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15cm Stripe arround the vehicle

Posted by J_J_O on 3 August 2005 at 21:41

Hello,

can any of you pros advise me on the following basics, please?

I may get an order to put a 12cm vinyl stripe around a vehicle; the customer already has a few driving around that are done by other signmakers.
It should be one straight line around the van, and I don’t want ugly “seams” like you see on the edge and centre of the Mercedes.
Another question: what is the best way to work with the handle’s cutout? Do you cut this with the plotter before or should you cut this after applying?

Thanks very much in advance!
JJ

J_J_O replied 20 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Andy Gorman

Member
3 August 2005 at 21:45

If you’ve got a lot of these to do it may be worth making a template with all the cut-outs from some thin card or acetate sheet. On one offs I cut around the handles with a new scalpel blade, carefully.
J_J_O

Member
8 August 2005 at 08:38

Thanks for the reply big G!
Looking at the corners of the VW Transporter, should I use castvinyl?

Anyone else any tips?
JJ
Andy Gorman

Member
8 August 2005 at 09:11

I don’t think you would need to use cast vinyl for those corners. A decent calendered vinyl should do it.
Robert Lambie

Member
12 August 2005 at 23:25

what sort of vinyl do you use now mate, and how would you think of tackling this job?
ill try elaborate later 😉
Peter Normington

Member
13 August 2005 at 00:11

If you want to make the job better looking, I would remove the handles and lay the vinyl into the recess,
Peter
J_J_O

Member
13 August 2005 at 00:15

I wanted to cut strokes of Avery 800 and make them at a size that I don’t get any seems (that collect dust) on the van.

Thanks Peter, is that easy to do or do you have to become half an automechanican?

JJ
Peter Normington

Member
13 August 2005 at 00:23

I havn’t done a VW, but at a guess, a couple of torx bits and /or a screwedriver would be all you need. The vito I have done like this and that is all you need.
+ a heat gun to mould the vinyl into the recess, and then to eliminate its memory.
Peter
J_J_O

Member
15 August 2005 at 10:26

Will give it a try, Peter, thanks, Robert. I started this topic with the demo of Chuck Gallagher in mind. He is applying black vinyl and so seams/overlaps are not really a problem since collected dust/dirt won’t be visible.
Like you can see, the van I have to do is a sunny yellow that will show all dirt.

Thanks to all again for taking the time to reply.

JJ