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Wrapping My Boat, any advice or tips welcome?
Hi Guys
My boat is about to come out of the water and we are going to wrap it in a digitally printed design. I will let you all know how this progresses, list any problems we encounter and add the part and complete photos….
Here is our schedule – The design is complete – boat out this Tuesday (20th) – Measure Hull and check how the rectangle panel will sit on a curved shape – Adjust the graphic as required – Print onto Arlon DPF6000RP Wrap media and Laminate – Wait for a relatively nice day to apply.If anyone has any hints, tips or tricks….let me know!
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Edge seal your vinyl everywhere you can. 🙂
I could be wrong, I am guessing this maybe the same stuff that you edge seal the likes of 3M diamond grade once cut.
So would suggest maybe calling William Smiths for that as they will most likely stock it. -
Start from the back and work forward when applying, so your overlaps are the right way and the water wont get behind the vinyl as easily.
Also nothing will stick to anti foul underneath the waterline
good luck
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I agree with you Russell, but with a boat of this size, i would be more inclined to make sure it was done in a single bit of vinyl running the length of the boat mate.
Also, make sure you’re using a filament tape for doing the cutting the length of the boat. 😀
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Sure, I am going to print it full length as it will be 1300 max (i guesstimate). I will wrap to the front edge, then the other side will wrap over the front edge so the overlap is correct. Also edge seal everywhere that is possible.
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quote Robert Lambie:I agree with you Russell, but with a boat of this size, i would be more inclined to make sure it was done in a single bit of vinyl running the length of the boat mate.
Good point, but I doubt 1300mm will get you from the bow down to the water line because of the angle it runs in at.
When I used to do boats, the manufacturers used to put a score line in the mould on the water line for a level when fitting out. We used to line stripes up with it so it looked right in the water. Have a look for it when it comes out of the water, it definitely helps.
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Good point, and I see what you mean. I’ll check in the morning. …
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Looking forward to seeing what this looks like when its done! Keep the updates coming. 😀
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Boat is out of the water, here is our design, hopefully the temperature increases next week as it is FREEZING here!!
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Thats going to look good!! Stand out which is what you want.
Gloss or Matt Laminate? Can imagine this would look nice with the matt lam… 😉
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Matt Lam, also hides the stripes that were and are on there………
So finally finished the beast, will never do this in January again. The boat had to come out for servicing so I hoped for a relatively warm spell. Well it was freezing most days! Best we had was 6 -7 degrees. As the hull of the boat is quite thick it held the cold in and the vinyl didn’t want to adhere properly, lots of heat from our guns required. All in all it wasnt that much of a pain, some clear edge sealing tape here and there…..lets hope it stays on!!
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