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Winner Winner !!! Just took some 80 grit to it and got the coating off, blew off the rubber debris and the IJ39 stuck like a champ ! Sometime you just need a break to reset and think of the obvious because we were trying so hard to come up with a solution. Thanks !!

A customer of ours is looking to have decals of their company logo put on their molded rubber barriers ( a few thousand of them). Problem is, we can't get anything to stick to them. We've tried IJ39, 3M's most aggressive material, and while it does stick to it, a high wind or some heavy rain...

In desperate need of some guidance. We are trying to mil out some letters to be placed on a sign. We lack the experience to do this particular job but we took the job before the only person with experience left the company. We are basically running this with no experience and the quality...

We tried the tape, still dragged the material. We did the ADC adjustment, still dragged the material. We took the spring/plastic cover that the blade is inside of off and let the blade run exposed and it fixed it. We are also using a 60 degree blade to cut IJ180CV3 w/8518 Laminate. I...

The double edge cut tool.

Just installed a brand new blade thinking it was a dull blade issue. Through cuts just fine in 1 direction, but coming back it wants to drag/pull the material as it cuts through causing the material to get wrinkles and creates a bad cut. Anyone have this happen to them before? I'm not sure...

3M IJ180CV3 printed from our old HP 365 Latex printer using 3M 8518 Laminate. We have a customer that had several vehicles wrapped from us over the past few years. Every one of them are having different issues. Some of them are definitely installer error with fail points, some are bubbles, some...

1) Our Esko X24 tabletop cutter cut lines shift when the table advances and resumes cutting. Can anyone provide any troubleshooting ideas on how to fix? 2) It also struggles/destroys cutting out small letters (~0.5" tall), is the machine even capable of doing small lettering? Or do I just...

Couldn't agree with you more. I need to set those expectations and communicate them. I guess I just need to grow a backbone and do what is best for the company. I know what I should do, just hate being the bad guy.

Avery has 2 trainings coming up local to us. 1) Full Print Digital Wrap Training - Instructor: Charlie Trujillo - $995 2) Supreme Wrapping Film™ Training - Instructor: Justin Pate - $1099 Can anyone shed some feedback on the difference between the two classes? Both classes say "no experience...

So brand doesn't matter? We use 3M IJ180CV3 & 8518 Lam, wont the Avery & Orafol classes be using their respective brands and install differently? It's mainly the techniques right? regardless of the media they are using?

3M Lowen Avery Orafol & KPMF Any others? None of our 5 installers have any certifications. Their install times are horrendous. It's apparent that I need to get them trained/certified. 3 of our installers have been doing wraps for 5+ years but have no certifications. They can get the job done...

We are seriously struggling with install times on large jobs. We quoted 80 hour install time and we are currently on hour 119 with 2 panels on 1 side and 1 panel on the other side left to go. I can't babysit them and I found out after both sides had 2 panels installed they never even dry fit...

Ty for all the replies. I’ve forwarded them to the customer. I’ll let you know what worked for him.

A customer reached out because their wrapped box truck was vandalized with Sharpie then left to bake in the sun. Any suggestions for how to remove the Sharpie without damaging the laminate/print? tyia

I really need my installers to learn this technique. All the wraps they do on RV's, Busses, & Trailers are all 1 panel at a time.

Thanks for all the awesome comments !! This was for sure a learning experience for myself and installers. $75/hr for conceptual design (This job took 8h ($600)). But I'm highly considering bumping it to $125. This was one of the panels that was reprinted (for the exact reason you pointed...

My thoughts exactly, hence why I'm looking for more feedback from the industry.

2 people 2 days to prep (degrease, silicone removal), 4 days 2 people to wrap. 96 labor hours total. We quoted 32. Not happy at all. So I'm just trying to see if we actually underquoted it, or my installers were dragging their feet. There were 4 reprints (which I'm also not happy about, but...