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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Vinyl Wrapping

Hi Gents,

Long time since I've been on here lol.


I want to wrap my car in a matt white colour (yes a u in there :p ) but information and to some extent products are hard to come by in the UK unless you goto a very expensive trader (think $3000 to wrap a smart car!!!!!!!!).


I have watched a few videos on youtube that covers the basics but things like joins dont seem to be and what tools are best etc.

Anyone on here either do it for a living or a keen amature who can point me in the right direction?

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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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idk why you want to but prob better off painting. be hard to get a complete wrap to look good
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Its not as easy as you think...

In essence you must wrap the entire car 2 times

Once with colour/graphic
and then a laminate.

then you will run into issues that a master wrapper can deal with easily, such as door handle and indention's and joining.

http://www.tintdude.com/forum/index.php?showforum=156
http://www.beacongraphics.com/supplies/3M/3m-7725.html

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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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paint is equally stupidly expensive at the moment... plus I dont have a spray booth so cant do that job myself (I dont believe in paying people for anything other than materials lol)

Some info I got is that the colour (plain) can be used without the overlaminiate.

cool links, thanks
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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cobalt? In England?
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