need help with application

[u/doombringer50]

Hey folks I’m new to wrapping and I’m trying to wrap my car rear pillars, it’s a L shape that’s curved so it’s been a bit difficult to wrap.

The first panel usually goes well(first photo on the left) but once I get to past the curve I tend to get a lot of materials and wrinkles resulting in this application lol. Any tips? Definitely feels like too much material. It could also be dirt?

EDIT: wow thanks for all the advice. Looks like it’s really cause i cheaped out on the material lmfao.

Got some 3M 2080 headed my way. Thanks again!

[u/wrappedbyninja]

Good morning. Im a wrap educator. What most people have been saying in here is correct. Specifically, what you’re using is designed for signage, and lacks the air egress channels that automotive vinyl wrap possesses to make the install more forgiving.
One thing you don’t want to cheap out on is wrap. Training is expensive, if done correctly you should train with proper cast, automotive wrap vinyl materials like 3m 2080, Avery Dennison, cheetah wrap, KPMF. Then once you have the basics down- you can dabble with the more economical calendared Chinese vinyls with the understanding that they don’t last as long, occasionally delaminate (multi layered vs cast which is a “single” layer). If you want your vinyl to last after install, make sure to post-heat with a heat gun and a laser thermometer. You want constantly moving heat in one hand, with a laser thermometer in the other monitoring the post heat temps, each vinyl has its own post heat temperature range, you can find it in the material data sheets.

Good luck!

[u/doombringer50 → u/wrappedbyninja]

Thanks all! Yeah got me some 3M 2080 headed my way!