Established 2009
MOBILE: 064 316 2411 E-mail: Signacademysa@gmail.com 23 Nantucket Close. Sunningdale. Cape town
2 Day Vehicle Vinyl Wrapping Training Course Content
DAY 1:
● Introduction to Vehicle Graphics
● Purpose of a Vehicle Wrap
● Materials used for Vehicle Wraps
● Trimming Vehicle Wrap Graphics
● Tools of the Trade
● Vehicle Prep
● Removing Handles, Lights, and Other Obstacles
● Difference Between a Bad Vehicle Wrap and a Great Vehicle Wrap
● Begin Live Vehicle Wrap
● Demo Vehicle Wrap Prep
● Remove wax Clean surface, grooves, and seals
● Remove or not to remove parts
● Use accelerator adhesive where needed
● Material Placement Test fit and tape in place Use map / print out for placement
● Making sure print is level Using a tape hinge
● Vehicle Wrap Application Peel from a tape hinge
● Squeegee techniques
● Avoid stretch and shrink back by tucking material without heat
● Using heat when needed to stretch around hard curves
● Troubleshooting Vehicle Wrap & Vehicle Graphics
● Use a heat gun to shrink back discolored vinyl
● Getting rid of bubbles Getting rid of wrinkles Trimming & Details
● Always use a fresh blade Cutting doors Cutting around handles, lights, and mirrors
● Relief cuts for stretching into wheel wells
● Wrapping edges to avoid peeling
● Post Vehicle Wrap Install Care
● Heat edges with a heat gun and soft towel
● Vinyl strip edges if needed
● Wax regularly
DAY 2:
● Preparing Vehicle Wrap Graphics
● Trimming graphic panels
● Handling and organizing Vehicle Wrap Hoods
● Getting the feel for the material
● Hands on instructor Help Vehicle Wrap Doors
● Working with door handles, windows, and obstacles
● Hands on instructor help Group Large Print Vehicle Wrap Application
● Application of multiple print tiles in groups of 2 Switch roles and re apply
● Individual Large Print Vehicle Wrap Application
● Individual application of multiple print tiles
● Work individually on technique Hoods, doors, large panels
● Students work on wrapping full bonnet
● Instructor inspection of completed work
● Trouble shoot and correct errors -
VEHICLE WRAPPING TRAINING COURSE
DURATION: 2DAYS R 6 500.00
1 Day Vehicle Wrapping ( Air Regress Vinyl )
Training Course Content
(PRE REQUISITE: MUST HAVE COMPLETED OUR 2 DAY VEHICLE WRAPPING TRAINING COURSE OR HAVE PRIOR VEHICLE WRAPPING EXPERENCE)
Level 3 Advanced
Spans over a period of 1day.
Focuses on working with Carbon Fibre, Chrome and Mastering of vinyl app;lication techniques
Capabilities of vinyl, it's threshold, how to do seams, where to do seams, heating,
stretching, conforming, durability, and wrapping flat and complex panels
4 Day Master Vehicle Wrapping
Training Course Content
(INCLUDES CALENDERED / CAST & AIR RELEASE / REGRESS TECHNOLOGY VINYLS)
also Carbon Fibre, Chrome and textured finishes
PRE REQUISITE: NONE
Day 1:
- Preparation, how to be thorough and what to use
- What can and can not be wrapped
- Material types, finishes and adhesives
- Tools needed
- Squegee techniques, getting comfortable, handling of the film
- Using air egress and creating your own air egress
- Materials possibilities and limitations
- Fingering, wrinkling and wrinkles
- Reading the wrinkles
- Glassing, conforming and laying into recesses
- Approaching a panel with help
- Approaching a panel solo
- Relaxing the film (edges), pre-stretching with and without heat
- Post-heating, what it does, how to do it and when to use it
Day 2:
- Cutting and trimming
- Corners and the different types. Different ways to wrap them
- Shrinking the film around corners, edges and surfaces
- Knifeless tape
- Seams, where to use them, how we do them and why
- Inlays, where to use them, how we do them and why
- Recessed areas, the high and low points (post heating)
- Damaged film during install. Is it recoverable or not
- Horizontal and vertical surfaces
- Banding, glue lines and adhesive particles
- Solo fender wrap
- Solo mirror wrap
- Solo door handle wrap
Day 3:
- Rear bumper wrap with help
- Rear bumper wrap solo
- Front bumper wrap with help
- Front bumper wrap solo
- Tack reducer
- limitations, thickness and tac
- Using seams
- Damaging Vinyl
- Knifless tape
- Self healing possibilites
- Cutting free hand on top of panels using a scoring technique
- Glide free hand cutting
Day 4:
- Rear bumper wrap with help
- Rear bumper wrap solo
- Front bumper wrap with help
- Front bumper wrap solo
- Tack reducer
- limitations, thickness and tac
- Using seams
- Damaging Vinyl
- Knifless tape
- Self healing possibilites
- Cutting free hand on top of panels using a scoring technique
- Glide free hand cutting
1 DAY VEHICLE WRAPPING TRAINING COURSE (AIR REGRESS)
DURATION: 2DAYS R 6 500.00
MASTER VEHICLE WRAPPING TRAINING COURSE
DURATION: 4DAYS R10 000.00
