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mmccoy555
11-19-2008, 02:43 PM
Did six of these bad boys with vinyl lettering. Can we say rivets?
Shiva
11-19-2008, 09:52 PM
I HATE rivets.. BTDT on a small vehicle once.. never more
Cowboy
11-20-2008, 06:44 AM
Coulda been Worse MC , They coulda wanted it full length & Thats a Long ass rig . lmao. good show .
mmccoy555
11-20-2008, 07:47 AM
Very true cowboy. It wasn't actually that bad. The hardest part was trying to get everything layed up and measured center before I layed the vinyl. Wind is not your friend workin with something that big by yourself.
Norm
11-20-2008, 09:55 AM
you did a nice job Matt! I've had my share of rivets in the aircraft industry!!!
Stang
11-20-2008, 06:16 PM
I'm sure this is a stupid question but, do you have a rivet brush? I couldn't imagine doin that outside in the wind.
mmccoy555
11-20-2008, 06:49 PM
No I don't have a rivet brush. I basically heat it with the heat gun and use the squeegee to wrap it tight to the rivets.
Stang
11-20-2008, 07:13 PM
A rivet brush is about an inch round with a hadle on it. Ya heat the vinyl and spin the brush around it. Walla, no more pain in the ass. I had a couple different sizes. Works good on textured stuff, rivets or other pain in the ass stuff. Like if you put vinyl on the inside of the trailer. The chemlite is all bumpy, go over it with the brush and no more "I hate this job."
bigwater
11-20-2008, 07:44 PM
Good job there. Rivets are the bane of any vinyl installer's existence, but from what I can see you passed the 50/50 test. If it looks okay from 50 feet at 50 miles per hour, it's golden.
kruble
11-24-2008, 08:47 AM
Nice Job. I also hate rivits.
shawn_42
12-02-2008, 03:50 PM
yeah looks awsome good job