Home › Forums › Sign Making Discussions › Vehicle Wrapping › print edge joins Vehicle Wrapping print edge joins Posted by Tobias Redig on 31 October 2008 at 12:25 We always overlap 2-5 mm to allow for some shrinking. Stephen Ingham replied 17 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies 3 Replies Pauly Member 1 November 2008 at 08:44 I think NOT overlapping would be a very bad idea….. stand by for the re-work. I generally work with 5mm, but you would probably find 2mm enough as previously mentioned John Childs Member 1 November 2008 at 13:22 Overlap. Stephen Ingham Member 3 November 2008 at 08:44 definitely overlap, starting from the rear of the vehicle working forwards so that the overlap is facing back, and doesn’t collect dirt. stephen Log In to Reply Log in to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Log In to Reply Start of Discussion 0 of 0 replies June 2018 Now