I had a call from a friend over the 4th weekend who asked if I could help him lay some long sections of vinyl on a truck. I just dont dont do a lot of this anymore but I said O.K. no problem. We get to the site, beautiful day, no wind.... New truck, no rivets (damnit!)when did they start making these smooth sides? Anyway, we do the front and back in just a short time and move on to the first side. Don' cha know a monster gust of wind starts churning about the time we peel some backing paper back and didnt let up till we were done with the job. Didnt take long but I thought it was a interesting phenom........
CrazyJack
Posted by Joe Endicott (Member # 628) on :
every day, Jack......every day.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Jack....that is one of the joys in working with vinyl!
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Jacky: Just looked it up. The meteorological term for this phenomenon is "Licky-Sticky Downdraft" It only occurs during certain situations, usually when one is alone, but often when a helper is present. Love...Jill
Posted by BrianTheBrush (Member # 1298) on :
Ain't it the truth Jack...
Every time ya set out to do the job right, some big friggin wind, which serves no purpose other than to blow; comes in and ruins yer efforts.
I guess the answer is: work outside the realm of the ill winds.
"I wanna holler but the joint's too small"
B the B
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
I hear ya, Jack.
Gump and I wrestled with a couple of big decal,s 4X5 footers, on the sides of a propane delivery truck. The first side went without a hitch, but the wind got hold of us and trashed the second side. Right as the customer was pulling in to pick it up, no less.
Fortunately, we were given the green light to yank it off and try again with a fresh one. The customer got the decals cheap, but we made out on the PITA and rush fee...lol
Looked good in the parade this weekend. Rapid
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Try installin graphics when the Santa Anna winds are blowing in from Cali.. good luck! The only thing that's worse is being in the middle of applying graphics to a 53 footer when a desert monsoon rolls up and dumps a ton of dirt, sand and mud on your nicely prepped surface.
Posted by Dusty Campbell (Member # 4601) on :
All the time with the wind and the vinyl. Check this out though.
Once I had an important piece of paper which represented many days work slip out of my hands. It blew a few feet across the parking lot and then up and up and up until it was just a dot and then it was gone. Practically straight up.
One of the strangest experiences ever. I guess God wanted a closer look at my work. Pi$$ed me off though.
Posted by Murray MacDonald (Member # 3558) on :
You vynull stickers ain't alone. Try a wacking great pounce pattern on the side of a racing sloop. Guaranteed tornado, and I wasn't anywhere near a trailer park!
MUR
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Yea, thats right Murray, I forgot about the years I spent on the road doing bulletins(billboards) in the middle of nowhere and right at the end of the runway at San Francisco International. Talk about stratagey.....!
CrazyJack
Posted by Jeff Ogden (Member # 3184) on :
Seems like I get that mystery wind everytime I have a pounce pattern in my hand outside, and the wind velocity seems to be in direct proportion to the size of the pattern...the bigger it is, the more the wind blows...glad to hear others have the same problem, I thought it was me !
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[ July 07, 2004, 06:47 PM: Message edited by: Jeff Ogden ]
Posted by Jack Keith (Member # 4499) on :
Nah, never happened to me...must be you doing something wrong...;o) Well, not over a million times, I guess. What I love is when you are a thousand miles from the shop, don't have any more of that particular vinyl back there anyway, you have a big piece ready to stick, wind picks up causing a complete brain lock, whereupon you drop the crucial edge, and it folds immediately back on itself adhesive to adhesive forming a bond no human could pull apart. Oh, and did I mention that the customer wasn't watching, but his wife was? Yep, them's th' joys of being a big time sign pain...ter.
Jack "Did I spel that write?"
Posted by Dusty Campbell (Member # 4601) on :
Customers watching is a different can of worms. Guaranteed to screw up a job. There should be a rule that if they watch it's hourly pay.
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
I either tell customers I charge more or that the price is doubled if they watch.
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