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PL1:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on September 22, 2012, 05:24:57 pm ---I usually use a heat gun to wrap my vinyl around the edges smoothly and then the edge gets covered with t-molding.

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Rikitiki's side art post is a great tutorial on how to apply and work with vinyl laminate -- printed or plain.


Scott
shponglefan:

--- Quote from: Mark Thomas on September 22, 2012, 02:34:02 pm ---Iv been working on my cab for far too long 5 years on and off and to say im frustrated would be an understatement. Today I went to put some laminate on and its gone horribly wrong and I feel like smashing the crap out of it.

Iv tried my best to get all the bubbles out left a 1" trim and then went to use a laminate trimmer I bought off Ebay to give it a nice professional finish. Well that didnt happen pics below show how it nearly destroyed my cab and left me with a real mess.

The trim bit I used has gone in the bin and iv left the cab while I calm down.

Can you advise me if the trimmer is too powerful? or if I need a very specific trim but as the one I used stated it was to trim laminate. I started in the bottom of the cab and kept adjusting the depth so it seemed to be cutting just right but it just didnt go well

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Trimmer should be fine; even a full sized router will be fine for trimming laminate.  But as others have pointed out, it may be that you're using it on the wrong material.  If that is adhesive vinyl then a trimmer is going to cause it to snag.  Laminate is a rigid material; it looks and acts like a hard plastic.

You can salvage this.  Get yourself a proper sheet of laminate, some heavy-duty sheers to cut it to size, then glue that on.  Then get the trim bit out of the bin and give it another go!  (After practicing on a seperate piece of course).
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