The heat gun is the way I applied mine. Results were pretty good but not quite like the original finish. Certainly good enough for a driver. I had to re-do mine because the guy I bought it from on E-Bay put a top from a different console on and forgot to mention that one was faded much more than the other. Pictures were taken with the light just right to hide the difference. Then he refused to take it back, said he would have but he already spent the money.