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Practical Uses For an Electric Heat Gun

March 11, 2018

An electric heat gun is a vinyl wrap installer’s best friend. But it’s also an electricity draining tool that can quickly become one of your biggest expenses. And if you’re running a climate controlled car wrap shop, you’re electricity bill can increase exponentially.

Therefore, it’s imperative you know when to use and when not to use an electric heat gun. Keeping heat gun use to a minimum will help you reduce your electricity expenses. Below are some instances where using a heat gun is unavoidable:

  • Soften Vinyl Wrap and Other Substances

    Some substances start off soft or as a liquid. You can use an electric heat gun to soften these substances again. There are a few examples of this, including:

    • Vinyl wrap that has already been installed is easier to remove when it’s softened with heat.
    • Anything you’ve served with glue can be softened so it’s easier to remove.
    • Vinyl becomes more malleable when heated so it’s easier to work with.
    • When two-sided tape is applied to a surface and hardens you can use a heat gun on it instead of scraping at it.

  • Strip Away Vinyl and Paint

    Before you start wrapping a car you must prepare the area. Whether you’re stripping away old vinyl wrap or paint, steadily applying heat while using a scraper makes the task easier than if you were to simply pull with your hand. This is also true if you want to remove commercial wraps or other types of decals.

  • Drying Things Faster

    There are various processes in which you’ll want to shorten the drying time. For instance, if you apply a wet-install wrap, you can quickly dry it with an electric heat gun. It’s also useful in drying up an area after you’ve installed an emblem with two-sided tape. Additionally, anyone who wants to dry a larger area of vinyl should consider investing in a forced air propane heater.

  • Repair Plastic Pipe Joints

    Using an electric heat gun to apply heat to an area in pipes where the plastic components and joints need to be repaired, the heat allows you to mold and weld it. This same method also works when you’re repairing vinyl furniture, flooring, and baseboards.

  • Defrost

    You never know when you’ll get a client in very cold weather conditions and will need to defrost parts of their vehicle – from hood to roof tops and windows. Start the process by applying some heat to them. However, make sure not to apply heat around the gas tank.

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Top Vehicle Wrap Trends For 2016

March 9, 2016

Adding visual impact to your car and making it compatible with your personality is what vehicle wrapping is all about. Car painting is now out of the question. It has been replaced and knocked out by vehicle wraps. Vehicle wraps are basically a replacement of car paints and they give your car a more classy or catchy finish, but this is just the beginning.

Top Vehicle Wrap Trends For 2016

3 Vehicle Wrap Trends For 2016

Vehicle wrapping itself is a huge net. There are different types of wrapping that people want to get done on their vehicles. Today we will discuss about the top vehicle wrap trends for 2016, which include:

  • Matte Finishes
  • Custom Graphic Wraps
  • Textured Wrapping

Matte Finishes

The moment we hear the word “Matte”, we start imaging a non-glossy, royal and classic look. Matte wrapping is the most trending vehicle wrap type these days. The reason behind this is that nowadays people don’t prefer the factory applied gloss paint, they prefer less shinier and sober colors.

Matte Finish Wraps

Matte wraps attract a lot more attention than any other finishes. For example, matte black wraps give your car a stealth look. City lights can turn a glossy car into nothing but a minor reflection at night, but your matte wrapped car will rule the roads wherever you drive them.

Custom Graphic Wraps

Vinyl vehicle wraps emerged as a substitute for auto paints in 1933 in Germany, when the vinyl manufacturer KPMF was asked to produce films that could cover cars completely and used as a substitute for paint.

Vinyl graphic wraps are intended for advertising purposes or simply to turn your vehicle into a head-turning machine if you opt for a custom graphic wrap.

Custom Graphic Wraps

Graphic wraps are very easy to apply, remove and re-apply. Graphic wraps are on the same level with any other vinyl wraps. They play a dual role for the customer: marketing as well as attention magnets. Turning your car into a graphically wrapped car will not only make it look great, but it will also help you in marketing or advertising if the graphics have details about a product or company.

Textured Wrapping

Textured car wrapping is basically a subpart of other vehicle wraps, but is being preferred and loved so much by people that it can be considered as a category itself.

Textured Car Wraps

Cool looking textures, such as leather or different types of patterns, will really give your car a unique appearance if you opt for textured vehicle wrapping. Textured wrapping is not about what can be expressed in words, all it needs is some show time.

Boat Wraps or Paint Job – Which One is Better?

February 9, 2016

This question about “boat wraps or paint job?” has always been there on everyone’s mind who is concerned about his/her boat. Today we are here to specifically talk about vinyl boat wraps and custom paint jobs. Choosing between wrapping and painting is not a difficult task, but it varies from person to person.

Boat Wraps or Paint Job - Which One is Better?

Why Choose Boat Wraps?

First, we will discuss how wrapping a boat can be better than painting. Boat wrapping is something relative new to the world. We are all aware that wrapped vehicles catch more attention than ordinary painted cars and so is the case with boats.

All the marine enthusiasts who frequently visit shores and beaches with their boats want to seek attention of as many people as possible. This can only be done if your boat is wrapped with amazing 3-d graphics or vinyl sheets. Boat wraps will completely change the image of your boat and you will always be eager to take it out in the waters.

The art of wrapping boats has one advantage over paint jobs; advertisements. One can put an eye catching advertisement on the boat with its own image. This looks beautiful while the boat floats in the water.

Why Choose Boat Paint Job?

Wrapping boats in vinyl is something relative new as said above, so it is very difficult to find good wrappers to get your boat wrapped. Paint jobs are something that was available from the beginning, and as it is said “old is gold”.

Painting may be simpler than vinyl wraps, but they are more durable than wraps in water. Something to keep in consideration is that now there’s a variety of paint colors are available, and you can get your boat painted in an abstract manner which will definitely look better than any boat wrap. Also, if you want to do something very different, then you have to loosen your pocket and go for fluorescent candy paints. Such paints will look normal in the sun, but as the sun goes below the horizon, you will start catching the attention of everybody nearby.

Boat Wraps or Paint Job

Choosing between a boat wrap and paint job is not difficult, it’s just a matter of choice and priority.