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03-10-2015, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Merritt Island, Florida
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Your thoughts on wrapping instead of painting?
I was looking at doing a wrap a while back but decided to wait since the technology was so new. I just saw that Rob Holland is wrapping his MXS, so I'm guessing it's safe at this point.
What are your thoughts? It's much lighter and you can get a much more intricate design.
Does anyone know cost compared to painting? and durability / repair-ability?
Thanks!
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03-10-2015, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
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We are here too.
Rob's wrap is on our facebook and instagram.
I'd have to say that Rob Holland proves AircraftWraps proprietary process every time he leaves the ground 
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03-10-2015, 07:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Plano, TX
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Originally Posted by AircraftWraps
We are here too. 
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good to hear. I had filled in the contact form on your web site a couple of weeks ago and still haven't heard back... .
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03-10-2015, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
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Originally Posted by spatsch
good to hear. I had filled in the contact form on your web site a couple of weeks ago and still haven't heard back... .
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Oliver,
Very sorry. We are experiencing growth issues beyond our expectations. Currently we have 6 aircraft in various stages of wrap. We found an email issue mid last week and while working through that issue... Rob Holland showed up Thursday and we worked 20 hour days to achieve this wrap within his extreme schedule.
From never actually touching the aircraft through Template, computer renderings adjusted to curvature, installation process designed, production to include printing 24 hours straight through the night, lamination, cutting, packaging for transport, coordinating and dispatching my amazing team to Sebring, OH YA... and we had to install only between his 3 daily flights!?  (think NASCAR pit crew to the extreme over a 3 day/20hr a day period)
Thursday arrival and I'm typing this Tuesday night editing video of an amazing aircraft with a matching amazing wrap... Kinda cool in my book!
No excuses, but please except my apology and I'll personally follow up with you tomorrow.
Regards,
Scott
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03-10-2015, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BC
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Is a wrapped aircraft more susceptible to significant static charge buildup? And if so, will static wicks help given the non-conductive property of the vinyl and/or the adhesive?
Bevan
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03-10-2015, 10:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tampa (BKV)
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When I looked into it, the cost versus material life didn't work for me. The cool factor for printed on etc goes way up, but then the price does as well. For typical RV three color pattern it wasn't much cheaper than single stage paint...which lasts for decades and is repairable. I also find the stated weight savings questionable. However....those Titan planes look seriously cool. I would like to know what it would cost a client for that level of detail. No question that if you're going into that level of detail, wrapping can do quite amazing things.
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03-10-2015, 10:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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03-11-2015, 03:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Flower Mound, TX
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Bill's right: there are already a lot of great conversations residing here in the VAF, and the search function makes this place a fantastic asset.
However, I'd like to modify Ofitz's question a little, and direct it toward those of you have have logged A LOT of hours on your wrapped airplanes.
- How is the wrap holding up? Any degradation in the color, finish, adhesion, or seams?
- What about water creep into the seams...are you seeing it happen?
- After your many hours of flight, are you finding signs of sub-surface corrosion?
These are among the nagging questions.
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03-11-2015, 04:16 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scrollF4
- How is the wrap holding up? Any degradation in the color, finish, adhesion, or seams?
- What about water creep into the seams...are you seeing it happen?
- After your many hours of flight, are you finding signs of sub-surface corrosion?
These are among the nagging questions.
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- NO. Point of fact is that the adhesion only gets stronger with time.
- ??? water creep into seams? Thats not how it works.
- after how many hours does corrosion form under paint? We have not seen any under our wraps. (The installation process we developed prevents this)
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03-11-2015, 05:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Originally Posted by AircraftWraps
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- What about water creep into the seams...are you seeing it happen?
--- ??? water creep into seams? Thats not how it works.
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Thanks, great answers. Let me try to clarify. Those of us who haven't yet had the opportunity to examine a wrapped airplane envision sheets of vinyl applied to the aircraft. Each sheet has an edge. We figure you overlap the edges of adjoining sheets to try and prevent water intrusion and edge peel. From lack of a better term, I call that union a 'seam.'
If, rather than overlapping the edges, you actually butt the edges together along a cut line, then that truly becomes an edge-to-edge seam. I imagine such a seam would heighten the risk of water intrusion.
The fact is I don't know how you accomplish the transitions between sheets, and how you prevent water intrusion. If water intrusion isn't an issue, that's fantastic news: I just want to understand how it's prevented.
Now I hope you understand my question.
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