I asked a while back about installing large graphics over rivets with a roller/vs a squeegee. No response....Huh?!>!! I tried a roller. Graphics are big. 125" x 45"....printed,cut to shape,with application tape for ease of application. Results...... A big success. Lots of overlapping strokes with a roller is important. There were uncountable rivets to deal with... But as for "freestanding bubbles"....very few..way less than with squeegee... I have a series of rivet tricks that work for me.as do most of you do. But news is....rollers .......lets ROLL!
Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
Please describe your roller, Michael.
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
Hey Victor, My roller is one a those "brayers" like the kids use to do linoleum blocks with ink. Its about 3" wide. with a small handle.A wider one may work...some experiments are already under way.. Its sorta soft ..which I liked cause it smashes a lil when ya go over those!@#$%^&*( rivets.. Its controltac by the way..... I found you need HEAVY initial,first pass pressure to make controltac stick well... Also......DRY!!!!!!!!Dry.....Dry App.... Here comes Roger ta smack me one......Sorry. Rivets= dry application
Posted by AdrienneMorgan (Member # 1046) on :
Mike, if all else fails, git yo'self one of them little round cookie cutters and cut out little circles around all them dang rivlits!
Psshawwww!!!!!
A
Posted by Tony B (Member # 935) on :
Hey Mike,
Sorry I didn't get back to you on your last post about the roller deal. I was the original one who posted about using the roller and have been using that technique quite a bit.I also apply dry, and using the roller is faster. Did a truck job with 6" letters on top of the sleeper and it came out fine. The only problem I had was that I layered the 2 colors together at my light table and had bubbles on the edges (outline). I will have to search the posts here, I once saw one about layering and bubbles etc.
So when running over rivits, do you just roll over them like normal with no problems? Never had the pleasure of that yet, can't wait.
Thanks, Tony B
[ November 15, 2001: Message edited by: Tony B ]
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Maybe I'm missing the point but a Rivet Brush works great... Neil
Posted by Ace (Member # 1723) on :
we do quite a few trucks and trailers with rivets, I bought a roller a few years ago at the suggestion of a friend and it worked ok, no better IMO than a squeegee and a brush. Lately we rarely use the brush, when you come to a rivet just run the squeegee around the rivet as you go. Have also purchased two different rivet tools, one at $25. and another for $15. both a waste of time and money..wore the first one out on the first truck and broke the second one halfway through the first truck. All dry apps... The thing I don't like is the trailer with the screws. We remove them to apply and then reinstall and touch up the heads with paint, vinyl just doesn't stretch very well over these.
Dave
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
Tony, Thats exactly whacha do.Roller right over the rivets. But as for"no problems"..its a definate NO. There will be air under the graphic where it tents over the rivets and the air must be removed.I puncture a few holes at the outer edge of the rivet and then swipe around a few times with a squeegee.
Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :
Michael, I simply can't deal with any more of your "dry humor". Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
I still like doin the big jobs wet, but I must admit, I don't have that much "rivit" experiance. And overlays, "wet" is the only way. Roger
