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can anyone advise me with wrapping a van please?
Hi All
I am in the process of quoting for the wrapping of an Iveco Luton van. Its a 57 plate and the sides are nice seamless totally flat panels, and the ‘Luton bulge’ bit above the cab is 1 piece moulded fibreglass, again nice and smooth. The customer wants 3 quotes, one for just wrapping the side panels, one for the sides and the bulge, and one for the whole thing (tail lift on the back so this won’t need doing).
I have several questions and would really appreciate it if someone could help me out as this is my first wrap. (I have been on the Roland course however).
I was planning to quote based on using Oracal 3551 bus wrap for the panels, and 3951 for the cab and bulge, both with the correct Oraguard laminates, but I think upon further inspection that I will find the bulge is not actually painted and therefore could be classed as a low energy material. Is it best to just not wrap it? I’d rather do that than have it peel off after the first few miles!
Also, the side panels are 4m x 2.1m. Allowing myself a 100mm bleed (too much/not enough?), this gives me a total print area of 19.3 square metres, which I reckon is about 15-16 linear metres on 1370mm material. What kind of pricing structure would you reccommend as my usual metre rate just doesn’t work with this area and material. I am allowing myself 4 hours for the labour to produce and laminate this material, and 4 hours per side to prep and wrap. I will hopefully have some help but just an extra pair of hands really, not a qualified fitter.
Would it be ok to let this amount of print gas off loosely rolled as I don’t have space to lay it all out?
As you can probably tell I’m a little nervous about committing myself to a price before working these things out, and am not sure what the market will stand for a wrap of this type, as most of the application is onto a totally flat surface. What would you charge?
Sorry for the long post just trying to get it all straight in my head before submitting my quote.
Thanks
John
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Hi John,
If the bulge is made from fibre glass and isn’t painted then it will be the gel coat and vinyl sticks well to it.Steve
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Hi John, by bleed do you mean overlap? 100mm is too wide of it is an overlap, I usually do a 12mm overlap, doesn’t look so unsightly. I would oversize the design by 100mm (is that what you mean by bleed?)
I’d let it outgas for a few days if its loosely rolled, and I’d keep shaking the roll to keep the gases moving, otherwise hang it if you want to dry it quicker.
Choice of material is good.
Can’t comment on the price or time frame because I don’t really know the size of the vehicle. A lutton ban means nothing to me here in oz 😳
As Steves says though, if its Gel Coast, it will stick very well.
I’d allow More time for the fitting though, being you first one. I’d not necessarily charge for your extra time tho, as they may well be getting another quote from an experienced fitter that may do it quicker. You can’t really expect your client to pay for your learning curve either.
From experience, the fitting course makes it look easy, until you are back at your own workshop by yourself, then the doubts surface. :lol1:
Slow and steady mate, you’ll be right. But, you may quote 4 hours for each side, but allow more in the back of your mind, so don’t be pushing too hard, otherwise you’ll make a mistake, and cost more time and material.
End of the day tho, your price should cover your materials, labour and a bit of profit. Others here may be better advisers for that.
Take care.
Shane
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heres a luton for you shane 😀
a luton being the bit over the cab of the van
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I thought Luton was the body section?
The wind deflector bit will be a pain. Done a few of them and you really need good access to do it properly. The sides are no problem.
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quote Jon Marshall:I thought Luton was the body section?
The wind deflector bit will be a pain. Done a few of them and you really need good access to do it properly. The sides are no problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luton_van
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Ian that’s pretty much the exact same van! What would you think would be a fair price to wrap a) the panels and b) the whole thing (minus the back)?
Thanks
John
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