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I found this quick-hit vehicle wrapping primer that’s worth a look. Not at all comprehensive, but if you just want a quick look at what it takes, there are some interesting tidbits here. Of course, there is a debate about wet applications versus dry applications. You can read more about that in our ebooks.

Click here to check out Syed Raheem’s quick tips. Then let us know if you agree or disagree with him, and add your own tips in the comment section.

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hree new BC Ferries that will sail from Europe to their new British Columbia home this fall are being wrapped with a massive invitation to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, announced Premier Gordon Campbell, BC Ferries President and CEO, David Hahn, and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games’ (VANOC) CEO, John Furlong today.

It’s a dirty world out there and according to climate scientists, an increasingly hot one too. Sending digital graphics into this world unprotected leaves them at the mercy of the elements and your business at the mercy of customer let down should unsightly harm befall them.

That’s the description of a good article in Digital Output magazine about lamination in the flatbed era. Click here to read it for yourself.

Rick Raeder cut his design teeth creating aftermarket graphics for cars in the late 1970s. In 1985, he started his own business, R.G. Raeder Custom Graphics and Signs in Bethel, PA. Discover what products he uses for his vehicle graphics in this short case study called “Off to the Races” in Digital Output magazine. Click here to read the article.

Joel Ross from Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective Products wrote this great article for Screen Printing magazine. Without a doubt, he writes, vehicle wraps continue to grow in popularity and effectiveness and have become an important component in the mix of outdoor advertising media.

The first wrap was created a bit more than a decade ago, he shares, turning an average city bus into a moving billboard. Since then, every type of vehicle has become fair game for wrapping with printed pressure-sensitive vinyl graphics.

You know, I just spoke with Joel today and we talked about a lot these sorts of issues, as well as what the future holds for vehicle wrapping. I’ll be sure to share that with you in the coming weeks. In the meatime, click here to read the article in Screen Printing for yourself.