'Vinyl wrap' kitchen appliances

Chickereeeee

I have a 'stand alone' white dish washer and a tumble drier, both fairly new, that look out of place in the kitchen after moving house. I understand vinyl wrapping, or otherwise covering, them is a possibility, to get rid of the all-white look. Ideally, this would be brushed stainless less steel effect, to match other appliances.

There are a number of videos online about how to do it, but has anybody on here had a bash, and could recommend approach and materials?

Thanks!

Doozergirl

I used to work for the company that wrapped London taxis in advertising. 

After having a go on a taxi side one afternoon, I wrapped my kitchen units in American Airlines silver, that would be the sort of thing you're after. 

I would buy vehicle wrap as it will be a good size. 

You need patience, a hairdryer to soften and mould the vinyl, a small but sturdy squeedgee and a small pin to pop the most stubborn air bubbles, which you must keep to a minimum.  

I would take the washing machine door off before attempting to wrap it, so
you can do the whole front in one piece, then trim to separate any separate panels of machine.  

When you do trim just cut once neatly across the gap and try to wrap as much around the edges as possible to avoid seeing the white.  

Chickereeeee

Thanks. I would like to avoid taking the dishwasher door off if possible, because electrics. I think everywhere should be accessible without doing so. I assume the wrap can be removed, if needed, using a hot air gun, without leaving a residue?

Doozergirl

The dishwasher door is what is being wrapped so that's fine to leave on.  It's the washing machine door that will be really complicated to wrap both door and the main face of the machine if you leave it on, but it's easy to unscrew.  

If there is a residue on removing, it will come off instantly with Autoglym tar remover - it removes all 'sticky stuff'.  

greensalad

Rather than wrapping, could you not get a door to cover the appliances? If the units will sit far enough back in the cupboard space then you could cover them. Probably not possible with the dishwasher though, but that would be the easier to wrap.

Belenus

Have you considered paint as an alternative to vinyl wrap?

Google LInk

GDB2222

You can get them sprayed by a car workshop. We did this with our fridge and freezer.

Chickereeeee

Doozergirl said:

The dishwasher door is what is being wrapped so that's fine to leave on.  It's the washing machine door that will be really complicated to wrap both door and the main face of the machine if you leave it on, but it's easy to unscrew.  

If there is a residue on removing, it will come off instantly with Autoglym tar remover - it removes all 'sticky stuff'.  

Thanks. No washing machine. Tumble drier (blank door) and dish washer.

Chickereeeee

greensalad said:

Rather than wrapping, could you not get a door to cover the appliances? If the units will sit far enough back in the cupboard space then you could cover them. Probably not possible with the dishwasher though, but that would be the easier to wrap.

 Not  enough depth (did that in last house)

Chickereeeee

Belenus said:

Have you considered paint as an alternative to vinyl wrap?

Google LInk

I had, but thought wrap might be easier. I will look into this as well 

Chickereeeee

GDB2222 said:

You can get them sprayed by a car workshop. We did this with our fridge and freezer.

Might explore this further, thanks.