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I havent really used vinyl, but I have done a lot of carpeting.. it really depeond on the shape of what you are doing, but this is exactly what i would do if you r pieces are like i thinkmake sure you are not working out in teh cold, warm up the vinyl a bit, see from someone else if this is a good idea or not, but what I would try is put the vinyl in teh dryer real quick.. dont leave it in there for more than a minute or so, because im pretty sure it will be wrecked/melted, but it will help when applying it. Cut the vinyl so you have about 2' overlap on teh back of the piece one stretched over.  lightly coat the back of the vinyl and the plywood with teh contact cement. quickly place the vinyl over top the plywood, and allign it so you have the 2" overhang. Smooth out the vinyl with something like a squeegee. I would use a bondo knife wrapped in a smooth material so it doesnt mark up the vinyl. once you have a nice smooth contact between the vinyl and plywood, put some cement on the back side of the plywood in about a 1 1/2" wide stripe down one side. still working on that one side only, spray the top of the vinyl on the edges with water a little and use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat up the vinyl.. be carefull not to melt it.. you just want to aid in teh stretch, not melt it. then pull that vinyl around the plywood edge nice and tight and smooth it down, staple the vinyl in place. don't pull too tight, because you will just pull it off allignment on the other side. Once you have it stapled, do the other side, follow the same steps, this time you can pull a lot harder, and get it nice and tight. once you get it real tight, and have a nice smooth edge on teh top of the plywood, and two edges, you want to tackle the other two sides. basically create a corner like you would if you were folding a present for christmas.. once again, same steps, pull tight, staple. if I am wrong and you are doing complex curves nad corners, then get out your sewing needle and thread.  

oh, btw, 1/2 is prety freakin thick for what you are doing, I woudl have just used 1/8"

soup wrote: I havent really used vinyl, but I have done a lot of carpeting.. it really depeond on the shape of what you are doing, but this is exactly what i would do if you r pieces are like i think make sure you are not working out in teh cold, warm up the vinyl a bit, see from someone else if this is a good idea or not, but what I would try is put the vinyl in teh dryer real quick.. dont leave it in there for more than a minute or so, because im pretty sure it will be wrecked/melted, but it will help when applying it. Cut the vinyl so you have about 2' overlap on teh back of the piece one stretched over.  lightly coat the back of the vinyl and the plywood with teh contact cement. quickly place the vinyl over top the plywood, and allign it so you have the 2" overhang. Smooth out the vinyl with something like a squeegee. I would use a bondo knife wrapped in a smooth material so it doesnt mark up the vinyl. once you have a nice smooth contact between the vinyl and plywood, put some cement on the back side of the plywood in about a 1 1/2" wide stripe down one side. still working on that one side only, spray the top of the vinyl on the edges with water a little and use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat up the vinyl.. be carefull not to melt it.. you just want to aid in teh stretch, not melt it. then pull that vinyl around the plywood edge nice and tight and smooth it down, staple the vinyl in place. don't pull too tight, because you will just pull it off allignment on the other side. Once you have it stapled, do the other side, follow the same steps, this time you can pull a lot harder, and get it nice and tight. once you get it real tight, and have a nice smooth edge on teh top of the plywood, and two edges, you want to tackle the other two sides. basically create a corner like you would if you were folding a present for christmas.. once again, same steps, pull tight, staple. if I am wrong and you are doing complex curves nad corners, then get out your sewing needle and thread.

?  sorry i lost this sounds complicated.

SOrry I didnt see your question untill now. I guess you know waht I meant... simply coat both the plywood, and the vinyl where they would be contacting. each other

Glad it looks good... but dude.. I think you should try and attempt a lot of this stuff on your own. It is the best way to learn. You said you got the vinyl done and it looks good, so you should be able to tackle neons by yourself. It is really straight forward. If this comes off rude, I am sorry, I am not trying to be rude, just for some things, trying it first will give both you, and the people trying to help you, a better idea of what you are trying to accomplish. For instance, I have no idea what car you drive, where exactly you want the seats (under the seats is still quite vague) How big are the neon tubes? Are you using neon tubes? Or are they cold cathode? A lot of people confuse the two. Are they just teh store bought, pep boys.. or streeglow style neons? If that is what they are, then just hook them up to a 12v source. Whether it be your int lights, accessories on the fuse box, even the accessories power wire off your deck. I am pretty sure that if you attempted it, you coudl have it figured it out in less than 10 minutes, and have them installed, and mounted in less than an hour (for all 4)

So that is my advice, attempt it, if you have troubles, please ask, ill be glad to help