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Title: Tips for self adhesive vinyl instal on cocktail cabinet top
Post by: rabidpuppy on September 28, 2014, 08:09:01 am
I've got a table top for a cocktail cabinet I'm making. 

It is 16mm painted MDF, and has the monitor hole cut.  A piece of glass will go on top.

I have a single large piece of self adhesive vinyl with the artwork, it doesn't have anything cut out.

I'm looking for application tips / how-to videos.   I'm not sure what the best way is when there is the hole out of the table top.    I had another piece of the same type of vinyl that I put on a monitor bezel for my upright, and had issues putting it on due to the cut out hole, on either side of the hole was hard to keep lined up.

Do I put something temporarily in the hole to help keep the vinyl straight?

Title: Re: Tips for self adhesive vinyl instal on cocktail cabinet top
Post by: PL1 on September 28, 2014, 01:23:46 pm
Lots of good information on applying vinyl in this (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,120041.0.html) thread.

Look for the part of the video where he deals with the coin door hole in the kickplate.


Scott
Title: Re: Tips for self adhesive vinyl instal on cocktail cabinet top
Post by: thomas_surles on September 28, 2014, 09:04:29 pm
Do it in a clean dust free workspace. I threw plenty out working in an outside she'd because of dirt or something getting underneath it causing tiny little bumps that you can't really get rid of.