Christian is the most humble and helpful dude when it comes to wrapping. Nobody else shows so much detail and gives so many tips when showing the process.
Dude, I appreciate the honesty here. I am 12 years into a wrap career and were pretty close on skill levels. Everything your showing here is stuff I show people all the time and try to explain "The difference between and paint job and a wrap", "View Distance" etc etc. This is the brutal reality sometimes. The wrap looks great. You are a skilled installer. If you wanted to pick it you'd be re-wrapping most of the vehicle despite the fact 90% of people wouldn't mind the small imperfections.
Yo CK.. vid at 7:10 " I didn't even trim these out, I just put the bolts in" ----- use lip chap!!! we are Canadian and we all have at least one tube....somewhere. A tiny tiny bit on the surface of the vinyl keeps it from buckling when tightening down the bolts. Comes in super handy on audi's pesky gas caps with a thousand useless bolts, fords bushwhacker wheel flares and body kits!
My god this is like gold dust. Seriously - the key to getting anything right is understanding where something can go wrong when someone who knows in-and-out what they are doing is playing around with their techniques or testing out on their own stuff. Big love.
I appreciate these videos immensely. I strive for absolute perfection . There's always flaws. I beat myself up but no one else ever notices and I'm learning lol. I haven't had much luck with Hexis at all. Even gloss feels brittle and doesnt want to work well. Thanks again sir. You're just amazing.
ive been really critical of my own wraps as I just started after watching your videos and getting inspired. Your work always looks flawless and seeing a down to earth video like this gives me hope! You're my inspiration!
Man being a proud owner of my own vinyl shop I have to say 100 percent the video you made today made my day because customers don't understand how hard and how impossible it is to be perfect when it comes to vinyl
Major props to confidently showing off the flawed areas. Some people just don't realize that wraps aren't always perfect. Especially when you drive your car a lot and it gets dirty, rained on, and constantly washed! Wrapping a flat piece of material around curves and edges wont look the same as a full paint job. And wraps aren't supposed to last like paint is, most people only plan on keeping wraps for like 2 years. Great vid!
Thanks for being so honest. I love the fact that you are not afraid to show any flaw, regardless if it is caused by the material or user error. i have said it before and i will say it again, this is what makes you one of the best in the industry. Most people with this level of wrap would not even dare to go out in the woods and give a vehicle the chance to take any abuse from branches, mud and water and the harshest conditions. I think considering what the wrap has been thru it still looks really good. Can't wait to see what you are wrapping the gladiator in next
Its funny cause the brick layer has vinyl siding, the mechanic drives a piece of junk, the roofer has curled shingles and now its confirmed the pro wrapper has a shit wrap lol. Awesome vid thanks man.
The fact that you share your secrets and techniques for free is amazing. Compared to what I learned with a wrap shop application course. Who cares what people think. There’s no such thing as perfection. I’ve seen reputable shops with somewhat defects
Just finished my first front bumper on my jdm integra.. I wasn't happy because it didn't come out perfect. This made me feel alot better.. and I know I can improve for next time. Thanks for all your help man
CK Wraps you fully have my respect brah. i've been doing classes now for a minute, and will have a shop open come spring. already got the garage, just finessing the skill at this point. Watching you do your work at your skill level is inspiring.
Really appreciate these videos, helps me a lot with tips as I’m having a shot at wrapping my Audi these holidays , I really want to get into the trade as no one does wraps where I live so I hope to maybe one day open a shop after a lot of experience
Wrap up your car a crazy color and ride around. It wrapped one Fender and people always stop me and ask about it. Then I tell them more about wrapping. I've added on since then but it makes people think
Love the walk through and feed back from your on work. You are right nothing is perfect and this video just boosted my ability to go for it this winter. As always amazing video
The company I work for has asked me to start doing strips. I've been doing decals alittle like ups, Werner, u.s Express just to name a few trucks I've done.. They seem easy I've never done decals befor. Ive been binge watching you trying to learn some tips. I know it's not the same as a wrap and sry for the long comment but thanks for making these videos.
