Just completed it and it was an absolute piece of p!$s
Gave the rails a polish and a very good wipe down with acetone. Cut the tape and placed it on the rails making a few pencil marks as a bit of a guide. Gave it another wipe down then sprayed the rails with a mix of water and shampoo ( 500ml water to 1 drop shampoo). Pulled all the backing off of the tape and with the help of a mate we lined it up with the marks and then from one end started to stick it down by lightly running a cloth down the centre of the tape leaving the edges untouched. We had to pull it up once to adjust.
Was then a matter of starting in the centre and rubbing the water out towards the top and bottom of the rails. All up less than 3min from backing off till standing back admiring our handy work.
Not going to lie there are a handful of small (2mm) air bubbles but I am very happy with the end result.
Now I will just sit back and wait for people to tell me I did it wrong!
Seriously thanks for all the tips reading everyone ideas gave me plenty to think about and work out a plan of attack
Good result SWE.
And awesome work breezers...two pages of argie-bargie over sticky tape...this forum never ceases to amaze and delight
On topic...Jimmy Lewis showing how to apply Puka Patches Railsaver pro Rail Tape.
7mins long but goes through all the steps for a first time applier.