Recent content by Bosh

Short answers: NO - Prints will not off-gas after being laminated. (at least not in a way meaningful to this question) YES - Prints laminated before sufficient off-gassing handle VERY differently than intended. More importantly, prints that have not been off- gassed can/may/will fail -...

Yeah, it's a real problem (as in, "makes the material unusable"). Contacted Avery, they assured us that they have NEVER heard of this- thank you for the sanity confirmation. This happened to me the first time I was testing this new product on a very simple application: the rear doors of a van...

3M's PA-1 (plastic applicator 1) is the best thing they make (blue painter's tape being #2, with wrap films down the list after ventilator filters and floor-scubber pads somewhere). Monkey Strips, or the home-made buffers I dumpster-dived out of the upholstery store in the alley. Avoid anything...

Chrome is tough. Volumes can be written. I usually suggest a two-tone option, because some aspects of a vehicle may be outside of performance range, regardless of installer skill. On the other hand, are you a pro? Chrome is tough. . .

And in my honest opinion.. Plastidip paint is going to kill colorchange wraps in the long run. The only thing colorchange wraps have going for them right now is textures.. I mean seriously have you been todipyourcar.com , they have metalizers, colorchange effect, gloss, matte, pearls, juices...

"Worth it" is the hard part to determine. I did the 3M 3-day training in St. Paul 5ish years ago. Impression based on my experience: Don't expect a lot of game-changing "tips and tricks" from 3M- it's very focused on material properties, warranty requirements, percentages, etc. 3M's program is...

Contrary to the videos posted, I would absolutely second the "remove all the paper, pull taut, only squeegee when it looks good" method. Working in little sections with the paper on creates tension/wrinkles- the paper becomes a raised object (i.e. obstacle) to work against. Even when the surface...

Perhaps of little interest, but I only post here when I have comments about things I haven't seen. . . -The Boss wants to wrap the front end of his car in chrome - quarter panels, front bumper, and hood (the rest is print). -Avery SF100 with DOL 1460 for fenders and bumper -The hood is too...

My thought exactly! I usually cite the rear corner/tail light area of smart cars as one of the most technically demanding common commercial wrap obstacles, but that version looks easy-breezy.

I haven't looked at those charts in years, but in practice I believe "non-vertical" refers to areas of the vehicle such as the taper of the 1/4 panel toward the hood, or on most vehicle sides above the bottom of the windows, as they taper (non-vertically) toward the roof, a front bumper that...

Yeah, chrome is completely different- with a steep and expensive learning curve. I second Kentucky wraps advice about those videos. Beyond that. . . - Not sure about Vivid materials, but most of those great-looking chrome wraps are Avery conform chrome. I've heard good things about Hexis as...

Thanks for the input. Oracal doesn't seem to directly present 3751 as "mid-grade" or in any way inferior to 3951, but I notice it's a bit cheaper- ironically, that's a turn-off. 293 laminate (1-mil) sounds like a great idea, but Oracal's literature mostly presents it as a good option for...

Background: 3M 180 prints great but has adhesive problems, Avery 1005 installs great but won't print consistently. . . So maybe it's time to try Oracal. I've read the technical specs and such, but am interested in experienced opinions. I'm unclear about the precise differences between Oracal...

Good old days: Sprinters have notoriously deep and therefore failure-prone channels. There is a near consensus among wrap installers (on this board in particular) that attempting to form, or stretch (such a dirty word) those channels was was not worth the failure risk. Thus "cut & drop" is...

The problems I've had with 180cv3 over the last year are exactly like solvent saturated prints that have not been off-gassed- but we print latex (no solvent), and the unprinted white film, as mentioned, has the same issues.