I have a Jeep JL Wrangler. Even tho this is your own vehicle and you were care free in alot places, these things have crazy lines and little “nooks and crannies” everywhere so to me its still a good job. Obviously easier for you to wrap that thing but theres no way Id even attempt it. I tried to wrap the dash area before, that gold/brown plastic u know, it came out like garbage so i took it off. I even took it all apart to wrap it too. I wouldnt be mad if you did a video on wrapping those dash panels. Kepp up the great work. Enjoy tour vids man.
Christian, an extremely good video. I want to say something if I may about adhesive failure. Adhesive failure is something that has puzzle the adhesive industry for a few decades now. Although I'm not familiar with that particular vinyl you wrapped your Jeep in, let me say this. From vinyl down to masking tape to double faced tape, sometime's it will stick, sometimes it won't. Double faced tape ( sometimes refereed to as carpet tape ) is well known not to stick for long periods of time. What people should know is that chemicals ( sometimes toluene, acetone and even synasol ) are used to make adhesives. These chemicals were actually vinyl's biggest enemies at one time. As technology had advanced, other chemicals were used. It was a real battle. As you went around your jeep even admitting that it was a quick job, not all of those flaws were do to your work. As advanced as we have gotten with vinyl and it's applications, there's much room for improvement.I viewed this video as a learning experience from what I have seen through my years in the vinyl coating field. Having said all of that, I'll try to post a link about adhesive separation for those interested in reading it.As always, thanks for this video. Take care, Christian. Mt best, Scott Gillig www.andersonmaterials.com/adhesion.html
Excellent video, as usual, and you are still the best I've seen, because of your thoroughness. By the way I really think that Titanium chrome compliments the Jeep very well. thanks for sharing.
Hmm... this is my take... I’m a professional widow Tinter for 36+ yrs and I started doing wraps about 2years approximately. About 65% of my wrap training came from CKWRAPS TH-cam. And been as good as I’m a Tinter it worked in place. But I view plenty TH-cam videos etc. when it comes to teaching Ability via video Ck is 2nd place to no-one. And I’m a professional in tinting. I’m impressed by CK’s candor.
This nor anything else in life doesnt come easy,I agree to disagree, big fan of yours,but there are people that are going to fail and there are people that are going to succeed, with this opportunity that people have with ur youtube channel to have a purpose of doing the best they can .Never give up,keep going,stay driven and never say (I cant).If you have done these things then your perfect👍
It’s always funny that no matter what industry it is, the best professionals always have crap compared to what they do for their customers. Mechanics drive rust buckets, wrappers have flawed wraps, etc
Should definitely take pics, so be able to “show customers what talking about when you don’t wrapping a particular area (is from this Jeep maybe😉). Regardless of the “bad” wrap.....your car is sick looking & id drive it daily too. Happy 2020✌🏼
U learn from your mistakes,then u know what to do and not to do,and always learn on your on ride,if u would hav left the finders black would hav still look good,that textured finish is very hard to get something to stick to it..
I know this is random, but I recently bought black vinyl letters for my wife's Jeep Cherokee. They over lay all the chrome emblems that are already on the SUV. Any advice on getting the letters on the emblems best? I assume clean with water/alchohol mix then over lay the decals? They are individual letters so should be able to do 1 at a time.
i wish i cared this much when wrapping my own car lol tbh you can hack the whole thing if youre advertising and not one person will notice aside from people who work with cars detailing/wrapping/ painting etc
There was a local guy at a car show and his wrap was really bad. I don't like to hate on anyone if rather not even say anything but it was the worst I've seen and I know he probably did it himself. It wasn't even stuck down.
Good video. Just I don't think that you need to explain all these things 🙄 my own car was wrapped by apprentice and it looked bad, but I dont care, because I know that this new guy learned A LOT
Great video man gotta put in 10000 hours before you are master of any trade job or skill. Perseverance is the the road to greatness not perfection thanks again
Question....If a client came to you wanting this same colour wrap on the same vehicle and you knowing the failures or limitations of the vinyl would you still sell them the wrap or tend to educate your client and maybe push another vinyl colour? P.S I love your channel very informative.
