I have a cab that has a couple of round/dome bolt heads exposed on the cabinet sides for holding the monitor bracket to the sides. I'm going to be applying a full-cover vinyl artwork once I sand and bondo it, but I'm unsure whether I want to have the bolt heads visible in the finished result. The bolt heads are round/hemispherical with no washer.
If I overlay the vinyl on the bolts, it'll hide them but will likely mean that there's an imperfect bubble, and weak areas around the head where the vinyl can't adhere, exposing it to future damage/tears.
If I remove the bolts before applying the vinyl then stick them back in, I'll have ugly bolts showing on top of the artwork.
What's considered best practice? I'd like to hide them but if I recall from my childhood days of putting stickers on things, it's not going to look good if there's a large bubble, and someone could easily run their fingernail around it to break it.