Just been in touch with William Smith (3m distributor) who told me about DI-NOC which is used for wrapping any shape - see vid below..however its expensive and gets imported from Japan (takes 2 weeks) its also 4 times more expensive than what we had budgeted for! They are checking to see if another cheaper option might work for us. I have been looking at taking some of the surfaces out of the show as we may have too much construction. Looking at altering the way we see the computers in the show for example.
On another front we have been looking at vinyl coverings - Chris sent these earlier..
He's been testing and reports the usual issues we have been thinking about such as air bubbles and the surface attracting dust quickly - time for l2 with anti static cloths? After talking with Tim Leaversuch from the workshop he advised us that its possible to wet the surface of the wood with water (think he said soapy) then apply the vinyl -you can then slide it around, getting rid of bubbles and letting it settle. When it drys the vinyl hugs the surface and becomes sticky again - wow!
so 2 options vinyl on a roll or the 3m materials - another thing did ask tim about spraying but it much harder to get the finish we would need, taking longer and there are no facilities for this anyway at college.