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vehicle wrapping: tnt
Hi all, just finished this today.
This is the biggest/ most involved wrap that we have completed.
it took 2 of us about 9hrs and we used oracal 851, great fun had by all, few fiddly bits, soon sussed it.
cheers
stephen
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Good work Stephen. I take it the orange colour was the wrap?Well done. 😀
Mind you..It’s a pity you couldn’t have left a few matresses in the back of the van when you’d finished – then maybe they could deliver a few items without breaking them 😥
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looks like a good job done Steven
L J -
Looks well good, i don’t think many people realise how long these things take to do
Simon
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cheers all.
yes just the orange was wrapped.
we have a couple more to do as well as a belingo.
cheers all
atephen -
nice work stephen 😛
looks terrific.. 😀 as simon says it takes a good bit of time…but it’s worth it though…well done!! 😀 i take it you liked 851? only asking cause i’ve never used it yet 😀
Nik
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Looks great.
I’ve tried the 851 and liked it a lot.
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Looks good, but a practical question that I would ask if I was the client.
Would it be better, or more cost effective than a spray job?
raps can be very effective, for designs and images, but just to change colour, I’m not so sure. If it took 18 man hours, would paint be cheaper and just as quick?
Peter -
trouble is Peter if it is a lease hire it has to go back in same colours, hence the wrap.
L J -
quote Peter Normington:but just to change colour, I’m not so sure.
good point peter….but i would rather wrap, than spray….you can take the vinyl off easier than paint!! 😀
Nik
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even so lj
18 man hours would pay for a respray as well. all i’m saying is with raps its fine for impact but I dont think vinyl will replace paint on a man/hour cost basis Especialy if you take into account, stripping wing mirrors, door handles etc. to do the job properly
peter -
quite agree but at least it has given a sign maker or two a job instead of a paint sprayer :lol1:
L J -
LJ,
paint sprayers are skilled workers also, but to be honest, if a client of mine wanted his van in the TNT livery as shown above, I would recommend spraying the orange, because it would look better and in the long run be cheaper just mho
peter -
makes you wonder though Peter if the customer has done his homework 1st?
L J -
Sometimes customers dont, They are sometimes lead to believe what is best by sales people, not deriding any work done done by vinyl applicators
if you can sell it good on you, but just shown the pic to a friend of mine who paints for a living, 18 hours labour for the orange at say £40ph =£720
ex materials He recons 4 hours labour + materials.
I still recon for a job like this one, paint is more suitable,
peter -
I just wish the buggers could deliver something without breaking it 😕
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ps Stephen,
the work you did looks great, nothing against that, just raising relevant points to help sell vinyl as appossed to paint
Peter -
You may find that TNT merely specify to the lease company what livery they want(I know City link do)and therefore it’s the lease company that choose vinyl over paint.
Also if it’s wrapped I believe the registration document can still state colour as white as the vinyl is merely signwriting though I may be wrong on this point.
Lee
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I still wish they could deliver something without damaging it 🙄
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the job looks great mate. well done… 😛 & thanks for posting your work… look forward to seeing the others. good to hear the oracal cast is good. i havent tried it yet 😕
phil….
wouldnt it be good to wrap the van. then bang it with a hammer and say sorry mate.. was like that when you left it 😉 -
Phil,
surely you cant fault TNT after all they are dynamyte!
Peter -
Nah – I would just get them to sign a docket that says “un-inspected upon delivery” . That way my job is done – I’m in the clear and it’s no longer my problem 😀
Wa hay 😀
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the guy who owns the van is, like many for tnt a sub-contractor and tnt basically say supply the vehicle in our livery or no contract.
as far as cost goes, i would probably say that yes its similar cost to painting, except in 3 years when the van is disposed of it can easily (in theory) be restored to original by literally anyone, with no special skills required to strip vinyl back off, as oppose to having it repainted again at a similar cost again
i hope that offers some justifiable reasons to wrap rather than paint
cheers again for the comments
stephen
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TNT have an automated sort from what I understand and it’s very good at crushing and dropping boxes.
Lee
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My worry would be that they would damage the vinyl by jet washing and then call you up all the time to re-do sections.
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TNT………….touch not throw!
Good job tho’ well done -
Looks nice -but we regularly do sprinters for TNT in 4.5 hrs and daf 7.5 tonners in 6 hrs.-keep at it though you’ll soon speed up, and have you tried wrapping tem with the 2-mil arlon material TNT used to specify before changing to Avery?
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a TNT van once got hijacked and we was printing sweatshirts for the lipazana horse event in the NEC and they never got there!
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Nice job mate, well done. I use 851 a lot, and it is very good. Oracal distributors hare have dicontinued bringing in the 851 in favour of the the new 751c, so I guess I will not be using it anymore now 🙁
I tend to agree with Peter here; TNT here in OZ, do actually spray their vehicles. The problem with a wrap, as I see it, is that in three years when the vehicle wrap is removed, typically, you will see a difference with the ‘new’ paint and the older exposed paint. I don’t know of many courier vans that are kept clean and pristine over the 3 year period.
In the case of a repair, it will cost more, because they will have to paint the vehicle anyway, then pay for the vinyl to be applied.
Just my 2c worth, but nothing taken away from the job mate, well done.
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