Paintless Dent Repair & Vehicle Wraps
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HIRING!!! Wrappers and Tinters in Southern Maryland area
by Guest n8vcomp- 0 replies
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N8V Comp from Southern Maryland Specializes in exotic vehicle wraps. We are an aggressively growing business in the auto customization industry and now need to find more good help for 2013. We are the best at what we do around the tri-state area(MD, DC, VA, PA) and we need people who also want to be the best. Full and partial vehicle wraps (paint replacement), Custom printed full vehicle wraps, vinyl customs( racing stripes, pin striping, interior restoration) Paint protection film, window tinting, head/tail light tinting, body work, and more. Looking for either personal sub contractors with plenty of experience, or a part time worker with some experience. Please email…
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Could someone please message me what a roll of quality matte/flat material cost? Something with air release channels. Thanks
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Hello everyone, 44TOOLS.COM is holding a car wrapping training class in January. The instructor will Ole Solskin Ravn from Europe who is has an extensive background in the industry and is currently a Judge for FESPA. If you are in need of training or know someone that would be interested, please send them to the link below for further details. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas. 44TOOLS.COM http://www.44tools.com/t-wrapping.aspx
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I have a customer interested in a wrap for his 06 streetglide, how in the world do you put a price on something like this?? It seems there would be so much time in dis-assembling and bs that its not even worth it?
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Hail chasing 1 2
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Looking for advise for getting in with someone doing hail repair. Last summer/fall I was getting trained by the dent guy that was working out of the body shop I was working at. He spent a lot of time working with me during the time he was here. I have been training on hoods all fall and winter on my own. I am able to fix hoods that had more damage on them than the cost to replace. I took alot of the hoods home that were getting repalced to practice on. When the hail guy was here he said he was going to put me to work this spring. I have talked to him on the phone lately and now he seems kinda funny about putting me to work?? Does anyone have contacts? Any help would be ap…
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Looking for the PDR guys/gals. lets wake this forum up. tell us if you taught your self or went to school how long it took you to do a retail job where your from
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i just cant twist out a dent!!
by Guest mamba_venom- 3 replies
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hi can someone help?I have bought a set of pdr tools and a scrap door and was thinking of a pdr job here in my country.but no matter how I twist o push I just cant bring out a crease dent .I was wandering is whether the door metai was too thick for that make etc.can I ask for window the leverage comes from pressing against the glass while twisting the handle ,am I right?some of the tools I bought from the set is so thin and I was wandering can it push out a dent.further normally window access tools recommended should be how many inches in diameter thick? thanks
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Does anyone know why metallic wrap vinyl are rated at half the life expectancy of non-metallic colors?
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thinking of wrapping my 05 trailblazer ini black matte . I am experience in tinting and somewhat in clear bra installs . Not sure if that skill would help . I have done a little minor install with air release vinyl . on a scale of 1-10 how hard is the install ? roof has ripples in it ? also is black matt out of style ? What finish is in now . Looking for a black rugged look ?
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I have a customer wanting to get their vehicle wrapped in chrome, any suggestion on which film works well? I know they have avery conform chrome. Thanks
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I guess there is no forum here for wraps haha, I would guess if you tint - you do clear bra- if you do clear bra - you have to do graphics... wraps.. ;) wanted to show off few pic on R1 on customers bike.. don't know why he chose my buz for his bike.. but here it is...
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Having a difficult time making for a clean installation where the windshield sill is involved. When vinyling the roof, I do not have any issues up until where I start tucking the film underneath the windshiend sill or trim. Either I cut it a little too short to make the installation easier and/or it's just a pain in the a**. Is there a trick to installing this without any issues and of course with ease? Specific tools and methods? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Anyone know how to take off the BMW roof antenna?
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removing the wrap
by Guest tintmanrob- 5 replies
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is the first time that am removing the wrap from a car, any sugestions or tips how this comes off real eazy, the hood seems to want to come in little peaces, I use a steamer but really not working. anything will help thanxs
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So 3M is supposed to be making vehicle wrap material pricing as a set cost. All distributors will have to have to sell at a certain price point which requires us to purchase accordingly. Supposed to be next year sometime along with the release of the new all temp wrap material, anyone have an idea when?
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What Makes Good Wrap?
by Guest Little Monkey- 4 replies
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What qualities or features make a wrap good quality and what features (or lack of features) make it poor quality or hard to install?
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Hey guys, Had a customer call today from Houston area. Saw one of our videos and was interested in wrapping a 16ft boat with an old riveted look, if your interested in the work please PM me so I can give you details and his contact info!
