Our First Wrap

[Bill43mx]

We did our first wrap this past weekend. It was a tight timeframe and the customer needed to leave for California before we finished it completely so we still need to wrap the area around the back doors and fix the phone number that runs into the fender when it comes back. Thanks to everyone who helped with answers to my many questions leading up to this. Also thanks to Jason and Todd at Allsquare for getting me the vinyl quickly and Steve at STS Motorsports for getting up early Saturday morning to laminate my prints!

 

[Bigdawg]

Looks nice, but the website in red is not legible. Overall good job on your first one!

 

[laserman70]

Great first wrap.

 

[rushworks graphics]

how are you going to fix the phone number on the side that runs into the fender? just curious.... nice job though, i like it.

 

[Bill43mx]

There is a repeating pattern in the background above the red/white stripe but it's solid black below that line. We will print a rectangular panel that extends from the back corner of the trailer into the wheel area and overlay it. We haven't made the decision as to whether we'll a) move it to the rear and slightly shrink the size or b) make it 2 lines with the phone number under the website. It totally sucks that it happened but it was a rush job, the trailer was over an hour away, and I trusted someone else's measurements. I learned a LOT on this project and measure everything yourself is right up near the top of the list. *LOL*

 

[phototec]

I trusted someone else's measurements. I learned a LOT on this project and measure everything yourself is right up near the top of the list. *LOL*

All you needed them to do was take a straight-on photos of each side and the back of the trailer, with a yard stick or other identifiable item for size reference in the photo taped to the trailer, and send it to you. Then you enlarge each photo to the correct full size, and bingo, you have an exact full size image of the trailer to scale, and using the ruler tool in Photoshop, you can get exact measurements anywhere on the trailer.

If they don't have a yard stick, they can use something of a know size like a piece of 8.5 x 11 paper, or just cut a piece of cardboard 12" wide and 24" long and tape it on the trailer in the center of the photo for each photo.

Well as they say, haste make waste!

Over all it looks very nice, good job on your first wrap.

 

[Mosh]

Pulled the srews? good job! Wraping a flat trailer, now let's see you do and HHR!!!
You did pull the screws didn't you, it looks it. That is how we do it.
It will hold up better that way.

 

[ProWraps]

everything else considered, you cut off the clients information in the wheel wells. i wont sugar coat it. a sh*t install would be better than decimating your clients info.

take it as a learning lesson. learn how to template. first try not bad. now you have something to build on.

dont listen to drunk mosh. learn how to wrap over the screws. its how its done.

 

[formanek]

everything else considered, you cut off the clients information in the wheel wells. i wont sugar coat it. a sh*t install would be better than decimating your clients info.

take it as a learning lesson. learn how to template. first try not bad. now you have something to build on.

dont listen to drunk mosh. learn how to wrap over the screws. its how its done.

 

[Bill43mx]

everything else considered, you cut off the clients information in the wheel wells. i wont sugar coat it. a sh*t install would be better than decimating your clients info.

Absolutely right, the clients info got covered, that's a no-no, and I'm willing to take my lumps for it. However I disagree that a sh*t install would be better. I'm not trying to dodge the fact that I screwed up....heck if I wanted to do that I wouldn't have included the picture of that side of the trailer. Even though it shouldn't have happened it is fixable, and in fact would have been fixed before it left the shop (and you guys saw pictures of it) if the customer hadn't cut 8 hours off of the time we scheduled to do the job. In a perfect world, considering it was our first wrap, I would like to have had twice as long to work on it because I knew I probably wouldn't get it 100% on the first try. Unfortunately we live in the real world.


And I'm not going to get into the "over or under the screws" argument today because I already had that post! *LOL* In this case I just didn't have the time to learn to go over them, nor the time to fix it if I tried and screwed up. Both options were discussed with the customer and he, ultimately, made the decision to go under the screws.

Stacy, I agree on the red. Customer wanted it and I should have known better. With the time frame it wasn't a battle worth fighting.

 

[HulkSmash]

We also wrap over screws. Works out pretty well.

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

BTW we're thinking of running an "Over the limit" wrap class in NYC in case anyone interested. Mosh? The curriculum will focus on drinking and wrapping - the correct way.

Once you pass the class you should be able to get tanked up and wrap a complete vehicle in less than 2 hours. You'll be working alongside hardened wrappers.

The courses will be named Absolute Wrapping I, II and III and upon successful completion of each you will receive a certificate along with one of those old little airplane bottles of some cheap alcohol. Pre-register today and SAVE.