GypsyGraphics
New Member
Believe it or not, before yesterday, I’d never EVER done a wet install. I’ve laid some pretty decent size graphics with various vinyls, including frosted/etched and never had an issue. It’s not so much that I thought dry was a better method in every instance, it just became the norm for me. I figured I’d try some wet apps eventually, even had some Rapid Tac on hand, just never got around to it. Until yesterday that is.
I was working on what should have been a quick and easy job, just some coro signs, three color cut vinyl. It was a rush job and I had enough of all three colors, just a smidge extra of what would be the full coverage solid blue base on 24” x 36” signs. But, no biggy, nothing new, except that the client wanted 8 mil coro rather than the usual 4 mil.
I’d tell you what went wrong, if I knew, but I don’t. I hadn’t laid vinyl on 8 mil before, so maybe the channels are deeper or something, hell I don’t know… all I know is I’d laid two solid sheets of what bore a striking resemblance to bubble wrap. By the time I’d done the second one, I knew I’d run out of my background vinyl if the next one turned out the same.
I PMed iSign who’d, in the past, called me a "dry install snob" and had just posted some bubble wrap jokes in my “Sign friends & musician’s” thread.”
The PM read…
OMG somebody just SHOOT ME!!!!!!!!
OMG you'd think i never laid a piece of (beeeeeep) vinyl in my entire life!!!!!!!!!
I HATE MY JOB TODAY!!!!!
Just laid the background for two signs and it looks like F'n bubble wrap!!!!!!!!!!!
two full 24x36" sheet of bubble wrap!
His first question was “wet or dry” and when I said dry, he asked "why not try wet." Having never installed wet, I was worried about trying something new, on a tight dealing and no spare vinyl.
Not 20 minutes later he'd made this video, sent me a link and said to call, if I had any questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tUS7J1gfgA
It was embarrassingly easy, went down perfectly and in nothing flat!
I sent him a PM that simple said "Perfection Achieved! Thank You Sensei!"
And his response, "You're Welcome GGrasshopper."
I was working on what should have been a quick and easy job, just some coro signs, three color cut vinyl. It was a rush job and I had enough of all three colors, just a smidge extra of what would be the full coverage solid blue base on 24” x 36” signs. But, no biggy, nothing new, except that the client wanted 8 mil coro rather than the usual 4 mil.
I’d tell you what went wrong, if I knew, but I don’t. I hadn’t laid vinyl on 8 mil before, so maybe the channels are deeper or something, hell I don’t know… all I know is I’d laid two solid sheets of what bore a striking resemblance to bubble wrap. By the time I’d done the second one, I knew I’d run out of my background vinyl if the next one turned out the same.
I PMed iSign who’d, in the past, called me a "dry install snob" and had just posted some bubble wrap jokes in my “Sign friends & musician’s” thread.”
The PM read…
OMG somebody just SHOOT ME!!!!!!!!
OMG you'd think i never laid a piece of (beeeeeep) vinyl in my entire life!!!!!!!!!
I HATE MY JOB TODAY!!!!!
Just laid the background for two signs and it looks like F'n bubble wrap!!!!!!!!!!!
two full 24x36" sheet of bubble wrap!
His first question was “wet or dry” and when I said dry, he asked "why not try wet." Having never installed wet, I was worried about trying something new, on a tight dealing and no spare vinyl.
Not 20 minutes later he'd made this video, sent me a link and said to call, if I had any questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tUS7J1gfgA
It was embarrassingly easy, went down perfectly and in nothing flat!
I sent him a PM that simple said "Perfection Achieved! Thank You Sensei!"
And his response, "You're Welcome GGrasshopper."
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