I have a customer, an ad agency I've done a lot of work for. They always give me well designed graphics that I put on vehicles, banners, etc for their customers. Now they want me to do graphics on several vans that are not a full wrap, but cover a good portion of the sides and over the windows. I've never used the perforated window film and I would like some pointers from someone experienced at this. I would have the graphics Scotchprinted. Common sense tells me to have the window portion printed oversize and trim it to fit, and just cut out that portion of the other part that goes over the body. Thats about as far as I,ve thought it out, and I hate to experiment on a real job. I've seen magazine articles on this, I probably have them in my library. Can anyone give me some pointers? Thanks.
That's how we do it. Wanna be sure you print enough of the surrounding area of the windows to be able to make your alignments. Those windows will be the first part of the wrap that will break down over time. I think they only warranty that material for 2 years. You also wanna keep the perf stuff flat...meaning only cover the window. Use your scotchprint to go over the rubber molding around the window.
Good luck.
------------------ Bruce Evans Crown Graphics Covina , CA graphics@westcoach.net
Posted by Brian Stoddard (Member # 39) on :
You pretty much have it there, you need to basically have that area printed twice or with a big enough overlap that you are sure you can make it fit. Wrap the body part of the van first (starting from the rear and moving towards the front) and then go back and cover the windows with the perf and trim to size. The thing with the perf material is that if unlaminated it collects dirt in the holes and does not last very long. If you have it laminated (which it should be with Scotchprint) then you will have this gap between the lam and the glass where the holes are. Not a big deal but it bothers some picky customers. Now I dont want to be one of those merchants who has a solution for every need but the Durachrome prints that I can output for window graphics are really slick. The reason is that we print them on clear vinyl and the holes are part of the print not the viny itself thus avoiding all of the problems mentioned above. If you want to know more about it let me know. Happy Wrapping!
------------------ Brian Stoddard Expressions Signs 2621 244th Ave NE Sammamish WA 98074
