Re: Painting my pontoon - Opinions and Help
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:04 am
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Looks great!umtigerz wrote:Sorry about the delay, we've been covered up with work, I don't think I'll have time to get the graphics on my boat by the weekend!spurhunter wrote:Some great info, cant wait to see the renerding you do for mine!
Anywho, here's a rendering for you spurhunter, I'll send it in email in the morning, and we can start to tweak it from there.
I kinda used some of the original design elements, and kept the name at the rear of the sides.
I've definately got to tweak that name a bit. Let me know what you think.
I have imperfections, but figure if I get it all gussied up even with those, it will look 100 X better than it does now.Buccaneer wrote:I'd love to cover my current sides with a custom designed graphic, or perhaps just a solid darker color. But I'd hate like hell to install it over a few areas where the siding isn't "perfect" .. ie: has a few dents and dings. Is there a way to get those fixed ? Or is the fix simply buying new panels ?
Their just may be a way to pull some of the dints and dings out if their aren't any real hard creases. Pick up a pops a dent wallyworld did stock them for about twenty bucks. I used one to pull a serious couldn't live with dint out of the back quarter panel of my pickup truck and made it livable. If the dent hadn't been across a hard body line I'm confident that I could have completely eliminated it.Buccaneer wrote:I'd love to cover my current sides with a custom designed graphic, or perhaps just a solid darker color. But I'd hate like hell to install it over a few areas where the siding isn't "perfect" .. ie: has a few dents and dings. Is there a way to get those fixed ? Or is the fix simply buying new panels ?
A wrap is just printed vinyl, most of the time its laminated. The vinyl is typically 2mils thick and the lamination is 2 mils thick making the final product 4 mils. Its very easy to work with, we are currently in the middle of doing 5 vans a partial print wrap install using the best of the best, 3M controlTac, however its non laminated, but it is pre-masked, that helps- but it is stilll very tricky to work with. Especially with the elements that a boat is under, and the reflection of the sun off the water make SURE to get your wrap/prints laminated, you'll thank me in the long run.cjett wrote:I think I've decided to do a complete new skin on my toon... attached to the outside of the rails - like the newer pontoons are. My plan is to attach a vinyl edging on all 4 edges of .040 smooth panel and attach it to the rails using 3M VHB tape. I'll then have it wrapped with my graphics.
umtigerz - Question... you mentioned wrapping as being completely different. Can you explain the difference?
Thanks umtigerz. One other quick question... If I wanted to go with a single color, say a gloss black, what would be the best material to use?umtigerz wrote:A wrap is just printed vinyl, most of the time its laminated. The vinyl is typically 2mils thick and the lamination is 2 mils thick making the final product 4 mils. Its very easy to work with, we are currently in the middle of doing 5 vans a partial print wrap install using the best of the best, 3M controlTac, however its non laminated, but it is pre-masked, that helps- but it is stilll very tricky to work with. Especially with the elements that a boat is under, and the reflection of the sun off the water make SURE to get your wrap/prints laminated, you'll thank me in the long run.cjett wrote:I think I've decided to do a complete new skin on my toon... attached to the outside of the rails - like the newer pontoons are. My plan is to attach a vinyl edging on all 4 edges of .040 smooth panel and attach it to the rails using 3M VHB tape. I'll then have it wrapped with my graphics.
umtigerz - Question... you mentioned wrapping as being completely different. Can you explain the difference?
Getting the final product for a pontoon boat wrap should be fairly easy, again measure, measure and re-measure, do a scaled out drawing if you can and have all your info with you up front for an exact quote. Pricing will be on a per sq. ft basis, some prices I've seen as low as $5.50-$6.50 per sq. ft., and its the cheap stuff, not that it doesn't have a place in the market, but it not the best for this application. 3M controltac is the only thing I'd trust in this case, lets just say its the high performance vinly on the print/wrap side of this business.
You'll get that cheap vinyl printed and baking in the summer sun on the lake and within 18-24 months it will start to fade, I've seen it many times.
If you are re-skinning your sides, you might consider a pre-install, put your printed wrap graphics on your sides before you install them, will make for an easier job and you can line them all up in a row side by side on a flat surface.
Hope all the info helps, keep the question coming