Installation - Cont'd

Once the skin has covered all 3 sides of the case, fold it over to the rear of the case and remove the excess material with a sharp knife using the method I used with the old skin material. Don't forget about the areas between the top, bottom and side panels. Use the knife to cut the skin away and make sure the side panels can be easily removed without any problems at all. Once you've passed all these areas, it's time to work on that handle!

The skin material doesn't really stick close to the handle edges here and this is where the applicator or squeegee comes into play. Using a hair dryer or a heat gun, heat up the area around the case handle. The heat helps makes the skin softer and thus easily conforms to the shape of the handle. Of course, immediately after heating the area, use the supplied squeegee and press on the skin against the edge of the handle. Do this a few times to make sure the skin forms a tight seal around the edges, like in the last picture below.

Next, carefully cut around the adge of the handle with a sharp knife and any other areas that needs cutting. Make sure the case handle operates properly after the excess skin materials around it had been removed. The final piece would be to remove the skin material covering the keylock area and you're done! Doing this step ensures that there's no obvious break in the printed graphic and gives the side of the case a consistent look without the beige handle sticking out like a sore thumb! From afar, it's hard to tell if there's even a handle there!

Here's a few more shots of the finished case. Now the front bezel is screaming for a matching skin as well! LOL! The original Caseskin was easy to apply and I had a great time installing it but the new EZ Apply Material Caseskin was even better! The large part of the skin was applied onto the case by hand only and the only time I needed the squeegee was for the rivets and the case handle! It took me only 20 minutes (not counting the time needed to work on the rivets and handle) to get the whole skin on the case. PolyGFX succeeded in making an already awesome product even better! But wait! There's more!

 

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