I would do a better job. It can be done on this vehicle using the same film. I rush my own vehicle when wrapping it but spending more time on a customers car would give a much better result
@@CKWraps Cheers bud for getting back to us - regarding your reply i totally understand if it was our own vehicle that we were applicating we tend to rush, i was more curious from a warranty on application angel - i'm not to sure if you give your clients a warranty or workmanship warranty i was more curious to see (especially this product being chrome) if you would provide a warranty or educate clients the limitations of this particular product and try to sell them on something that would hold up that isn't chrome. We tend to get people come into our shop that like chrome because they have seen it on some high end European car and would like it on there subaru for example - i tend to be blunt with them and say "have you got another photo of the same car wrap 24hours after the application" hehe fail time! I kinda blame the suppliers releasing these so called "car wrap" films because in all honesty there hasn't been a car that i have seen that has been 100% flawless after 12months! The vinyl we use now these days ant the same we used 20 years ago. We had no bubble free or air release technologies in vinyl back then so where you applied it stuck in those areas 90% of the time now we have to put relief patches into areas or on body lines to hide and give the illusion that its one piece blah blah blah. Also application technique has changed i'm not saying that is a bad thing but it proves due to the vinyl and "technology" they put in these vinyls they take abit more work making them stick down. Its hard to sell a wrap $5 - $10k knowing some small failure in the application is highly likely and the warranty on vinyls are limited to 1 - 3years on horizontal surfaces and the cost of the product starts from $50 - $130 per lineal mtr where is the value for the client?
Bro i have a small doubt ( you are using plastic squeegee and in some other videos they are using sponge squeegee.. i want to know why you are not using sponge squeezes
I totally understand I have oCD it does my head in when I do a customer's car I might waste a lot of wrapping when I do my own I'm not going to waste nothing I'm going to pull it back and over stretch it I don't care I am a rapper so it doesn't matter I replaced it one day so I understand what you mean it's a lot of stress wrapping a customer's car your own you don't stress a cook never cooks at home a cleaner never cleans his home a rapper never does a perfect wrapping his it's just how it is sorry about the misspelt
Christian is the most humble and helpful dude when it comes to wrapping. Nobody else shows so much detail and gives so many tips when showing the process.
I agree. He keeps it straight forward and real.
He is amazing 😎
I love how you're going over this and picking out the faults, yet its still better than 99% wraps out there.
Dude, I appreciate the honesty here. I am 12 years into a wrap career and were pretty close on skill levels. Everything your showing here is stuff I show people all the time and try to explain "The difference between and paint job and a wrap", "View Distance" etc etc.
This is the brutal reality sometimes. The wrap looks great. You are a skilled installer. If you wanted to pick it you'd be re-wrapping most of the vehicle despite the fact 90% of people wouldn't mind the small imperfections.
Yo CK.. vid at 7:10 " I didn't even trim these out, I just put the bolts in" ----- use lip chap!!! we are Canadian and we all have at least one tube....somewhere.
A tiny tiny bit on the surface of the vinyl keeps it from buckling when tightening down the bolts. Comes in super handy on audi's pesky gas caps with a thousand useless bolts, fords bushwhacker wheel flares and body kits!
My god this is like gold dust. Seriously - the key to getting anything right is understanding where something can go wrong when someone who knows in-and-out what they are doing is playing around with their techniques or testing out on their own stuff. Big love.
Plus, still looks epic.
CK calling the wrap police on himself 😂😂
I appreciate these videos immensely. I strive for absolute perfection . There's always flaws. I beat myself up but no one else ever notices and I'm learning lol. I haven't had much luck with Hexis at all. Even gloss feels brittle and doesnt want to work well. Thanks again sir. You're just amazing.
ive been really critical of my own wraps as I just started after watching your videos and getting inspired. Your work always looks flawless and seeing a down to earth video like this gives me hope! You're my inspiration!
This video is a perfect example of how humble you are
Man being a proud owner of my own vinyl shop I have to say 100 percent the video you made today made my day because customers don't understand how hard and how impossible it is to be perfect when it comes to vinyl
Major props to confidently showing off the flawed areas. Some people just don't realize that wraps aren't always perfect. Especially when you drive your car a lot and it gets dirty, rained on, and constantly washed! Wrapping a flat piece of material around curves and edges wont look the same as a full paint job. And wraps aren't supposed to last like paint is, most people only plan on keeping wraps for like 2 years. Great vid!
