Vinyl Wrapping a Campervan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- I’ve been wanting to do this modification to the van for a long time, I’ve even had quotes to pay someone to do it. But I just really like getting stuck in myself.
So I picked the best weather day, with no wind and no rain, I then set about teaching myself how to wrap, using a metal based vinyl (so it doesn’t stretch well or isn’t great when heated).
I started at 9am and finished at 9pm.
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Looks OK to me but had you paid the extra for a professional they wold have removed the side door runners and window opening rubbers? They also use hair dryers to warm up any they need to stretch for corners ect.Andy
I've done a bit of vinyl sign making myself, that's very good job you did there John. Looks like the stiffness of the material made it difficult....probably more suited to completely flat applications. That makes it a lot harder to get the finish you did. Pros use application fluid (well they do when someone else is paying) but a little washing up liquid in a water spray bottle does the same thing. That's mainly to allow for easy repositioning. Small bubbles ....pin pick the centre to make an escape hole for the air and go over them with your squeegee working from the outside to the pin hole. Van looks better now mate. Nice one. 😎
hay that do look nice now you got me thinking thank you
You have the patience of a saint. I'd would have had right old tantrum and given up. Fantastic job.
I love to learn new skills so I don’t mind putting in the time & effort 👍🏼 but there was plenty of swearing going on to start off with 🤬🤬
Looks very neat, goes very well with the two grey stripes down the side of the van. If I tried to do something like that I'd need to order 20 times the amount I really needed, and would probably still end up with all of it in the bin! 🙂👍
Thanks Linzi 😁 A heck of a lot did go in the bin, 2 bin liners worth 🤬😂🤣
I’m about to do this, once it’s a dry day, so I’ll probably watch this another 10x before given this a go 🤞
Looks good I like it when people personalise their vans. I can’t do stuff like that as I’m a paraplegic but I do as many jobs I can myself and always feel good when I’ve finished. I have repaired and improved something done by the manufacturer. Looking forward to seeing you finishing the bed area 👍
Thanks David, when you look at something you’ve made better it’s such a great feeling 👍🏼🚐
First I thought wtf why bother.
But when u did it it looked amazing.
Great job mate.
Sets the van off brilliant well done
Thanks Ian 😁
Hi John, If I had a hat on I would take it off. I think Mandy will have gammon and chips for your tea 🤣
Finally catching up on videos. Looking good, you have the patience of a saint.👍😀
Well done. I love how patient and calm you are even after 12 hours
Well done to you. Our camper is now 20yrs old & I would love to wrap it just to cheer it up a bit, having seen your video maybe I'll have a go 👍
That looks like great fun 🤔 well done best regards the poo pickers and their STD skinny tiger dog 👍❤️😀🐾🍟🍺
Fun you say 🤬🤬🤬🤣🤦🏼♂️
Vynal wrap 0 John 4 👍 we'll done, Mandy wraps the inside you wrap the outside what a team your both doing a great job👍 ❤️✌️
Cracking job. Well done sir. Van looks mint...
You did a good job. Ive done it a few times and i found to never do it on a hot day or in direct sunlight.Also wear soft gloves as it makes it easier to rub out bubbles with your fingers then use a squeegee.
Hats off for having a go John and not a bad result for 1st attempt, but like all things some things should be left to the pros. However if someone wants to attempt this i would advise use of heat gun and mild slip liquid ( fairy liquid 10/1 in a spray bottle) gives you more work time.
There’s no one in our area that would do the work due to the window frames, door rail and so on. The 1 person who quoted wanted £600 and the van for a few days. This isn’t a standard vinyl, it’s not like the stuff used to wrap cars, as you can see in the video you can’t heat & stretch as it changes colour.
Another box ticked and I expect a sigh of relief. Well done. 👌 👍
Oh yes, 12 hours well spent in my book 👍🏼
Good job, its not easy getting pre cut vinyls right, so cutting your own from a roll is even harder, looks great.
That’s a great job. I have trouble peeling sellotape back, hence it be beyond me. Well done 👍🏼
Looks good. Makes a world of difference in the look.
Brave man...I wouldn't attempt it. Well done John
Thanks 👍🏼
Looks fantastic.
I agree. It looks quite nice. Have to applaud you on a job well done. Cheers!🍻👍👍☮
Thank you kind sir 🙏🏻
oh the joys of learning new skills
I've broken out in a cold sweat just watching you do that. Great job 👏👏👏👏
Couldn’t even tell you had done it yourself when I saw your van, I assumed that it was factory fitted. Looks pukka!
