Scratchthejeepguy

So yesterday a customer finally nailed down exactly what they wanted and I cut it out. I got them all covered in transfer tape today and they want me to come install it tomorrow (if all goes well with their timeline). I'm wondering how I should prep the wall and what I should bring? This is my first real install on an indoor wall, and I don't want to forget something stupid that I should have brought. This is a painted Sheetrock wall install of 3 large decals about 70" X 36" using 631 and paper transfer tape. I've already tested the walls with 751 and it stuck very well. Here's what I'm thinking to bring, let me know if I should bring anything else: Vinyl Blue painters tape Ladder Level Tape measure Pencil Exacto knife Scissors squeegees Cleaning cloth How should I prep the walls? Common surface cleaner, or soapy water spray, then isopropyl alcohol?

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Welcome!

I have 3 large vinyl sings cut from 631. They are about 70" X 23.5" I need to apply transfer tape and the tape I have is paper tape that measures about 24-1/16". Are there any videos or tips on getting it straight and not having it miss the vinyl? I guess maybe I should have gotten wider tape to be safe.

Welcome to the site. I'm into Jeeps also! See if any of your buddies remember a guy named Scratch that drives a gold Rubicon and has an area in Hudson called Flatfender Farms to wheel in. I used to have events a couple times a year. Good luck on your purchase!

Yes, I've already taken a pic of the walls and measured the ceiling height for a mock up picture. I learned that from making metal signs for the past 15 years or so with my CNC plasma cutter. Great tip to bring up by the way! One that some people may not have thought of.

Yeah, it was my fault that they decided on 24" tall letters. I could have easily said 23" was the max and they wouldn't have cared. They just wanted really big letters. I'll know better next time. Still not sure if I'm going to just make them smaller, or end up turning them 90 degrees and cutting them separate. Either way... I'm going to get some wider transfer paper. I want to try the paper stuff anyways.

Ahhh. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

When you say "here" do you mean buying from USC? where do you buy your materials from?

Thanks for your formula for RTA. I was hoping someone had a price per inch they used and would share. so if the 8" stacked words worked out, (which they won't I now know at 24" x24") you'd charge about 59 per sign? also thanks for the overlapping tip with the bubbles. bubbles are for blowing...

I was planning on cutting the HDS letters separately and having them 24" long, and like 18" wide (or whatever the scaling works out to be) I'm happy with that amount of waste, and you're right... The math doesn't work out for the other 3 words but I think I could stack two words then turn the last word 90 degrees and put it at the end.

The transfer tape I have is 12" wide so with overlapping one edge, I could probably get 'er done. Maybe I'll just use that since I really only need it for the 3 letters anyways. The 12" stuff I have will be fine for the 8" high letters. Im using an SC2 which I think has like a 144" length rating so I should be fine with doing it all in one shot, but I hate the idea that I'll have about a 14" by 75" piece left over. I was hoping that it was a standard practice to nest images together to save material, then just tape them together when applying them. thanks for your input!

Honestly, I didn't know that 651 came in matte... I thought that all 651 was gloss and all 631 was matte. Silly me... Ok, so I'll definitely use matte black 651 on this job, but I'd still be interested to know the answers to my questions.

I have a couple of questions and I'm hoping I can get some help from you more experienced people out here. I'm pretty new to vinyl cutting as I've only had mine for about 2 months. I have a local business that wants me to make them some vinyl decals for their walls. They are a dance studio that my daughters have been going to for the past 16 years. I want to take "friendship" out of the equation though. I want to see what you would charge a regular customer for this job, and I have a few other questions too... It's a very basic decal they want, and I've included an image of it. The HDS letters are 24" tall, and all three total about 46" long. The HELMER DANCE STUDIO letters are 8" tall, and about 73" long. They want the HDS to be glossy gold so I was thinking about using some Oracal 651 that I already have. The HELMER DANCE STUDIO they want to be matte black, so I was planning on using 631 for that. I tried a sample of 651 and it installed very easily, and also peeled off ok too. They need three of these complete identical signs, for three different dance rooms. My questions are: 1. Since the 651 still seemed to remove fairly easy for future painting, is there any advantage to using 631 over 651 on painted sheetrock walls other than matte vs gloss? 2. Is there a reason I wouldn't want to mix gloss and matte on a sign other than personal preference? 2. What would you charge to cut this, they will be installing it. (I'll probably help them for free since they are friends) 3. I need wider transfer tape so I'll have to buy some. I have the Transfer Rite Ultra Clear 1310G right now so I'd like to get some of the paper stuff, any suggestions? 4. I have the 28" SC2 so I shouldn't have any problems, but to save material, instead of cutting the words like this: HELMER DANCE STUDIO and using 73" of vinyl..... I could cut them like this: HELMER DANCE STUDIO Arranging them this way would only use a 24"X 24" square of vinyl. Then they could just either apply them separately, or I could use blue painters tape (?) to attach them together in a line. Would you do that to save material, or not? The HDS I will have to cut separately unless I shrink them down an inch or so which I don't want to do. Any input from the masters?

You should be able to either BREAK APART or UNGROUP it, then click on the parts you want gone and hit delete.