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Boat Wrap
by Guest h0wld0g- 4 replies
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I need help on a price. I understand if we cant post that here, but if you can please direct message me if you can help me with this pricing info, that would be greatly appreciated. I have a customer that wants me to install a wrap that they have bought somewhere else on a boat. They sent me pictures of the boat, and the wrap on the boat. Its relatively flat and I have done 2 wraps before, and we also do graphics for signs so there's no doubt that we could handle this job. My question is, how much would you charge to just install this wrap. Me and one other guy doing the work. How long do you estimate it would take and also, I know the adhesives are different on this type…
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So I have a 2001 15 pass van that im wrapping. What do you guys do when the paint looks like its in good condition but when you start wrapping it and pull the vinyl back some it pull chunks of paint off with the vinyl?
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Hey guys just getting into wrapping. Going to wrap my employees candy next week. I have some experience with vinyl and im sure I can do it, but what do you do on the door jambs? Or on the b pillar between the doors when the doors are open? Or trunk jambs, etc. Anyone have any pics of these areas? Thanks guys!
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I have a 2 yr old Roland sp540i. I am looking to sell it at a very great price if anyone is interested please email me at grankin37@gmail.com
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3M™ Scotchcal™ ElectroCut™ Graphic Film 7725-120 Satin Aluminum
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Anyone have any pics of this stuff?
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I've moved the Vehicle Wraps forum out of the 'other trades' section to make it more prominent and it needs a good thumbnail photo for the listing on the front of the forum. Can some of you volunteer some pics that I can choose from to put there? Thanks guys! PS, don't hesitate to put up a thread promoting your wrap business or offers.
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Finished wrapping this 2006 Jeep Wrangler in Avery's matte black supreme wrapping film. The vehicle was disassembled so we could do the door jambs and all the tight tucked surfaces. Enjoy www.gzsigndesigns.com
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Wrapped this fully race M3 ,with Avery MPI1005 w/DOL 1060 overlam.The race will be televised by Speed channel and will air in acouple weeks. www.gzsigndesigns.com
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Wrapping fiat 500 wing mirros
by Guest KD Tints- 1 reply
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Has anybody tried wrapping a fiat 500 wing mirror and how they did im really struggling or just some tips on wrapping mirrors?
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Well it appears the topic of 3M being in competition with vehicle wrap shops has hit the fan. Take away thousands of $$$ in business from one of your own customers with sub par work and feel the flame get stoked. Please add you comments to a thread over on Signs101.com. It deals with 3M moving in on Auto Dealerships with partnerships and cutting off other shops on performing wraps on vehicles unless you take their training, use their product, and are part of their organization. Once again 3M using their muscle to push their product and others out of the market. You may agree or disagree but we know that 3M has been watching the thread discussion and posted one response. …
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vechicle wrapping course
by Guest chri55- 4 replies
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Hi there I've been in the signwritting industry for the last 8 years, coverning anything from window graphics to shop front to vehicle graphics, and now im looking into getting into vehicle wrapping and window tinting. Can anyone recomend any really good course or courses that will help me expand my skills in the industry. Thanks regards chris
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I decided to wrap my tundra with the 3M 1080 series - Black brushed metallic tundra wrap
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since residential tinting was slow this year I started looking for something to make up for it, found one! We have decided to purchase a printer and laminator for large digital printing, we've already been doing cut vinyl for about 8 years. I'm syked about our new hp 60" l25500 printer and 54" royal sovereign laminator that will be here in a few days! Anybody own an hp latex?
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I've seen this technique on youtube where a dent is removed via heating the dent to a very hot stage and then quickly applying cold compressed air. Can this damage paint and be car safe? Devil
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Laminate Windows
by Guest TheDentPro- 4 replies
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I am the owner of The Dent Pro, a paintless dent repair company in Virginia. Laminate windows are a serious issue in my field. The tempered windows were more resilient, but the laminate windows don't have as much strength and crack. Has anyone on this forum, with PDR experience, figured out a way to work around this? The Dent Pro
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2010 GT3RS. Clear Bra - Full Front, Doors, Apillars, Rocker, Rear Fenders, Rear Bumper Sides. Graphics - Red Center Stripe, Silver Side stripes w/Avery SW film.
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covering parts of the chromium-gold 24karat-999...
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2011 Audi R8 Matte white color change
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2006 Maserati color change black to white
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Full color change enjoy pics
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Used cars for sale in America in the poor because of the financial crisis is the fact.Offer my services in developing new markets in Russia, where many wealthy buyers who want to buy luxurious cars ...
