Tutorials 12
Renovation of a wardrobe
DESCRIPTION
Not all applications are the same. Each customer has special needs and the furniture to be covered are all different from each other. On this page we will see a practical example of renovating a wardrobe with adhesive film.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Covering on wardrobe
LEVEL
Medium
APPLICATION TOOLS
Heat gun or hairdryer
Cutter
Spatula
Masking tape
We do the same for all the other doors. Remember that the strips removed can be used to cover other parts!
We also cover thin profiles, like the one above.
This is the result for the front:
Let’s now pass to the second phase: the application on the sides.
Once an application is finished, we heat the edges with the heat gun, so that the film adheres better.
On completion we use a thin strip of film to cover the edge. Let’s apply it in the center, then we’re going to trim all the sides to remove the excess material.
Let’s remember to cover all the inner edges.
Now let’s move on to the third phase, the one that involves the most attention: covering the wardrobe handle.
We engrave the crack with the spatula and then cut the excess part with the cutter.
We model the film on the bevel of the handle to make it adhere well and close it on the other side.
We press with the spatula to define the shape with the cutter we remove the excess part, leaving a minimum margin so that no crack is visible.
This is the final result, compared with the original wardrobe:
