New Guy New to Wraps and have questions about training and window perf installation

[ADuke]

Hello,

The company I work for is small and I am relatively new here. The previous company I worked for did not do vehicle wraps but I did sometimes apply cut vinyl graphics to vehicles. My "New" company provides wraps and since I am the only employee I have had no one to train or teach me the tricks of the trade. Everything I have done so far has been on the job learning and googling a lot of things. I was wondering if there are any good places to find free training resources such as videos, books, good utube videos, etc. that would help someone like me out.

Also, I seem to have the most trouble working with door handles and rear perforated window graphics.

I had a rear window that was curved so when applying the graphics, the text that was printed on it curved with the glass instead of laying down and reading straight. I was also working around a windshield whipper (that I could not remove) and a windshield sprayer nozzle. Are there any installation or design tips for keeping printed text and graphics straight on a curved glass and how to best work around those obstacles?

Thank you so much!

 

[Dennis422]

Learn To Wrap Cars | Learn To Carwrap | How To Wrap Cars
Learn How to Wrap a Car with Vinyl Wrap Classes | Avery Dennison | Graphics
Elite Wrappers | We are the Elite

Member on first link, took both of those classes. Planing to become Avery Certified.
You can (Maybe) learn stuff yourself, but I would strongly suggest things above.

 

[ExecuPrintGS]

I feel like a broken record saying it again but... wrapinstitute.com and take some of justins avery wrap training classes.

 

[edspecR]

invest in a class, you can get a free roll out of it!
you gotta be soft with perf film, it'll malign easily. are you hinging? maybe go line by line?
tbh, i get that curve going on front windshield banners too...

 

[juan.runnells]

Unless the designer accounts for it, you will get the curve in perf they need to account for the curvature by arcing the design into a smile.

Definitely take either the 3m or a avery basic course.. It may seem expensive to your employer, but not anymore so than a bundle of film and lam that you will waste learning.

And yes wrap institute has great videos, an asset, but not a substitute for hands on training.



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