Help needed wrapping a Smart door panel please?

[Ian Johnston]

yep, IT’S A B*****RD.

I asked an avery wrap demonstrator once what should be done,he said cut it out ( :lol1: )

the last time i use arlon on it and it stayed, but avery didn’t.

Ian

[John Harding]

did one a while back using customer supplied graphics which were as flexible as cardboard – so went straight over the fine recess no problems rather than trying to work into it

John

[Phil Veitch]

cut along the line with your blade angled downwards..ie cutting along the top edge of the crease and heat down..when you stand up you can’t see the underside of the top edge.

[Bart Van Wassenhove]

Thanks a lot, everyone!
Phil, next time we go for your solution. We’ll let you know how it works.

Cheers,
Bart

[Cheryl Smith]

Bart, we wrapped smart cars on our Roland acadamy course, we were told to just leave it without working it in, because it is sealed at both ends, no water could get in and it is so tiny it is very unlikely to get any sort of damage.
Id stop faffin with it and let it be.
Cheryl

[Robert Lambie]

i have a smart car to wrap next week… my first full smart car wrap. thanks for the heads-up 😀

[Cheryl Smith]

you are going to enjoy doing the light cluster at the back the most.
Cx

[Phil Veitch]

yeah, that’s one of them times i suddenly have to go out and let someone else do it..enjoy

[Craig Bond]

Good luck with your smartcar Rob.

I was at the academy last week and I am dying to get my hands on a wrap. Yeah watch out for the back light clusters, bit tricky but bit by bit 🙂 🙂

Remember: You control the vinyl. The vinyl does not control you 😀 😀

[Oliver Röhler]

quote Phil Veitch:

cut along the line with your blade angled downwards..ie cutting along the top edge of the crease and heat down..when you stand up you can’t see the underside of the top edge.

you are right! that´s the perfect way to do it.

quote Cheryl Smith:

Bart, we wrapped smart cars on our Roland acadamy course, we were told to just leave it without working it in, because it is sealed at both ends, no water could get in and it is so tiny it is very unlikely to get any sort of damage.
Id stop faffin with it and let it be.
Cheryl

to leave it without cutting it, is a risk!
if the car was cleaned with a steam blaster, the vinyl will break.
it also will weather earlier in this area and can be damaged easy.

so: cut it on the top side of the crease and place it from the underside in.

-oliver-

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[Robert Lambie]

i still havent seen the amart car im wrapping, but i agree with you on that oliver. it is how i would do it mate.
a great many graphic applicators use this method in the uk to cut costs on using wrap films or to speed up large fleet graphic applications.

[Chris Wool]

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Remember: You control the vinyl. The vinyl does not control you

will you come round and tell this miserable bit of vinyl that please 😀

[Michael Potter]

yep I’m with you Chris
Even the threat of the bin still doesn’t work.
Cheers Mike

[Ewan Roberts]

Hi All,
Well i must disagree with the door cutting method because it completely ruins the look of the graphic. Yes there is a risk that the vinyl could brake but i haven’t had that problem. An extra strip of laminate underneath the wrap and on top of the wrap gives it extra protection
The pictures below will show you what i mean. If i was to cut along the door then it would s##t.
I also think that if you cut the door there is a higher risk if water getting into the cut and delaminating the wrap from the car.
Also the new shape Smart (top picture) car doesn’t have the deep recess like the old one and is an easyer car to wrap apart from the rear light clusters as they are not removable like the old shape.

Cheers
Ewan.

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[Craig Bond]

quote Chris Wool:

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Remember: You control the vinyl. The vinyl does not control you

will you come round and tell this miserable bit of vinyl that please 😀

😛 😛 😛 😛

Chris:

I was only quoting the words of the wrap tutor at the academy

Looks like you have got a rouge piece of vinyl on you hands 😀 😀

[Oliver Röhler]

@ ewan:

yes.. this way does it to…
not the norm way (for avery or 3M) but it works…

always be individual… good job mate..

[Chris Wool]

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Looks like you have got a rouge piece of vinyl on you hands

hands shoes hair i dare not go for a weeee 😀

sorry of topic

[Cheryl Smith]

nice work Ewan. what material did you use for these?

[Ewan Roberts]

Hi Cheryl,
I used Graficast print vinyl and Lam 040 laminate for the three cars you see. We also do a lot of short term advertising on smart cars and to keep the price down we us Metamark MD5 with matching laminate, it works great and if fitted correctly can last up to a year.

Cheers
Ewan.