Carbon Fiber Vinyl Lens Hood

Lately I have been looking at my Canon “L” lenses and a bit bored with the matte black so I decided to take it to another level. I purchased a 12″x12″ carbon fiber vinyl on ebay for $10 and I received it in 2 days since I am local to the wholesaler. The process wasn’t very hard but it wasnt easy.
First, you take your CF vinyl and measure it up to the lens hood to see how much needs to be cut.

I had to cut the pieces in half to get everything to fit correctly


Once you place the vinyl on the lens hood do not place it fully on so you can heat it up and stretch everything accordingly. The best advice I can give on getting the bubbles out is use a squeegee and pull the vinyl tight. Once you are done it should look very similar to this