{"id":124,"date":"2024-05-28T03:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T03:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/questions-about-application\/how-do-i-install-over-rivets-or-screw-heads\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:24:31","slug":"how-do-i-install-over-rivets-or-screw-heads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/questions-about-application\/how-do-i-install-over-rivets-or-screw-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I install over rivets or screw heads?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rivets\/screws &#8212; are not fun. The best approach is to initially lay as if they are not there (trying to squeegee down without tweaking the vinyl that is on top of the rivets) Then after carefully removing the pre-mask &#8212; but before the vinyl is pressed down around the edges of the rivets) slightly warm the vinyl with a hair dryer. As the vinyl softens (and you warm gradually) press down the tented vinyl till it is all applied. After all the vinyl is down, really apply the heat to set the adhesive. This detailed explanation of a process that takes less than a minute is not hard, just follow these instructions exactly and you&#8217;ll do fine.<\/p>\n<p>Have another question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/decals\/decals.html\">decals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/signs\/signs.html\">signs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/lettering\/lettering.html\">lettering<\/a>,<br \/>\nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/stripes\/fastnfurious\/fastnfurious.htm\">stripes<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To install vinyl over rivets or screw heads, initially lay the vinyl as if they are not there, carefully avoiding pressing it into the holes. After removing the pre-mask but before fully pressing down the edges, use a hair dryer to gently warm the vinyl. As it softens, press the tented vinyl down over the rivets, then apply more heat to permanently set the adhesive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-124","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions\/1087"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}