Thanks for being so honest. I love the fact that you are not afraid to show any flaw, regardless if it is caused by the material or user error. i have said it before and i will say it again, this is what makes you one of the best in the industry. Most people with this level of wrap would not even dare to go out in the woods and give a vehicle the chance to take any abuse from branches, mud and water and the harshest conditions. I think considering what the wrap has been thru it still looks really good. Can't wait to see what you are wrapping the gladiator in next
This dude is honest and I wrap my own rims because of this guy's talent. KIP
Its funny cause the brick layer has vinyl siding, the mechanic drives a piece of junk, the roofer has curled shingles and now its confirmed the pro wrapper has a shit wrap lol. Awesome vid thanks man.
As a detailer I have a dirty car
Dad's been a mechanic for 20+ years. A great one at that. Can confirm he has never had a "nice" car in his life 😂
@@ITm4n 🤣
The fact that you share your secrets and techniques for free is amazing. Compared to what I learned with a wrap shop application course. Who cares what people think. There’s no such thing as perfection. I’ve seen reputable shops with somewhat defects
Just finished my first front bumper on my jdm integra.. I wasn't happy because it didn't come out perfect. This made me feel alot better.. and I know I can improve for next time. Thanks for all your help man
This is actually super useful to see WHY not to do certain things and why to do others and what the difference ends up being.
CK Wraps you fully have my respect brah. i've been doing classes now for a minute, and will have a shop open come spring. already got the garage, just finessing the skill at this point. Watching you do your work at your skill level is inspiring.
That one dislike is from wrap police
Haha!
Yeah Haha
They are gonna catch a lawsuit real quick. Ck get a lawyer
Those dudes is lame af. No life so spend all day on ig bashing for 2 minutes of clout.
The Most Respectful Wrapper
C K enjoyed you taking us on the walk around of your vehicle. This was one of your best tutorials to date especially your honesty.
nice Jeep brother!!! I wish I could afford a wrap on mine, but watching you do your thing is the next best.
If Daniel Tosh was a master wrapper. Great content with great explanations, thanks man!!!
Really appreciate these videos, helps me a lot with tips as I’m having a shot at wrapping my Audi these holidays , I really want to get into the trade as no one does wraps where I live so I hope to maybe one day open a shop after a lot of experience
Wrap up your car a crazy color and ride around. It wrapped one Fender and people always stop me and ask about it. Then I tell them more about wrapping. I've added on since then but it makes people think
Great video Christian ... Respect your honesty ... Car looks fantastic still ... Love this
Shiiiit if my first wraps comes out like this I’ll be 10000% happy with it lol. I’ve been watching all your videos. I can’t wait to wrap my car
Love the walk through and feed back from your on work. You are right nothing is perfect and this video just boosted my ability to go for it this winter. As always amazing video
The company I work for has asked me to start doing strips. I've been doing decals alittle like ups, Werner, u.s Express just to name a few trucks I've done.. They seem easy I've never done decals befor.
Ive been binge watching you trying to learn some tips. I know it's not the same as a wrap and sry for the long comment but thanks for making these videos.
ive been tinting for 30 yrs and agree with you 100%
It’s official. Ck means corner king, never seen a flaw in any of your corners. Looks epic!
I have a Jeep JL Wrangler. Even tho this is your own vehicle and you were care free in alot places, these things have crazy lines and little “nooks and crannies” everywhere so to me its still a good job. Obviously easier for you to wrap that thing but theres no way Id even attempt it. I tried to wrap the dash area before, that gold/brown plastic u know, it came out like garbage so i took it off. I even took it all apart to wrap it too. I wouldnt be mad if you did a video on wrapping those dash panels. Kepp up the great work. Enjoy tour vids man.
You do an amazing job. Your JEEP looked so good. I love it chromed.
I’m always impressed with your corners.
It still looks amazing and you do one hell of a job
Christian, an extremely good video. I want to say something if I may about adhesive failure. Adhesive failure is something that has puzzle the adhesive industry for a few decades now. Although I'm not familiar with that particular vinyl you wrapped your Jeep in, let me say this. From vinyl down to masking tape to double faced tape, sometime's it will stick, sometimes it won't. Double faced tape ( sometimes refereed to as carpet tape ) is well known not to stick for long periods of time. What people should know is that chemicals ( sometimes toluene, acetone and even synasol ) are used to make adhesives. These chemicals were actually vinyl's biggest enemies at one time. As technology had advanced, other chemicals were used. It was a real battle. As you went around your jeep even admitting that it was a quick job, not all of those flaws were do to your work. As advanced as we have gotten with vinyl and it's applications, there's much room for improvement.I viewed this video as a learning experience from what I have seen through my years in the vinyl coating field. Having said all of that, I'll try to post a link about adhesive separation for those interested in reading it.As always, thanks for this video. Take care, Christian.