Top job van looks great... Thanks for sharing
Hey it looks good ,I didn't do mine got my done by the professional it's a pain to do my whole van took 1 hour £400 it cost , well done buddy
Due to the windows already being on the van I could only find 1 guy willing to do this, who wanted the van for 3 days and roughly £600. Sometimes a professional can be worth their weight in gold, other times they’re just a professional because they are paid to do a job, not because they’re good at it.
Gadget John on tour well done that man, I admire people willing to have a go and your honesty in that it’s not perfect but at least you e done it and got a good 8 out of 10. I deal with material like this every day and Window Films and hats off to you big chap. The colour change happens when it’s over stretched or too much heat or both, better materials won’t change colour and stretch better. Again well done 👏
Your right ,see I had virtually the same done as your van ,but a punisher skull with a lot of detail also on both sides and back doors and the hood it's a Peugeot boxer 2018 but hats off to you
Good job 👍 looks very smart ... worth all the effort ... loving all the changes 😊👍
Thanks, I love the way the van looks now 👌🏻
Gadget John on tour 😊👍
Fair play to you that wasn't the easiest surface for a first attempt well done and thanks for the vid and tip on the knife less tape
Nice work.
Looks better I do have to say
Now that's a wrap 🤣😉💜. You've done a great job 😊
Brilliant video. Really good, honest experience.... 🙏🙏
Well done Gadget looks great love your Videos keep up the good work
Thanks Phil 👍🏼
Awesome well done you can be proud👍
Oh I am, it looks exactly how I imagined now 👍🏼
Excellent job🤟deff an excersise in patience and determination,ATB Shane
Looks fab and hard work well done
Thanks John 👍🏼
Great job John just in the process of doing a small project on my van done exactly the same as you bought too much even though it’s only a small job but looking forward to having a go when the weather gets nice and sunny Manchester at the moment not absolutely peeing down which is normal for Manchester I will endeavour to get me windows in and also the vinyl on Signing off Brian from Beswick Manchester
Looks good John, hats off to you for giving it a go mate, there's plenty including me that wouldn't dare attempt it 👍
I always think the pros learnt by their mistakes, so no difference to me learning how to do it.
Impressive 👍 great to see someone who’s never tried it have a go. Looks really good on your van. Thanks
Cracking job not easy to do but you have done well good. Heat gun can help you to shrink it and move it in place. If your bubbles don’t go when it is in the sun . You may have to put a pin hole in it. Cheers.
Heat was the enemy of this film as I showed in the video, with it being metallic film it’s not meant to be heated or stretched as you can see in the video.
really changes the look of the van. Very smart. It's funny for me as I got the hair drier out soon after getting our van and took off loads of black lines cause I preferred plain. Some of the hymercar 600 variants have black panels like you have done but ours just had lines.
I removed lots of decals off our van a few months ago. The vinyl is such a great addition though 👍🏼
Looks bloody good! Great job!
dose change the van and tbh looks so much sleaker great that you done this yourself to
nice work as always
Hi from Australia. Well done John, van looks great.
Great video. The outcome looked good. If I was going to do it think I would come to you to help. I like trying to do stuff first before paying garage prices. Great tips.
Great job, no way would I do a job like that 👍😄
For your first attemptat this John I think you did a great job, we'll done and cheers for showing us.
Good to see the bits you had problems with and how you dealt with them as well.
A grey permanent marker sounds good to me for that line you mentioned at the end 🙂👍
Plenty of people show you how to do things but not often do you see their own learning curve, I think the best way to learn is by getting things wrong & correcting them and it’s only fair to put those in the video to show how I figured things out.
@@johnmandy I totally agree John 👍👍👍
I have just been sent your way, because I am going to see if I can vinyl wrap my old tourer. So this is a great video. However, mine is bubbled in the middle of the van , so it might not work.
What’s that !!!! It took more than half an hour?? where’s Greg when you need him 😂😂
Well done John you certainly got lucky with the weather and you did a cracking job 🤙🤓
Hi Mel, it took me half an hour to setup! I think Greg has a time machine. 😜
Looks ok, it always looks easy when others do it like tinting windows ?.. well done John.
Makes the van look sporty John. Great job well done sir.
