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Dave Willis

Anyone removed a van wrap?
« on: September 29, 2010, 08:36:20 pm »
Took me ages today to get my sign writing off. Are wraps as hard to remove as lettering?

LWC

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2010, 09:23:00 pm »
No idea, id imagine they would be solid though!

Frankybadboy

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2010, 09:30:06 pm »
let the dealer sort it out. ;) ;) ;) :P

wellclean

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2010, 09:42:27 pm »
van auctions use a wallpaper/steamer,heat it up, peels strait of

marccope

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2010, 09:57:02 pm »
no mate once you start the corners with a wrap its pretty easy, spent three days picking at lettering  and t-cutting on a big transit an just over an hour with a wrap and less t-cutting needed mainly round th outside edges if you do go for lettering put it on a coloured backing as it makes it stand out an pulls off in one when you need to and costs far less, a grand+ in full print vinyl screwed up on ye drive leaves a bitter taste in ye mouth an i didnt notice any more inquireys

TonyD

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2010, 10:05:59 pm »
They can be ( I do this sort of thing as my other business - http://cherishedcarcare.co.uk/ ) Slowly moving into window cleaning for 100% of the time.

As mentioned, heating it up will help a great deal.  Heat it as you go along slowly peeling it away, then use tar & glue remover to remove glue residue.






Klean07

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2010, 10:27:09 pm »
I used a hairdryer and plastic scraper to remove old signwriting on my van. Would imagine its same for a wrap.
kkleanwindowcleaning.co.uk

jr windows

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 10:34:45 pm »
If you have a look on YouTube it has training vids for removal of wraps.

dazmond

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2010, 11:34:16 pm »
thats why im sticking to van magnets.cheap as chips and do the same job! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
price higher/work harder!

p1w1

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2010, 10:55:54 am »
van auctions use a wallpaper/steamer,heat it up, peels strait of
That's what I do

Wc Solutions

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2010, 12:55:41 pm »
3 or 4 times as hard!!!!!!!

the wraps are over sized then heated on to shrink and fit tight to the van.

glues alot harder to remove then normal signwritting.

windowswashed

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2010, 07:04:36 pm »
Use a heat gun, easier than a hairdryer :)

newpy

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Re: Anyone removed a van wrap?
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2010, 08:12:50 pm »
recently stripped the back doors on our old van, use a wallpaper steamer - comes off easy and no glue to remove afterwards!