray adhesive, on the box and the back side of the vinyl. Leave enough around the edges to make relief cuts and staple around the edges. Its easy, just takes time and patience, but fyi when I read the title I though it was regarding vinyl decals.

[Darren]

I have a vinyl person that I used when I re did my stripes on my are. It was peel and stick (exterior of the car) What type of surface are you putting it on? I did everything but cut my stripes out when I re did my car.

[Gregs_gsxr]

I have a vinyl person that I used when I re did my stripes on my are. It was peel and stick (exterior of the car) What type of surface are you putting it on? I did everything but cut my stripes out when I re did my car.

he is covering a sub woofer box, two different types of vinyl, but I thought he was referring to the sticker(decal) type too until I read what he was doing with it.

[Darren]

Vinyl wrap then? I can get that too. Just wrap the box and staple it underneath or glue it.

[birdie2000]

Make sure to get good vinyl, I believe the 3-way stretch stuff is the good stuff. The stretchier the better. Also, don't use just any spray adhesive. Get contact cement and follow the directions to a T applying it to both sides and letting it tack up first. Staples on the back side never hurt either.

[TrickyTransAm]

Yes, speaker cabinet vinyl, the type to match the interior of the Firebird.

I'll go shopping for some materials, and get a piece of vinyl ordered to try out.