Vinyl wrap photos and opinions on durability

[McDog]

I'm seriously considering getting my ski completely wrapped in vinyl instead of painting it. It seems that most people believe that spending the money to paint a ski isn't really worth it because it won't last long before looking like crap. I'm just not willing to rattle can it. Too much work. I suck at painting anything besides the inside of a house.

Does anyone know how long a vinyl wrap would last? Somebody has to have had one for at least a season, how did it hold up?

 

[Kennay]

It holds up great. It's not just sticker material, it's a bit thicker and has some sort of fiber reinforcement under it or something. Alot of sponsored King Mackeral fishing boats around here have their hulls wrapped. They hit the dock and all sorts of stuff. I mean, it will scuff or tear, but It's basically a giant sticker. There isn't much you can do

 

[McDog]

Oh yeah. Lets see some pics too!

I've seen the snakeskin ski on another thread.

What else has been done?

 

[WDKfan]

This is my friends bass boat and Excursion the boat was wrapped early last spring and the truck was wrapped over a year ago. the wrap on the boat holds up great when he rubs docks and hasn't torn yet:biggthumpup:

 

[cambo au]

i would really like to see a wrapped ski i think it would be a lot harder than a boat trying to wrap the hood espessialy but i would like to see one up close to see if you can see the joins

 

[WDKfan]

the onlu seams on the boat are on the bow and at the corner of the stern and they are hard to see unless they are pionted out, I still haven't seen the seams on the truck.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Here's the wrapped snake skin ski one for those that havent seen it.

 

[infamy]

this one looks wrapped. it isnt mine, just found the pic.

 

[cambo au]

that xmetal 24/7 boat is one of the best i have seen i would rate it in the top ten

 

[Waternut]

Where can you get these things?

 

[superjet0587]

that boat was done by ian at http://areyoustuckup.com/

he is doing my ski for me and it will be able to be seen in daytona

 

[monsterSJ]

my buddy jason wrapped murphy's ski its the one in the pic above in the snake skin it
looks sweet itll be at daytona but it costs just as much to do that as to paint it prob a
bit more but looks killer jason who did that ski will also be in daytona so you can talk to him if interested hes got an orange superjet with a lizard on the side

 

[McDog]

I'm thinking it's worth the money if it is more durable than paint.

 

[pyro723]

this one looks wrapped. it isnt mine, just found the pic.

Does the duct take come with that ?okey:okey: Just playing that ski does look killer.

 

[njfl]

that boat was done by ian at http://areyoustuckup.com/

he is doing my ski for me and it will be able to be seen in daytona

I am not sure if Ian's are classified as wraps. They are just like any other vinyl graphics except that they have incredible color printing. They are large printed graphic sections that fit within the side of the hull. They are unbelieveable. I heard that he is going to be at Daytona demonstrating an installation on a ski. He is a true artist. See IHOP's build thread to see how incredible his turned out. It's unreal.

 

[Superjet3]

Ian does use wrap vinyl.. I just choose not to do the entire boat. The viny and inks used are rated for 5 years of constant sunlight.
here are pics of mine.

 

[bign1514]

how much should it cost to vinyl a ski? I am currently building a ski and debating on painting it myself or have a pro do it. Vinyl graphics got me thinking now. You can more design in it.

 

[Mike W]

Some of our Army recruiter trucks are wraped and they look like crap after a while. It looks like it peels up everwhere.

 

[YAMA CAT]

I wanted to wrap my old sqaure in lepard.

The best price per sheet I have found is $70 for 2x4 sheet. I just wonder how many I need? Do need to account for extra to make the pattern repeat?

 

[tilleryrat]

I just costed thru one of our local graphics places at around $500.