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Recent content by Marien

  1. 1080, not so great?

    I guess it's that too. Im curious to see how Hexis holds up compared to the 1080. trying to find the right balance in material that i can work with. I guess it's all a preference.
  2. 1080, not so great?

    is that the advice someone else gave you when you started exploring in this business? Don't do it, get a pro to do it. How did the pro learn it? he went to a pro to do the work for him? so on so forth? If i wanted someone else to do it than i wouldn't be in a forum like this, nor ask the...
  3. 1080, not so great?

    I just did a rear-fender, which took up to 1.5 hours with the thicker material. and it went really quick with the 3m vinyl. Is it perhaps the thinness of the material? Easier to get wrinkles if you don't keep the vinyl apart from eachother. I have lots of build up of material on more...
  4. 1080, not so great?

    It aint so much it sticking to the backing paper, i have no issues with that. But as soon as you put it on the part. It's so thin, you start to even out the material and the first few wrinkles will appear, keep pulling, tried tons of ways to heat it, have the wrinkles dissapear. but then you...
  5. 1080, not so great?

    Hey Guys, Im a hobbyist and in no way a pro. But am I the only one who thinks 1080 is a b#tch to use? Excess material bundles up like crazy as if it's a garbage bag. The adhesive sticks on like crazy and before you know it you've overstretched the heck out of it. Im used to thicker vinyl...
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