Thread: right temperature to put on overlays?

i got nice black badge overlays for my car, and i want to put them on. Yesterday i think it was too cold because they werent sticking. today it seems to be a little warmer, about 50 maybe a little more. could i put them on today?

I would personally wait until it was even a bit warmer or if you can get it in a garage where you can keep things warm, that might work as well.

You may be able to use something like a hair dryer to warm up the area. When I put on vinyl graphics I wet down the area real good so that I can get the graphic in perfect position. Once I have that then I squeegee out the water and air bubbles if any then I take the hair dryer and apply it to the graphic so that it gets the adhesive nice and warmed up and continue to work it with the squeegee.

Originally Posted by SyntheticShield

I would personally wait until it was even a bit warmer or if you can get it in a garage where you can keep things warm, that might work as well.

You may be able to use something like a hair dryer to warm up the area. When I put on vinyl graphics I wet down the area real good so that I can get the graphic in perfect position. Once I have that then I squeegee out the water and air bubbles if any then I take the hair dryer and apply it to the graphic so that it gets the adhesive nice and warmed up and continue to work it with the squeegee.

i used a hair dryer... one of them came out good, besides a few edges you can barely notice. and the other came out perfect. looks good!