what vinyl is suitable for airbrushing a wrap?

[Shane Drew]

you going to wrap the car, then airbrush? Or airbrush the vinyl an then wrap it?

751 is Ok, but Avery900 is probably softer and easier to stretch and apply for my money.

Hope that is of some help

[squareone]

Thanks Shane

Well this is going to be new to me! I have never tried something i could get done. I just want to used the best vinyl… I guess im looking for minimum bubbles, wrinkles, low tact, and available in colors

I want to airbrush the vinyl and then lay it. I am using ronan paint with clear gloss. It works wonderful on banner and lettering but i have not tried it this way. I like to be different! I want each side of the vehicle to also appeal to a different market. Lets face it, a person can only be on one side of the vehicle at time.

Thanks
-Rich

[Jason Xuereb]

Wont it be easier to apply it then airbrush it?

If you stuff the application at least you wont ruin your air brushing?

[Peter Normington]

I would go the route of wrap first airbrush after also.

that way you dont have to worry about distortion either.

Peter

[Shane Drew]

quote squareone:

Thanks Shane

Well this is going to be new to me! I have never tried something i could get done. I just want to used the best vinyl… I guess im looking for minimum bubbles, wrinkles, low tact, and available in colors

I want to airbrush the vinyl and then lay it. I am using ronan paint with clear gloss. It works wonderful on banner and lettering but i have not tried it this way. I like to be different! I want each side of the vehicle to also appeal to a different market. Lets face it, a person can only be on one side of the vehicle at time.

Thanks
-Rich

Rich, I’d airbrush on the car after it is wrapped too. Be a much easier and quicker application. Especially if you have not wrapped before.

That said, I’d use Oracal 3551gra. (not 3551) Easy to apply, has bubble free properties in the adhesive back, and is pretty easy to work with.

Pick yourself up an Avery blue squeegee with the felt edge. (get a couple because the felt will wear out after a while) . Also get a mate to help you because it will be a quicker application too. I’m a one man band, and I speak from experience 😳

I’d think twice about using the wife as the sole off-sider, because if you argue with your mate, he will eventually go home, but if you finish up arguing with the wife, well, I don’t think we need to go there :lol1:

Also, check with your local Oracal rep, but they do a 870 series in colours too. Its the stuff they wrap the taxi’s with throughtout Germany. Brilliant stuff, and is designed purely as a wrap material. Come in 1500 wide material from what I read.

They are thinking of bringing it into Oz. I’ve seen a sample, but not sure any has landed yet.

[squareone]

quote :

That said, I’d use Oracal 3551gra. (not 3551) Easy to apply, has bubble free properties in the adhesive back, and is pretty easy to work with.

Oracal 3551gra comes only in white and I cant seem to find the avery900. Do you think avery900 is called something else here in the US?

Thank
-Rich

[Shane Drew]

quote squareone:

quote :

That said, I’d use Oracal 3551gra. (not 3551) Easy to apply, has bubble free properties in the adhesive back, and is pretty easy to work with.

Oracal 3551gra comes only in white and I cant seem to find the avery900. Do you think avery900 is called something else here in the US?

Thank
-Rich

A9?

I think Avery800 is called A8 over there. The numbers are different I suspect. Jill may see this post and let you know.

Oracal 870 not available? That comes in colours too.

Cheers

[squareone]

I just talked to a new suppler this afternoon, the 870 Oracal wrapping cast is in color guide he gave me

Thanks again,
Shane

[Jeff_Brown]

err…. Why not just paint the car?

[Brian Hays]

quote jeff66:

err…. Why not just paint the car?

Because it’s a lot easier to remove a vehicle wrap than it is to respray a car when it’s time to sell, or time for a change. 😮

[Jeff_Brown]

Wow! Is it just panels. Or the whole car?

[Hugh Potter]

jeff, have a nose at this vid, wish it was as easy as this guy makes it look !

[Jeff_Brown]

What vid?!

[Hugh Potter]

http://www.oracal.com/global/CF_instruction_large.jsp

this one !!! shows a wrap being done

😳 😳 😳

[Jeff_Brown]

Its very clever! But….

[Hugh Potter]

but ???????

[Jeff_Brown]

Well…. To airbrush all that art onto plastic… Then throw it away!!???

I mean, a good airbrush job on a full car ain’t cheap.

[Hugh Potter]

i guess it comes down to how long you plan to keep the work, the vehicle etc, if i had a decent digi printer, and could wrap well, i’d change the shop cars colour / graphics every month, just to keep it fresh, as it is, i change them as soon as i think i’ve got a better layout or design,

if i could airbrush as well as i know you can, i’d wrap my vehicle and paint it, i don’t think i’d worry about throwing the work away, i guess you could sell the car as is, and hope the art added to the value, but i guess i’d look at it like a street artist might view his work "it’s there for the moment", enjoy it and move on.

just a thought !!

squareone….. did you finish this project ? i’d be interested to see it.