How to wrap a camouflage car with a film
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A car in camouflage coloration stands out in a stream. This coloring is especially suitable for off-road vehicles that often go hunting and fishing or outwardly resemble the military.
A car in camouflage coloration stands out in a stream. This coloring is especially suitable for off-road vehicles that often go hunting and fishing or outwardly resemble the military. But repainting the body for the sake of this is expensive and unprofitable. Therefore, motorists are thinking about how to paste over a car with camouflage film.
Is it worth wrapping the car with camouflage film
Pasting a car with camouflage film on some models looks advantageous and impressive. For lovers of hunting, it can have a camouflage function. The film itself protects the paintwork well from damage and retains its appearance for a long time. And if desired, the sticker can be removed without much effort.
Pasting a car or its individual parts with camouflage film is solely the desire of the owner. Therefore, the decision on such tuning, everyone must make himself. But it's much easier and sometimes cheaper than repainting a car or airbrushing.
Advantages of pasting with camouflage film
Camouflage film wrapping has many advantages. It has aesthetic and practical merits. A car with such stickers will be visible in the stream and almost invisible in nature. An unusual design will emphasize the brutal shape of an SUV or the sporty character of a sedan or hatchback with a powerful engine.
Disguise
Pasting a car or its parts with camouflage film makes the vehicle almost invisible in the forest. This is important for hunters. The machine will not attract the attention of wild animals, which will make hunting for them successful.
Pixel camouflage on a car
Vinyl with any design allows you to hide minor body defects. Sometimes it's cheaper than repainting the car. This is especially true if it is not new, and the tuning is done by hand.
Protective function
Pasting a camouflage film on a car means reliably protecting and preserving its paintwork. For this purpose, high-quality vinyl materials are used to prevent the paint from fading in the sun and scratching the varnish. This property is typical for such coatings of any design.
But like all similar materials, pasting a car or its elements with a camouflage film does not save you from severe damage, for example, as a result of an accident and corrosion in the presence of paint chips.
Color fastness
Unlike painting, a good decal hardly fades in the sun. Its color does not change for a very long time. Therefore, if you paste over a car with a camouflage film, you can not worry about the brightness of the pattern for many years. The material does not require polishing and other procedures to maintain or restore color. Yes, and the paintwork under it will remain just as bright and shiny if a new car was pasted over.
Stylish design
Pasting a car or its individual body parts with camouflage film allows you to become noticeable on the road and attract attention. It will emphasize the off-road or brutal appearance of the car. But there are colors that are suitable for other types of transport.
Camouflage Color Styles
Now you can wrap the car with several styles of camouflage film. The military direction is widespread. Stickers are stylized in the colors of special vehicles and soldier uniforms of the Russian, Soviet, American, NATO or any other army. Such camouflage can be forest, winter, urban or desert.
BMW X6 urban camouflage
You can wrap the car or its parts with a hunting-themed camouflage film. It is relevant among hunters and fishing enthusiasts.
There are other colors of such film coatings. On them, in addition to camouflage stains, images of nature, girls and much more can also be applied. Any shades and colors are allowed. The surface of the material is both matte and glossy.
How to choose a film: the best brands
Pasting a car with camouflage film involves the selection of film material. To transform the exterior, you can use both finished products with a printed image, and make a custom-made drawing. There are manufacturers that produce camouflage vinyl coverings.
The products of the German company "Orakal" are widely known. Her products are durable and of high quality, and their price is quite affordable.
Other American, South Korean, European and Chinese brands also have coatings with this effect. You have to be careful with the latter. The quality of film products from China is often unimportant. But it's cheap.
Step by step gluing process
Even knowing how to wrap a car with camouflage film, it is not always possible to do it yourself. Especially when the material is not glued to the entire body, but is applied in parts. Such application requires experience. But the full coverage of the car is quite easy to do with your own hands, since minor pasting defects can be hidden by the features of the pattern.
The camouflage materials are applied like other automotive body vinyls. There are two application methods - dry and wet. Both are suitable for both full and partial coverage of a car.
Dry method
When using it, the material sticks better and does not stretch. The sticker does not move from the surface during operation, which is convenient for partial pasting. But the technique requires experience with vinyl. For pasting, in addition to the film itself, you will need glue for gluing the edges, a clerical knife, a construction (preferably) or household hair dryer and a spatula.
Film winter camouflage on a car
Pasting is done like this:
- Place a film coating on the element, remove the backing and smooth it with a spatula and hands.
- Heat the material over the entire surface with a hair dryer and level.
- Cut off excess.
- The edges of the sticker can be glued.
The smoothing of the film is carried out from the center to the edges. The main task is to expel air bubbles from under the coating.
Wet method
The wet method is somewhat easier than the dry method. It is also suitable for beginners. In both cases, it is easier to cover the entire body than to mount individual stickers. When gluing individual camouflage patterns, it is important to plan in advance where they will be placed. You can use masking tape for marking.
For this method, you must have the right amount of film material, a spatula, a clerical knife, a construction or regular hair dryer, glue, a spray bottle and a solution of soap in water.
Wrapping a car with camouflage film
The work is performed according to the following algorithm:
- Clean the surface with soapy water using a spray bottle.
- Remove the backing and apply the sticker to the part.
- Press the coating, smoothing with a spatula and hands.
- Warm up the material on the front side with a hairdryer.
- Press the sticker to the surface. You need to work from the center to the edges.
- The edges of the vinyl can be fixed with glue.
Both methods require body preparation. It includes washing and cleaning from contaminants with drying. It is recommended to remove foci of corrosion, if any. It is better to carry out all work in a clean garage or other room so that grains of sand that have fallen under the film with the wind do not spoil the appearance of the coating.
Prices and pasting times
Do-it-yourself wrapping saves money. You only have to pay for the materials. The coating with the considered pattern can be bought ready-made. It's cheaper than making it to order. But many companies offer the application of an exclusive image and plotter cutting of pictures in case an incomplete wrapping of the machine is planned. The cost of work depends on the price of vinyl.
Do-it-yourself tuning takes a lot of time. It can take a whole day or even a couple of days. It is better for beginners to work with an assistant, especially when pasting a large area of \uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbthe body. Preparation for work takes no less time than pasting itself. In this case, sufficient time must elapse so that the parts to be pasted dry well.
Vinyl film camouflage on a mercedes car
Turning to professionals allows you to get an excellent result, the terms of work usually do not exceed a day. But the prices for such coverage "bite". Full body coverage will cost at least 100 thousand rubles when ordering an individual drawing. If standard materials are used, the work will cost many times cheaper.
Features of the operation of the film camouflage
Such a coating does not require special care. Washing the car is carried out in the usual mode and does not require the selection of special means or conditions.
Its service life is at least 5-7 years, subject to the high quality of the self-adhesive material. Cheap coatings last much less, and there is no guarantee how long the film will retain its original appearance and perform a protective function.
With full pasting, damage to the sticker is corrected by hauling the entire part. The film is removed easily, without causing damage to the paintwork of the machine. If incomplete, it is enough to replace the damaged part.
This tuning is legal. But with full coverage, increased attention from traffic inspectors is possible.