Mt best,
Scott Gillig
www.andersonmaterials.com/adhesion.html
Excellent video, as usual, and you are still the best I've seen, because of your thoroughness. By the way I really think that Titanium chrome compliments the Jeep very well. thanks for sharing.
You make me feel a lot better about doing a fibreglass body when it’s started to lift where you can’t see it
So true! There’s always some sort of issue with vinyl because shit happens and it’s not a perfect world! Great stuff though man 👍
Great video! Very humble and honest 👍
This chrome color looks really good on this truck !
Hmm... this is my take... I’m a professional widow Tinter for 36+ yrs and I started doing wraps about 2years approximately. About 65% of my wrap training came from CKWRAPS TH-cam. And been as good as I’m a Tinter it worked in place. But I view plenty TH-cam videos etc. when it comes to teaching Ability via video Ck is 2nd place to no-one. And I’m a professional in tinting. I’m impressed by CK’s candor.
I have had Hexis chrome delaminate on me once. No idea why but was also on a skinny piece
I love the way u wrap
delamination in grill inlays was from the heat off the radiator. in a constant steam bath in humid climates
Thanks for the honest. All the vinyls not same due some weather conditions it comes up .e.t.c some vinyls comes good. U wraps good.
You really grinding !!
Ck u r great wrapper while every chrome film is very difficult to wrap
It would be cool if you did VOD Wrap review series. Have viewers send in videos of their wrap jobs and you review them
The number 42 is perfect.
Buying a red jeep as a vinyl wrapper is a crazy cool flex
3M Primer 94 on the plastics and where there are creases/and extra stretching.
You love stickers so much, you just left the one on your glasses. :)
Love That You Are Showing Imperfections
Nice. Fantastic honesty
A true craftsman know where to cut corners
Good content man
Jeeps are very technical. I've wrapped a two door soft top and there is just a lot to go around.
Thanks Christian! Appreciate your honesty and advice. Great video.
Love all your Videos! keep it up! BIG THANKS TO YOU! best greetings from Germany
Glad I'm not the only one that half asses my personal vehicle!
This nor anything else in life doesnt come easy,I agree to disagree, big fan of yours,but there are people that are going to fail and there are people that are going to succeed, with this opportunity that people have with ur youtube channel to have a purpose of doing the best they can .Never give up,keep going,stay driven and never say (I cant).If you have done these things then your perfect👍
Real Talk!
what material did you use? respect the video. Keep on wrapping.
It’s always funny that no matter what industry it is, the best professionals always have crap compared to what they do for their customers.
Mechanics drive rust buckets, wrappers have flawed wraps, etc
Very humble man ✊🏼👍🏼
Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😎Did you use adhesion promoter on the plastic??
Should definitely take pics, so be able to “show customers what talking about when you don’t wrapping a particular area (is from this Jeep maybe😉). Regardless of the “bad” wrap.....your car is sick looking & id drive it daily too.
Happy 2020✌🏼
The God of wraps has only 24hrs/day just like anyone else
U learn from your mistakes,then u know what to do and not to do,and always learn on your on ride,if u would hav left the finders black would hav still look good,that textured finish is very hard to get something to stick to it..
"Perfection is a moving target" as Christian von Koenigsegg would say
Thanks Teacher you are the best
You are an inspiration Christian ... Praise the Lord
Honest enough.Thanks for the video.
I know this is random, but I recently bought black vinyl letters for my wife's Jeep Cherokee. They over lay all the chrome emblems that are already on the SUV. Any advice on getting the letters on the emblems best? I assume clean with water/alchohol mix then over lay the decals? They are individual letters so should be able to do 1 at a time.
Sean Colon you should post this on the forum so he can answer you. Www.ckwraps.com/forums
Nice to know that even you have struggles with this stuff haha. Keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Your still a beast at wrapping tho
I don’t feel as bad about my wrap now that I’m doing myself haha.
