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Gotta give you two thumbs up on the wraps! I've done cars and will be doing my personal boat this winter before tackling that for customers.

I worked in a sign shop right out of college and we had a large CNC we cut it on. Definitely an advantage over wood in the case that even a pretty large sign can initially be hung by 1 person. Again not sure about price compared to wood but we very rarely used wood unless we were building a free standing sign that needed support...if we didn't build out of aluminum that is.

Still will need a router and cost of painting BUT another option would be to use High Density Urethane. Not sure what the cost difference between that and wood is but it's really easy to work with, lightweight, and looks as good (if not identical) to a painted wooden sign.

Cab was factory paint. We just matched the fenders on this one. Metallic black so it matched ALMOST exact.

So I finally took the time to draw out a character palette for a type style I have been using for my truck graphics. I have been basically recreating and manipulating each and every word or phrase from scratch and after spending countless hours doing that, decided it was time to create a standard set of characters to use. Being a graphic artist, the creation of this was the easy part...but my weakness is taking this and making a usable font that I can simply type into illustrator and the kearning and outline automatically apply as if it were simply downloaded from a font website. I have taken a stab at Birdfont and cannot for my life set this is up to read and look how I want. I'm getting frustrated and at the moment will continue just using the individual characters to create the words each time. A lot less time consuming than before but would love a simple solution to just type it. Any advice?

Looks good! Ill post pics of my truck wrap this weekend. Clean the surface very well and make sure there is no paint damage or "bubble" that may show through. If doing complex curves make sure to "pre-stretch" to avoid lifting or tearing if the vinyl becomes over stretched. http://wrapinstitute.com/

Minority Racism....those who don't support the flag are violently lashing out at those who fly it and also showing hatred for whites (even those of us that don't fly it) and think becuase they are white means they "owned slaves" or whatever the excuse is. Segregation...this same group that is fighting for "equality" are those that protested "all lives matter" and said only "black lives matter". If you want to be equal then stop using color as an excuse. I think I know what I'm saying...I mean I live in the heart of where all this s*** is going down. Nobody flies the Swastika cause its NOT THEIR HERITAGE like the Confederate BATTLE Flag.

I've been asked to do some flags for truck hoods and roofs...and I will lol. The flag is not and will never be illegal to produce...flying it is a choice many southerners are making but that's becoming a new target of minority racism. Lots of violence and theft going on to people that show pride in what they believe. Funny how those creating the issue are the same ones fighting for equality and re-establishing their own segregation because they don't agree. Give 'em an inch, they take a mile. Only thing I agree with is NOT breaking the law and cold hard cash from my customers With that said I won't produce anything that inflicts racism or supports racist groups in any way shape or form, but I won't censor my work in the same respect.

Ill have to check some of those out when I get a moment. The problem I had with Birdfont was I couldn't change the kearning (or isn't clear how) and some of the characters came out MUCH larger and others came out smaller so no consistency across the board. I thought that was strange being that it came from the same native file and each character is a pre-sized .SVG to be uploaded and still fluctuated and looked awful. I would love to be able to create and use my own fonts so maybe one of the other options will help. Thanks!

It was just black plastic when it was sent to me. Wrapped in Avery SW900 Glossy Black and then applied the 751 Matte Black flag over the top. Hardest part about this was working with the openings and designing the flag to work around that and be still be seen.

4th of July is coming up so wanted to share some of my favorite patriotic designs. Feel free to share any of your 'Merican themed work here as well

2015 Supercharged Audi A7...by far one of the most expensive and most fun cars I have been privileged enough to work on. Had to take a test drive to make sure the vinyl "would hold up" Avery SW900 Glossy Black. Took about 4 hours cause they wanted the "fin" to be black too.

Maybe you can find it here? http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/cars/chevrolet/

I was gonna say do the "bucket trick" like we use on round mirror caps but looks like dakota beat me to it.

Got me at free beer! Doing a little vaca at Fripp Island im pretty excited. Shoot me a PM ill be glad to assist in whatever you need!

Im in Greer. About to head to Beaufort for vacation next week so wont be too far from you lol.

Dash was installed this passed week for Project Blackflag. Happy customer in Kansas City!

Awesome. Where in SC are you? I do wraps in the upstate if you ever need a hand or some tips ill be glad to help. So far 2 full trucks by myself, Audi A8 roof wrap, and doing a prerunner f150 at the end of the month

Get a template (and a large plotter) you can pretty much recreate the swoops. Otherwise go full wrap and have the graphics printed or just do them with knifeless tape.

Just me...I price these things out all the time...I would charge $30-$40 each for small qty and then if they do 10 or more give a good price break per decal. Shop around online at "vinyl stores" and be competitive to stay in the market but don't low ball and not make any money.

Nicely done. I love doing full wraps. Actually looking to push my business more in that direction and less of the little "here and there" type jobs. BTW hows the wrap holding up over dodge with bedliner on the sides? I used your pics as reference when someone on the Wrap Society asked if it was possible

I just did 6 shirts for a friend with an iron. Pocket logos so I was able to "distribute" the heat evenly over the small areas. Did one large t-shirt logo for myself and it was more of a pain. Took alot of moving and pressing but eventually came out and looks good. I wouldn't do a batch order with an iron again though.

Thanks everybody! Coaster36 I am willing to part ways with the logo and have done for several members on here...BUT I do charge the design cost and "usage" fee for the files. Also prefer that the logo is only used personally and not resold...this is what sets my work apart from others . PM if you are interested.

Avery SW900 Matte wraps and Oracal 751 Matte Black