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Summary: Remember to keep the air bubbles out with your squeegee when using the dry center hinge method. Learn how to apply vehicle decals and graphics from a professional in this free automotive video.
Seth Sullivan is the owner/operator of Sullivan Productions and Firehouse Graphix in Arab, AL. Seth began professionally applying automotive graphics in 1994. His company creates and...read more
"In this clip I'm going to give you some tips and tricks on applying vehicle graphics. Now I'm going to show you hot to do a center hinge method. With the vehicle just being applied the stripes here, I'm not going to tape across there, we're going to go just a bit above it. So you take your masking tape, fasten it securely to the vehicle, to the decal itself, and to the other side of the vehicle. Then you want to take the graphic, lift it up using the center hinge, hold it and you want to tear the protective backing away. Take your hard squeegee holding it tight and away from the vehicle simply pull down on the vinyl using strong force to keep air bubbles away. Now that you have the bottom portion done, remove the tape, remove the top tape that was securing it, hinge it back, pull the rest of your protective backing off and squeegee upwards. Again pressing firmly onto the graphic. That shows you how to put a vinyl graphic on in the center hinge dry method."