Thanks Rob, well worth the effort.
Well done my son.. I would have only tackled that job if i had only flat panels.. I have done it before, but i will never do it again.. Looks good.. you got my approval.. Top of the class.. Ho.. I didn't see my rag roller on the wall,? have you posted it...???
It’s still here, with the sofa, waiting for you mate 👍🏼
Finished the van off looks great mate
Thanks, it was well worth the effort.
Nice that. 👍
Well done John. Very brave. 👍☘️
Nice job! Well done for persisting and getting there in the end. End result looks great 😁👍
I tried exactly the same on my van and failed miserably, have opted to spray paint it instead.
Awwww, don't give in Rick, let me come and help out. My 2nd choice was rubberised paint called Plasti-Dip, which can be peeled off just like vinyl wrap. If you really want to wrap it then get in touch and we'll sort it. If nothing else it'll be great content 😇
Gadget John on tour Thanks for the kind offer :-) actually, Plasti-dip is exactly the stuff I was going to use, it seems ideal for the job and always gives you the option to change your mind 😁👍
Geez, I think up a great idea and find someone on TH-cam has beaten me too it 😖 Well done John . 👍
Cracking result, congrats. Perhaps you could have used a heat gun for shrimping the material in roundings and corners, but for the first time beautifully done.
Heat was the enemy of this film as I showed in the video, with it being metallic film it’s not meant to be heated or stretched as you can see in the video.
Good job mate thinking of doing the same to my 4x4 atvb jimmy 🤘🤘🤘
It’ll be much easier for you then 👍🏼 especially if you get a plain colour and not the metallic stuff I used. 🤦🏼♂️
nice job sir
Looks Great John...Well done mate :-)
Thanks Russ 🚐👌🏻
Look great, I've tried window tinting about 3 times now on our MG cars and it's impossible.
Good for you at sticking at it.
Window tinting is more tricky I think as it does stretch, the film doesn’t like air bubbles and car windows are using concave on the inside making it very difficult to work with. The trick is to pop the film on the outside of the window, with backing still on, then apply heat to shrink it to the shape, that helps a little.
Great vid man 🤠 well done 👍✅
Hi good morning. Van looking good
Thanks Stuart 👍🏼
Neat job that bud 😉👌👍👍👍.
When you did your video about wrapping the van furniture I’d just ordered the gear to wrap the van, i did think you had it slightly easier 😁
@@johnmandy haha yeah, you can't really bugger up wrapping on flat pieces of wood bud, but when you've got peaks and troughs like you had, looked a nightmare! 😱👌
It’s the fact it started to change colour when you stretched, that was something I didn’t expect 🤦🏼♂️
@@johnmandy did you try to heat it up with a hot air gun? It should of gone back to its original size once warmed up a little 🤔👍
John, I thought of doing this myself, no chance! Nice job, and it looks very good. I had a few chuckles watching the video. Your video was spot on timing for me, I was checking costs of materials on line yesterday.
Oh give it a go, if you choose a standard vinyl it’s much easier than the metallic stuff I used.
Hi John.
I m gonna do my back panels to make it look like i have all widows on the the side. I see 3m do a satin black. Do you have any recommendations which vinyl to buy please as i know nothing atm?? Thanks Scoobie-Dee
3m satin black bubble free would be best 👍🏼
Wow, top job
Very good attempt. I'd be very reluctant to put anything dark on my campervan. 👍
That’s the beauty of this stuff, it’s designed to reflect heat as it’s actually metallic. After doing this the internal temp of the van is now slightly lower. 👍🏼
@@johnmandy I'll take your word on it. But if I were doing it, I'd do a simple temperature box test. These wraps can look spectacular so I am not knocking the upgrade. My van is naff white, but in the summer, it rocks as far as comfort goes.
There’s a digital thermometer in the hab area of the van, so it’s easy to see in & out temps. With the same outside temp the inside is now 3oC lower 👍🏼
Hi John, Mandy, Coop. Van's looking good. Well done with the wrap, it's a good 'un. How about some flames, or go-faster stripes? Experts have to start somewhere John and you've started already. Does this mean you're one up on Greg now, cos i don't think he's done a wrap? So has Mandy made out a list of Wrap jobs for you to get on with? Soap dish, cruet set, doggie bed? Mandy! where did you put the squeegee? Stay safe guys and keep up the good work. 👍😎🐕
I don’t feel like we all have to compete, Greg’s got a heck of a talent and so have many others. Wrapping got easier as I went on so I’m sure I’ll get the bug to do more, flames though 🔥 🤷🏼♂️😜
ISO propanol...you are obviously chemically oriented! A brilliant job....but why? Well, I suppose, because you can?...love it...I would have made exactly the same mistakes...we can’t all be professional.
