Never took the class but after a few years of wrapping cars I bought Justin Pates DVD set and i have to say i picked up a few tricks.
You should learn alot if your new to doing the wraps yourself.
I am sure like most classes there is just not enough time so I would advise that you buy his DVDs I am sure you will get them discounted at the class.
I paid $120 or so and I have to say that I learned a few things but more importantly My new hires can watch them and make the learnig curve much shorter.
I did buy his DVD's when I learned the class was full until next year. So, I did find them great DVD's because he is my style of instructor. Hell is lives in Amsterdam for crying out loud.
I also agree about new hires, I already had one contractor I use, who is not above learning new things watch some sections, and he enjoyed them.
That's awesome, let us know how it goes!
Hopefully it's a smaller "class"....because then you get more hands on and time to work with the instructor.
I've gone to 2 separate one-day classes (3M and Oracal) and really learned a lot. I had a bit of experience going into both of them so I was assigned more advanced tasks and had the opportunity to learn some good tricks from the instructor(s).
Well worth the money, especially for what you're paying.
Have fun!
I hope it is a small class as well. I am a very upfront person, so I plan to suck every bit of knowledge I can from his brain. I would say I am a beginner, even though I have dealt with vinyl and assisted on dozens of vehicles. I am going to approach this thing as a sponge. I think you learn more rather then going in thinking "you know this stuff already".
Which airport option would be cheaper?
I named my own price on each part, rather then buying a package deal, it seemed to save 200 on the total bill. I am flying to DFW from Charlotte.
I live and work about 40 minutes from there. We have always just done cut vinyl and now we are trying to get into the business. We have been looking for different classes from Houston, Dallas, Baton Rouge, and even San Diego.
I was like you though, they had us on the waiting list and they called us about 2 weeks ago. We are just doing the the 2 1/2 day with no cert test. We have never wrapped anything so this is just the first step in learning the wrap business.
Anybody coming with you? Always nice to meet other sign101er's. I never post, but just an observer, of course it feels like I know everybody here.....
See ya in about 10 days.
Look forward to meeting you. I am a bit hesitant about the cert myself, but in my head I feel like I have handled it enough to pass the certs. I am also going to practice a lot this week. I have 2 wraps I would normally sub the install out, so I am going to assist him with it, and do most of it myself.