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Blue Chrome Film??
by Guest Marco0355- 2 replies
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Does anyone know if this is a wrap, and if so, who manufactures this blue chrome film? Pic for reference: http://whataboutcars.com/index_files/Spotted/images/10-4.jpg Thanks in advance,
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Looking to see what everyone's take is on this, sign warehouse has a 48" for a certain amount and then to go with a 54" is almost $10K more. Why is this? Can some one please help me with the pros and cons of the two. I am looking to purchase one, but I want to know if its worth the extra money. I notice 48" material is harder to find outside of sign warehouse. Thanks
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South facing window tint
Forgot to mention; if your house is under HOA, you may have to check in with them. Some, eh hem, many seemingly shy away from having a reflective look to the glass. A dual reflective with a visible light transmission of 35% (ex: NV35) would likely be more palatable to HOA, but not so happy for the owner. Your position to take with them is: The higher the reflectivity of a film product, the better when dealing with desert heat. There exists a necessary (physics) compromise in every window film transaction. Can't please all parties. Glad I could help educate. -
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South facing window tint
Thank you very much Tinguy1980, I was just about to mess it up. I appreciate your insight! I would have never guessed that the products I was thinking about "run counterintuitive to the use of the product" for the excessive heat. Frankly it does get so hot in that room that at this point I am less about how it looks and more about performance, during summer the AC never stops running in that room, electricity prices here in Las Vegas is up there hence I am trying to invest in ways to cool that room down. Once more thank you for your help I do appreciate it. -
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South facing window tint
Personally knowing what it's like in Vegas when it's hot, I would stir clear of any film TSER performance value less than 60% or a solar heat gain value greater than 40%. Prestige does not fit this and would be a big waste of good money. Huper Optiks' ceramic products have high solar energy absorption rates, so in hot environments these kind high absorptive films run counterintuitive to the use of the product while using air conditioning to cooling the interior. High absorption on the inside pane, where most films are applied will radiate that absorbed heat toward the room. Outside breezes across the exterior surface of the window will not be as effective in cooling down the interior than say a low absorptive film, high solar reflection film product. In this case, low absorptive/high solar reflection products should be a go-to such as: 3M's Night Vision15 or NV25, Vista Film's Dual Reflective18 or DR 28, LLumar's DR15 or DR25 (which closely matches 3M NV), or Madico's Optivision in and around the same number assignment. The numbers assigned to films represent the visible light transmission of the product. When a dealer comes out to assess and likely have and leave samples, use the samples as sunglasses by wrapping over your eyes a viewing out and in the room. This gives you a more precise idea of what the film will look like once applied. A small sample placed on the glass will always appear darker than having the entire panel tinted. Good luck. -
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South facing window tint
Hi folks, I have south facing double pane windows that get a lot sun here in Las Vegas. Those windows get extremely hot and I want to get them tinted. I do not mind if they are black, mirror, dark, light, etc. I am looking for performance blocking the heat without doing a complete blackout. Initially I was thinking of going with 3M Prestige 70 since 3M is the only reputable brand I could think but I did read a few posts here in the forum and I see that there is other brands with perhaps better products like “Huper Optik”. I have not reached out to installers yet since I wanted to research what would be the best product for my needs, could you folks recommend a product that would fit the bill? Thank you! -
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Wet shrinking problems with certain windows
Dry shrink is akin to moving from the horse and buggy age to the age of automobiles; not only innovative, but you find yourself getting to your destination quicker. Dry shrink is also less damaging to the chemical properties of the film itself. And like Bham has pointed out in different words, work smart not harder. TD mentioned the wet check after dry shrinking, which is a technique used by many in the early stages of learning to dry shrink. Plenty of demos on Youtube.- 2
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Wet shrinking problems with certain windows
You REALLY need to learn to dry shrink. That type of finger would not happen and would be way easier to manipulate before failure. It's not about the time you wait for the prep surface to dry, it is about the ease of shrinking difficult windows without them being difficult. Dry shrinking makes our work so much easier. Your quality of installs will go way up and time spent on tough back glasses or windshields will go way down. The stress of doing a difficult shrink is way less once you learn the ropes of dry shrinking. If you want to improve your craft and get better at installs you are probably gonna have to learn to dry shrink sooner or later.- 2
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Wet shrinking problems with certain windows
So theres no way to get around it by wet shrinking it? I havent touched dry shrinking once and dont really have the time to way for the dryer sheets to dry could i just use water as a grip methood? -
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Wet shrinking problems with certain windows
Wet shrinking has advantages but it also has limitations. I'd learn a good dry shrink technique, then follow up with a wet check. You can get a lot more shrink into a piece doing it dry with a lot less stress on the film.- 2
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Wet shrinking problems with certain windows
hey everyone today i was tinting a BMW front windshield i don't remember which model. Anyways while shrinking fingers closer to the side edge it seems like it will end up creasing while i follow the wet shrinking process. I would like to learn how to fix this or get around it i also would like to stick to wet shrinking heres a video to see what happened and fyi this doesn't happen to me with every vehicle https://www.kapwing.com/videos/663028c4f4e49a37cd3b9eed. THANKS
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