Great stuff there John.... given me some ideas now.... Hmmmmm I wonder if old copies of Razzle will work
Well done John, love your can do attitude. Just one Q though - Why didn’t you do a full panel van conversion yourself? I think you would have done a better job than the professionals !
There’s a few videos back last year that explain the change of van to this van. If you watch those it’ll make sense 👍🏼
Were did you buy the material from & the magnets ?
Just started watching your Chanel really good
Nice job 💪
From amazon, vinyl graphics magnets.
I have a Ferrari 360 wrapped in satin black, I wish I'd just paid for a respray :( Bristol Blue Customs made a right mess of it. So called ''professional wrappers'' - Pfft, never again...
I tried 10 companies around here and only 1 said it could be done, the window frames and door rails put them off due to the material I wanted to use. Just because they get paid to do it doesn’t make them experts, a professional isn’t an expert but just paid to do a job.
The morons that done mine actually wrapped over the windscreen rubber seals instead of tucking it underneath. Bloody muppets 👎🏼👎🏼
brilliant mate ive been waiting for a vid like this looks amazing john well done can you do mine lol
Ha, you’re the first to ask - not sure if I’d want to do this and be paid for it. If you have no windows in then it’d be soooo much easier.
Looks like a globecar nice.
You should'nt need heat gun on flat surfaces. lets just hope you didn't buy the vinyl of ebay. not a bad attempt. it would take 2 of us 2 hours in the shop.
Hi John. Roughly could you tell me how much vinyl you used?
Hair dryer or heat gun on low for the corners, you will find it alot easier, try and you will see, great video.
As you see in the video this vinyl didn’t like being heated up.
Looks great, is it a self build camper, where did you source the vinyl and wire tape, great
It's Custom Camper 😁 All the bits used are linked on a blog, www.gjot.uk 👍🏻
Hi John, Great video thank you. looks amazing. can you tell me where you got your vinyl wrap from?
Made a nice job of that in the end. How long do you expect it to last using the van full time?
I think as it stands now we have everything we think we will need, probably a lot more than we need in all honesty, so I think this setup should easily last the 2 years we have planned so far.
@@johnmandy great stuff, I was think more in terms of the life of the vinyl. I've no experience of vinyl wrapping but I've heard it can have a lifespan as short as a couple of years if the vehicle is heavily used?
Ah, sorry. I have office desks that I vinyl wrapped years ago and had no problems with them, the sides of the van I've covered are not really touched and nothing comes into contact with them, so I can't imagine having problems. Plenty of campervans are sold with wrapped sides and they seem to weather perfectly well.
@@johnmandy that's good then, I guess they are improving these materials all the time, I've seen vinyl wrapped drift cars deteriorate pretty quickly but I guess they have a very hard life!
Hi John, we are just starting our conversion so I am following your work with interest, what size windows did you use at the front and for the rear doors, I’m looking to fill the panels as you have done but not sure which to order. Keep up the good work.
They’re caravan windows, double glazed with fly/blackout blinds. Just look on eBay 👍🏼
Thanks I will
What wrap did you use? I'm UK too
Will spray mine then lol
Very informative thanks for the great content... How did it stand up to the test of time? We are looking to do something similar but on flat pannels of our sprinter. Seen it on modified cars before were it has started to peel at the edges and we're concerned that this will happen over time.
Where did you order the wrap and tools from ?
I think it looks really really good. Well done!!!
Thanks 👍🏼😁
Looks good, could I ask how much you did spend and from where
It’s all linked and detailed in our blog on our website 👍🏼
could you put links in for the vinyl and the 3m tape cutter please
The knifeless tape was off eBay, the wrap was from the USA manufacturer 👍🏼
Hi John. I am going to wrap my van soon. Where did you buy the wrap from and what is the brand please?
It's all explained in the video.
i have a few light scratches and scuffs on my vinyl, any idea how to remove ?
Would a heat gun be helpful for the tight spots?...
But did it work out cheaper? 🤷🏻♂️