i googled an online video tutorial about how to apply vinyl graphics and that really helped.. itdetailed soaking the the outside paper before trying to remove it.. i had trouble getting the tiny letters to stick on the first one.. but on the second application i completely saturated the outside paper and spent a lot more time squeegying the whole thing before trying to remove it.. that really helped.. as far as wrinkles.. you might try a hair dryer to warm it up a little.. vinyl will shrink some.. i had one slight wrinkle.. but after sitting in the sun it was gone