Finally Wraped Our Own Vehicle

[Phill Fenton]

Looks fabulous – well done.

How did you find the vinyl, was it easy to apply and work over compound curves?

[Warren Beard]

looks good Chris, very eye catching

[Chris Lambe]

quote Phill:

Looks fabulous – well done.

How did you find the vinyl, was it easy to apply and work over compound curves?

Thanks Phill was very hard to apply as soon as you let it even rest on the metal it was bonding to the vehicle straight away it worked very well over the compound curves though

[Chris Lambe]

quote Warren Beard:

looks good Chris, very eye catching

Thanks Craig

[Lynn Normington]

very eye catching should get you lots of attention

Lynn

[Neil Speirs]

Definitely a head turner, better than any old add in the local newspaper 😀

[Shane Drew]

Fantastic mate. I must sign my own vehicle I guess. I’m a white van man at the moment.

[Martin Cole]

quote Chris Lambe:

quote Warren Beard:

looks good Chris, very eye catching

Thanks Craig

😕 Craig

Very striking Chris,

not really my kind of thing.. by very good job

how you doing Shane?

[Jason Xuereb]

Looks pretty awesome. Keep it up.

Was that straight DPF6000 or DPF6000X?

Arlon is pretty aggressive. Once you get over it though just be careful to have the positioning right before you remove the backing paper.

I prefer it on vans. Once you post heat to 120 degrees it isn’t coming out.

[Shane Drew]

quote Martin Cole:

how you doing Shane?

I’m doing fine thanks Fred :lol1: :lol1: Got 10,000 stickers to print and laminate by monday…. guess what I’m doing this weekend. 👿

It will put my new liquid laminator to the test. Hope I don’t stuff it tho 🙄

Sorry to go off thread…. 😳

[Neil Davey]

Looks impressive and I like the lightning background and your logo.

But, and if you think I’m talking b****cks then tell me.

There is a lack of contrast in the information on the doors for it to be legible and it’s slightly oversize, could have been reduced a little and the black outline increased to improve the legibility. Very difficult to get contrast with all those background colours going on.

Also the list on the panel is to big and ‘SIGNS’ is too close to the top of the panel.

If the van drove by at 30mph I don’t think you would read the contact information easily which I think is a major problem when wraps are employed.

Anyway, only trying to be constructive and thinking with some slight tweaks you could have an awesome billboard to advertise your business.

Neil

[Gill Harrison]

quote :

was very hard to apply as soon as you let it even rest on the metal it was bonding to the vehicle straight away it worked very well over the compound curves though

Hi Chris

It looks amazing. Out of interest how long did you leave the graphics before laminating??? By loosely winding the fresh unlaminated prints and standing them up off the floor, preferably on a grill to allow good airflow then hopefully most of the solvents will drop away, even better hung up but not always practical.

The solvents soften the adhesive making it very chewy so allowing plenty of drying time before laminating is all important for ease of fitting especially with such a dark image. All that said we all know customers want their vehicles as soon as possible but with your van looking that great its the best advert you have so I’m guessing your gonna have alot of inquiries :lol1:

[Peter Normington]

At first looks it’s striking, but your company name and logo is really lost,
(so i have room to talk) you do need to make your name prominent otherwise the good work could have been done by anyone. and in fact there is no mention that you have done the wrap, so to joe public, it could be just another sky van, if you see what I mean
Peter

[Stephen Ingham]

Hi, looks very eye catching

Just one real question, how did you arrive at using that background image and where did you source that type of image?

cheers
stephen

[Peter Normington]

quote Stephen Ingham:

Hi, looks very eye catching

Just one real question, how did you arrive at using that background image and where did you source that type of image?

cheers
stephen

Thats 2 questions Steven 😀

Peter

[Phill Fenton]

You’ve inspired me Chris. Back in December I designed a wrap for Alisons Mondeo but we haven’t (as yet) got around to doing it. Having seen your work it’s brought home to me what a great advertisement this is for our type of business.

Monday Morning I’ll be firing up the Quatro (sorry got a bit carried away there) , I mean "Cadet" , to start printing our latest "piece" 😀

[Peter Normington]

quote Peter Normington:

At first looks it’s striking, but your company name and logo is really lost,
(so i have room to talk) you do need to make your name prominent otherwise the good work could have been done by anyone. and in fact there is no mention that you have done the wrap, so to joe public, it could be just another sky van, if you see what I mean
Peter

not sure if I explained my thoughts correctly,
so another go…

The wrap does look good, but it does not advertise that you have done it.
I have seen quite a few sign companies that wrap their own motors, but fail to say why how who?
self included, so unless you say something like " wrap your van like this"
the average punter may not associate the van with the company that wrapped it.

sorry, for being as clear as mud.

Peter

[Jason Xuereb]

quote Gill Harrison:

quote :

was very hard to apply as soon as you let it even rest on the metal it was bonding to the vehicle straight away it worked very well over the compound curves though

Hi Chris

It looks amazing. Out of interest how long did you leave the graphics before laminating??? By loosely winding the fresh unlaminated prints and standing them up off the floor, preferably on a grill to allow good airflow then hopefully most of the solvents will drop away, even better hung up but not always practical.

