Apply Vinyl to MDF & Furniture | Top 5 Tips & Tricks

[@followtheleaders4724]

Poly acrylic or Polourathane?? Links above for poly shows the spray bottle?

[@pilardavis8740]

Great tips and tricks! 👏🏼

[@SquareSplinter]

Thanks. It was a long one but hopefully useful. 🙏🏼

[@marvinrhodes2259]

Hello Derek im trying to apply a low tack adhesive wall decal to a piece of wood to make a coffee table and cut out with a zipsaw may i ask wat type of wood is best to apply my decal to

[@dudewassupman007]

Hi, great video, thanks for sharing this knowledge and skills with everyone. I have 2 questions - 1 There are different type of Vinlys are availble in market which is best for particle/mdf boards. 2. Can we put some polish on viny after pasting it to give it a long life - if yes then which polish?

[@SquareSplinter]

Just about any name brand vinyl will work great on mdf or similar. As far as an additional finish….. no I wouldn’t recommend adding anything onto the vinyl itself. I just wouldn’t use vinyl in a situation that you think there would be a chance for abrasion much at all. 🍻

[@stevebedard7706]

Hi there. I hope you're still tracking comments on this video. I'm likely going to start a project that I was planning on using MDF and a vinyl decal. Your video is great and showed me what to expect. I saw you had a spray bottle of poly. I have a can of brush-on poly --would this be too much moisture for the MDF at once and make it bubble? I also saw some edge banding options that had a bit of a thicker profile, but having trouble finding a supplier. Product is 1/2 inch thickness, coloured vinyl (I believe it's vinyl), thicker in the middle giving it a slightly rounded profile. I think it just applied over the edge and adheres with heat. I'm wondering if you're familiar with this product and know any only suppliers. Thanks so much!

[@Wolfhunter666]

Help me out with gaming arcades for the mall. I manufacture them. But the surface finish is dull. I put vinyl directly on hdhmr/mdf board. Can you suggest for thickness of vinyl I should use and how to seal the surface to a smooth finish. Thanks.

[@albertwesker2050]

Can the wrap go over a cheap piece of furniture made of partial board that has that fake wood sticker stuff on the outside?

[@joedilaura2560]

Great video. What if you used edge banding on the edges first, then wrap the vinyl over that? Should make prepping the edges faster with a smother end result.

[@SquareSplinter]

Edge banding would absolutely fix the issue on sealing the edges. 👌🏼. Especially on the melamine.

[@kevinthomson6324]

I was about to type the same question

[@zacjones89]

Another great video! Thanks so much for taking the time to demonstrate and explain your methods with different substrates. Question #1 -- if I''m going to wrap a melamine panel, and want to wrap the edges but I don't want to do any prep work to the sides -- couldn't I just wrap all the edges and bond them together on the back of the piece? It seems that would allow for good adhesion and I wouldn't have to prep anything about the panel. I have a project where I only really care about the top of the piece, I want the best possible finish on the top, but I do want token coverage on the sides. Melamine seems like it would offer the best finish for the top piece as it's so smooth to start with. Question #2 Does the melamine face offer a smoother finish than your MDF that you have sealed and sanded? The video shows MDF as not being piano black, rather a fair amount of texture on certain light angles. Again thanks for the tips. So many options for vinyl these days. For a super durable vinyl I'm going to use flexishield PPF for the panels in my car stereo trunk installation. Lots of colors to choose from and self healing so I don't have to worry about surface scratches in daily use.

[@SquareSplinter]

If you aren’t too concerned about the look of the edges then yes, if you wrap all the sides the faces will help hold the edges in place. They just might not stay stuck down 100% long term. But you are right. Melamine definitely offers probably the best surface to put vinyl on next to metal. It has a pretty much flawless surface finish. And your right as well on the TONS of vinyl options. Now days you can find a vinyl for damn near any purpose you can think of. 🍻

[@Taima47]

Hello, I have been reading up on the topic and I am seeing that water based sealers are more likly to make it swell, so it oil based better?

[@SquareSplinter]

Most of the vinyl is waterproof so it is no issue. I definitely wouldn’t want to use oil based.

[@Taima47]

but mdf is the problem? @@SquareSplinter

[@vinylrenovations446]

what sealer did you use for the MDF edges

[@SquareSplinter]

You can use quite a few different things. Any water based polyurethane works well as does any “sanding sealer”. Minwax water based poly is inexpensive option. 👍🏼

[@austinmay3483]

what if we sprayed it with a gorilla glue spray adhesive??? Similar to how we wrap subwoofer boxes with carpet

[@micahkenneth8612]

I like that Idea ...about the Gorilla Glue👍

[@Jacksirrom]

I have a prized pair of speakers that I left in a hot car during a move. The vinyl wrinkled off!

[@SquareSplinter]

Yeah… heat can be helpful in applying but also removing vinyl. 😜

[@steve8339]

So appreciate the video and will help me with wrapping the shelf. The shelf is pine so and has previously been painted so would I need to sand it down to bare wood the vinyl I chose is quite a thick wood grain looking vinyl so it should cover some imperfections I'm hoping anyway. Also when wrapping the corners I had a thought of like when your patching wallpaper so you wrap the corner and overlap with the next edge then cut both layers (the overlap) that should leave it seemless and have no faint lines what do you think? Again thanks for video great tips. Also subbed to your channel looking forward to more tips for home DIY

[@SquareSplinter]

You can definitely overlap and then trim like you mention. I have found that the faint line you see by just wrapping over doesn’t really bother me. But absolutely you can overlap and trim them to get a nice seam. 👌🏼

[@steve8339]

@@SquareSplinter thanks for the response one more question would a craft/hobby heat gun be sufficient as it's quite thick and can you use blowtorch if not that's my only 2 options for budget reasons

[@SquareSplinter]

Absolutely. Harbor freight is a great option but just about any heat gun on Amazon will work as well

[@steve8339]

@@SquareSplinter thanks again buddy appreciate the help

[@SquareSplinter]

You bet man. Glad I could help. 🍻.

[@elipeters5658]

apply? 🤨

[@dextervanartsdalen112]

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