do wrap films have advantages over cast vinyl?

[Shane Drew]

quote Dave Harrison:

Hi everyone, Just a quick question.

Do wrapping films ( solid colour such as KPMF range or similar ) have any advantages over cast films for covering large uneven panels.

I have a job coming up where I have been asked to change the colour / wrap the back of 4 kangoo vans. I need to completely cover the back doors in a solid red colour. ( not print )

In the past I have used cast vinyls for this sort of job, however I tend to find cast vinyls are often hard to snatch back and reposition on large uneven panels.

Dave, Oracal 870 wrap film is much better than normal cast to go around contours. Avery supercast 900 would be the only ‘cast’ I’d use other than a specialised wrap film.

Much more forgiving, and easy to work with as the adhesives typically don’t grab immediately

Hope that helps

[Robert Lambie]

any time i have a complete flood coat of colour for a wrap i would use mactacs macfleet. if there is a solid colour wrap that will stay in place permanently, that’s the one. the down side is it is just like the cast you described, unforgiving. it is also very temperamental… room has to be at the right temp "warm" or it sheers… removing it is like removing any good cast, SLOW 😮
that maybe the downsides of it but for me this stuff lets me sleep at night even after the most demanding recesses.

KPMF, :no1: not for me… KPMF is brilliant for the likes of taxi’s but chuck in the odd sharp, deep recess and well… i have had lightening of the solid colours, "NAVY BLUE" to be exact…. and pulling/popping back out of sharp recessed areas. 😕
on the up side, KPMF is one of the easiest to work with in my opinion as it has a very thick feel to it and a super gloss lovely finish. maybe days have changed for this wrap as it was about two years ago the last i used it.

as you will be aware, there are many wrap vinyls on the go… many just re-brands IMHO. however, understandably not all offer solid flood colours in wrap.

Avery as you know offer the Cast in solid colour, I’m not sure in EZ Apply though.

[Lynn Normington]

Dave I imagine you also know the panels on the back have deep recesses so you are going to need very conformalbe vinyl 🙄

Lynn

[Dave Harrison]

Thanks for your thoughts.
I might give the Oracal a try as I haven’t used it in the past. I’ll try a sample on the back of my kangoo and see what happens before ordering material for the job, the worst that can happen is I don’t get on with it. If so I’ll go back to cast and just take my time with the application.

Thanks again

Dave