The solvents soften the adhesive making it very chewy so allowing plenty of drying time before laminating is all important for ease of fitting especially with such a dark image. All that said we all know customers want their vehicles as soon as possible but with your van looking that great its the best advert you have so I’m guessing your gonna have alot of inquiries :lol1:

The Arlon will tack as soon as you touch the vehicle. It’s not like 3M 180 or Avery 1005EZ RS. It’s one of the reasons I like it for vans. Arlon is known for having an aggressive adhesive. Some people like it some people don’t.

[Cheryl Smith]

Nice and bright Chris.. thats what I like..
I would have put my contact details…ie phone number at least along with website alot larger..maybe under your logo, the details on the door are not an instant read as you drive past it.
would like to see pic of the back too….
Cheryl

[Chris Lambe]

quote Jason Xuereb:

Looks pretty awesome. Keep it up.

Was that straight DPF6000 or DPF6000X?

Arlon is pretty aggressive. Once you get over it though just be careful to have the positioning right before you remove the backing paper.

I prefer it on vans. Once you post heat to 120 degrees it isn’t coming out.

Thanks for the kind comments guys and gals…i totally agree jason very agressive stuff so i’d say it should stay put

[Chris Lambe]

quote Neil Davey:

Looks impressive and I like the lightning background and your logo.

But, and if you think I’m talking b****cks then tell me.

There is a lack of contrast in the information on the doors for it to be legible and it’s slightly oversize, could have been reduced a little and the black outline increased to improve the legibility. Very difficult to get contrast with all those background colours going on.

Also the list on the panel is to big and ‘SIGNS’ is too close to the top of the panel.

If the van drove by at 30mph I don’t think you would read the contact information easily which I think is a major problem when wraps are employed.

Anyway, only trying to be constructive and thinking with some slight tweaks you could have an awesome billboard to advertise your business.

Neil

I get all your points neill my brother fitted the side you are viewing and he had ample xtra vinyl to make that text lower but he didn’t but hey you learn from your mistakes well i take your point on the door info but luckily
That was printed and cut on reflective vinyl and fitted after so its not part of the wrap so it can be taken off and replaced easily

[Chris Lambe]

quote Gill Harrison:

quote :

was very hard to apply as soon as you let it even rest on the metal it was bonding to the vehicle straight away it worked very well over the compound curves though

Hi Chris

It looks amazing. Out of interest how long did you leave the graphics before laminating??? By loosely winding the fresh unlaminated prints and standing them up off the floor, preferably on a grill to allow good airflow then hopefully most of the solvents will drop away, even better hung up but not always practical.

The solvents soften the adhesive making it very chewy so allowing plenty of drying time before laminating is all important for ease of fitting especially with such a dark image. All that said we all know customers want their vehicles as soon as possible but with your van looking that great its the best advert you have so I’m guessing your gonna have alot of inquiries :lol1:

Hi Gill we have constructed a box with a fan head inside and a large pole in the centre so we load the media onto the pole loosely unwind it and it was left for 48 hours thanks for the kind words

Chris.

[Chris Lambe]

quote Peter Normington:

At first looks it’s striking, but your company name and logo is really lost,
(so i have room to talk) you do need to make your name prominent otherwise the good work could have been done by anyone. and in fact there is no mention that you have done the wrap, so to joe public, it could be just another sky van, if you see what I mean
Peter

Hi Peter we have space below the logo and i was thinking along the same lines as you after we had completed the wrap so we are going to put a line of white text reading vehicle wrapping and graphic specialists

[Chris Lambe]

quote Stephen Ingham:

Hi, looks very eye catching

Just one real question, how did you arrive at using that background image and where did you source that type of image?

cheers
stephen

Hi Stephen the backround was from the awesome collection by Aurora Graphics it was a greyscale image i opened it in photoshop and added the spectrum layer and either used the overlay command or multiply i can’t remember which and bobs your mothers brother 😉

[Chris Lambe]

quote Phill:

You’ve inspired me Chris. Back in December I designed a wrap for Alisons Mondeo but we haven’t (as yet) got around to doing it. Having seen your work it’s brought home to me what a great advertisement this is for our type of business.

Monday Morning I’ll be firing up the Quatro (sorry got a bit carried away there) , I mean “Cadet” , to start printing our latest “piece” 😀

Glad some good came out of my post get to it phill and post some pics 😉

[Chris Lambe]

quote Cheryl Smith:

Nice and bright Chris.. thats what I like..
I would have put my contact details…ie phone number at least along with website alot larger..maybe under your logo, the details on the door are not an instant read as you drive past it.
would like to see pic of the back too….
Cheryl

Hi Cheryl thanks i will post up a pic of the back soon and the phone and web address is a fair point that we are discussing here too cheers