But still, wraps have come a long way. The early 2000s Gumball 3000 wraps were rough as hell.
i wish i cared this much when wrapping my own car lol tbh you can hack the whole thing if youre advertising and not one person will notice aside from people who work with cars detailing/wrapping/ painting etc
There was a local guy at a car show and his wrap was really bad. I don't like to hate on anyone if rather not even say anything but it was the worst I've seen and I know he probably did it himself. It wasn't even stuck down.
That looks awesome I couldn't imagine how bad that truck would look red 🤮
Christian give teckwrap a try ... good wraps as far as i can make out thus far
What did you do with those front fenders that the foil adheres? Mine just keeps slipping down
You are human after all 😂😂 wrapping machine! Great video.
Is your logo on the actual chrome in parts like the hood sides and the gas tank door? Lols very awesome
He uses lettering underneath and lays vinyl over it. It creates the embossed effect.
Good video. Just I don't think that you need to explain all these things 🙄 my own car was wrapped by apprentice and it looked bad, but I dont care, because I know that this new guy learned A LOT
Great video man gotta put in 10000 hours before you are master of any trade job or skill. Perseverance is the the road to greatness not perfection thanks again
Dude I love that color, veddy nice veddy nice
You 1 of the best my frien i enjoy your videos nickname " el jefe"(the boss, )happy merry Christmas to you and your family 👪.
Brilliant!!!😂😂😂💪 still better than any of my things!!!😂😂😂
Question....If a client came to you wanting this same colour wrap on the same vehicle and you knowing the failures or limitations of the vinyl would you still sell them the wrap or tend to educate your client and maybe push another vinyl colour? P.S I love your channel very informative.
I would do a better job. It can be done on this vehicle using the same film. I rush my own vehicle when wrapping it but spending more time on a customers car would give a much better result
@@CKWraps Cheers bud for getting back to us - regarding your reply i totally understand if it was our own vehicle that we were applicating we tend to rush, i was more curious from a warranty on application angel - i'm not to sure if you give your clients a warranty or workmanship warranty i was more curious to see (especially this product being chrome) if you would provide a warranty or educate clients the limitations of this particular product and try to sell them on something that would hold up that isn't chrome. We tend to get people come into our shop that like chrome because they have seen it on some high end European car and would like it on there subaru for example - i tend to be blunt with them and say "have you got another photo of the same car wrap 24hours after the application" hehe fail time! I kinda blame the suppliers releasing these so called "car wrap" films because in all honesty there hasn't been a car that i have seen that has been 100% flawless after 12months! The vinyl we use now these days ant the same we used 20 years ago. We had no bubble free or air release technologies in vinyl back then so where you applied it stuck in those areas 90% of the time now we have to put relief patches into areas or on body lines to hide and give the illusion that its one piece blah blah blah. Also application technique has changed i'm not saying that is a bad thing but it proves due to the vinyl and "technology" they put in these vinyls they take abit more work making them stick down. Its hard to sell a wrap $5 - $10k knowing some small failure in the application is highly likely and the warranty on vinyls are limited to 1 - 3years on horizontal surfaces and the cost of the product starts from $50 - $130 per lineal mtr where is the value for the client?
Bro i have a small doubt ( you are using plastic squeegee and in some other videos they are using sponge squeegee.. i want to know why you are not using sponge squeezes
Thank you ser, for sharing your knowlege
Love your videos question can you put Vivid Hex air tint on the hood use it like a bra to protect paint
You can but you'll see the air release pattern in the adhesive
Looks good!
What truck is this a jeep what ? This is a lovely truck
What a legend
Where could I get that chrome wrap?
Looks nice still
I totally understand I have oCD it does my head in when I do a customer's car I might waste a lot of wrapping when I do my own I'm not going to waste nothing I'm going to pull it back and over stretch it I don't care I am a rapper so it doesn't matter I replaced it one day so I understand what you mean it's a lot of stress wrapping a customer's car your own you don't stress a cook never cooks at home a cleaner never cleans his home a rapper never does a perfect wrapping his it's just how it is sorry about the misspelt
That color is fire man what was it titanium chrome?
Hexis Titanium superchrome
Come to BC and Wrap my Ram, That would be Perfect. Haha Merry Christmas
Do each panel in a different color, but really it isn't that bad