Install tool question

[airborneassault]

I have an express van I'm working on wrapping and it brought up the question of which of the high dollar 3M roller tools would be appropriate for the job.

Right now I'm using the super high tech gloved hand method on any small recesses such as where the windows would be or the larger recess around the fender wells.

Can anyone recommend the vcat, the large or the small roller? The vcat looks like it would be helpful but it also appears very spongy, is anyone able to apply adequate pressure to that guy?

Thanks in advance!

 

[mudmedia]

Do not heat and stretch on those vans. Always lift and tuck.

 

[airborneassault]

Do not heat and stretch on those vans. Always lift and tuck.

Interesting! We've always tucked on the lower ones around the wheel wells that I spoke of but you'd even suggest lift & tuck on the smaller channels up on the body?

 

[airborneassault]

Anyone else want to weight in?

 

[HulkSmash]

We've wrapped hundreds of express vans and ecnolines. That vehicle doesn't require anything a vcat would be used for. We do not bridge and stretch at all. the only part we very slightly stretch is around the wheels. I'm doing one today and ill see if i can take video.

 

[airborneassault]

Thanks Adam! I'd really appreciate anything you can show me, I know there's definitely a ton I can learn from you guys!

 

[parkedcar]

I've always used the large roller on the "window" channels with out any problems. The wheel wells however, need to be fed in.

 

[AceSignsOnline]

We've wrapped hundreds of express vans and ecnolines. That vehicle doesn't require anything a vcat would be used for. We do not bridge and stretch at all. the only part we very slightly stretch is around the wheels. I'm doing one today and ill see if i can take video.

Man, this would be really helpful to a lot of people, myself included, if you could manage to share! Thank you very much in advance.

 

[HulkSmash]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr4kyfr487E

Here is a quick raw video showing how to wrap without stretching into the wheels.
pretty simple. We haven't had a single reported failure due to liftage around wheels.

 

[Kwiksigns]

he is right... that is how it is supposed to be done. The people who taught me stretched and heated in... I learned when I saw that same truck a week later. This is how I have done every vehicle since. Wow... that was 10 years ago...

 

[Jester1167]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr4kyfr487E

Here is a quick raw video showing how to wrap without stretching into the wheels.
pretty simple. We haven't had a single reported failure due to liftage around wheels.

+1

Yep this is the way it should be done and guaranteed not to lift.