Vehicle Wrapping – should I try it?

[Stephen Morriss]

Hi Phill

Try getting in touch with Metamark, they supply samples of their vinyls including the wrap vinyl.
With this you could give it a go on your own vehicle at little cost, however I suspect you’d need to go on a course or have some help from an experienced wrapper to get the job right on a full van.

You also need to look at getting a temp guage as you have to get the temp right after the vinyls fitted, this is something I struggled with when partally wrapping a Scania cab and some of the deep recess areas have lifted.

Steve

[Warren Beard]

Hi Phill

I would say if this is something you are willing to get in to you may as well start somewhere. Now is a good a time as any.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Go for it.

Good luck

Warren

[Robert Lambie]

hi phill
i would say in this case, yes… give it a go. you are kit’ed out for it machine and unit wise. and as you said, you do not want to loose the customer…
Part wraps is where the money can be made… full wraps are very laboring and steal to much time if being done in multiples. (worth it if the price is right of course)
if the customer has a fleet you will get in the swing of it after 2 or 3 and not look back.

what make of vans is it?

[Phill Fenton]

They are a combination of Citroen C2s and Berlingos – so small vans really and the C2’s are quite flat sided.

[Bill McMurtry]

Give it a go Phill, might be the start of something good. As an old business partner of mine used to say whenever we encountered a new challenge, "what could possibly go wrong!" 😀

[John Childs]

Phill,

I am not a great fan of wraps, but it is the way of the future so I think you should get involved, especially if they are only partial.

One of my lads who came back from a course said that they didn’t really teach him anything he didn’t already know, it was just tips and tricks, so I am sure that you already have the skills and wonder if it’s just a bit of confidence that you lack.

My advice would be to go on a course. I’m sure you would come back happy to take on this sort of work, and wonder why you ever thought it would be difficult, but even in the unlikely event that you are a complete failure, you will at least be able to make your decision from an informed standpoint.

Personally, I would go to considerable lengths to retain a good cusotmer.

[Nick Walker]

Hi Phil

I’m with Mr Childs on this one. Sounds like you’ll have to do it or lose a customer.

If you’re not confident about doing it yourself or don’t have the time, sub out the fitting – we do it all of the time.

Might not save you money but it may well save you a lot of time and grief.

Cheers

Nick.

[Phill Fenton]

This is the sort of thing he’s asking for:-

Would anyone care to suggest a ball park figure for this. If I charge my normal hourly rate it would cost a fortune given that I have limited experience of this and would need to offset the cost as a learning exercise.

I was thinking in the region of £1000 + VAT

[Jason Xuereb]

Use a bubble free wrap material. Its pretty easy and very forgiving.

[John Childs]

I think you might be a bit expensive there Phill. It’s really a fairly simple job and, ballpark, we reckon about four hours tops.

Fair enough, your first one will take longer, but that comes down to a judgement call on how much you think your customers should contribute towards your learning curve.

There’s nothing very serious there and I think it would be an ideal first job, enabling you to learn gradually. Certainly it’s the sort of thing I would like to train new staff on once they are ready to graduate from flat panel work.

Go for it mate. I think you are going to surprise yourself. Then there’ll be no holding you back. 😀

[Steve Coyle]

Go for it Phil. I know I would

[Pryam Carter]

Go for it Phil………

Get some samples and have a go on your own van, practice going into a recess and then around a curve. You’ll soon pick up how the material reacts, i would recommend getting a surface temperature gun so that you can post heat to the recommended temperature.

[Craig Bond]

Phil

I am looking into some training myself in the near future, I am going to ring round a few companies that offer the facility and get myself booked in. I will keep you informed of my findings. Let us know how you get on.

[Peter Normington]

You could always try and get a 4some together…

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=27822

Peter

[Phill Fenton]

Peter Mate,
with all due respect, this is a discusion about the pros and cons of vehicle wrapping. Its not about getting a good deal on a wrapping course, by putting groups together. 😉
:lol1:

[Warren Beard]

quote Phill:

Peter Mate,
with all due respect, this is a discusion about the pros and cons of vehicle wrapping. Its not about getting a good deal on a wrapping course, by putting groups together. 😉
:lol1:

Who ever blamed Phill of hijacking threads, this is a blatant attempt at getting a thread back on track, very out of character don’t you think? :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Phill Fenton]

I only ever try to hijack other peoples threads. Mine are much to important to be hijacked :lol1: :lol1:

[David Rowland]

Hey Warren, Broden looking pretty good there, when was that picture taken? 😉

[Phill Fenton]

Shut it Dave (:)

[Warren Beard]

quote Phill:

I only ever try to hijack other peoples threads. Mine are much to important to be hijacked :lol1: :lol1:

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: Well said 😉

[Peter Normington]

sorry Phill 😳

will keep my legs crossed from now on…..

Peter

[Warren Beard]

quote Dave Rowland:

Hey Warren, Broden looking pretty good there, when was that picture taken? 😉

SH1T STIRRER :lol1:

[Chris Wool]

phil just get some samples a try it its fun even when you burn you fingers and mrs fentons. mostly takes two.

chris

[George Kern]

Give it a go Phil, I got faith in ya =). See if you can get a sample roll from a supplier first and practice it on your own car =)

[Phill Fenton]

Looks like I’ll be giving it a go then

[Byron Villegas]

Any update/progress on this project, Phil?

[Phill Fenton]

I decided to go ahead and quote prices to do this. My client has not yet decided if he wants to go ahead with this or not.

[James Martin]

Good luck Phill, sent you an email by the way.