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Information and articles about car wrapping

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At Custom Wraps we spend a lot of time constantly training, evolving installation techniques, researching materials and best practices. We are happy to educate our customers on everything car wrapping related.

During the last few years there have been several vehicle wraps types that were gaining popularity very fast. The leading of them is for sure the matte black wrap. Undoutfully great looking and catching a lot of attention a car wrapped in matte black always stands out yet retaining high style.

Did you know that the actual "matte black" vinyl kis almost never used for these wraps now? There are better alternatives - Satin Black, matte and satin dark Grey,

What exactly is car wrapping?

Wrapping is a process of applying special vinyl film on the painted surface of a vehicle. The vinyl can be either white with image printed on it and laminated on top or it can be manufactured colour change vinyl that comes in a variety of colours from the manufacturer. The vinyl has self adhesive layer that sticks to the surface. When heat is applied to the film, it can be stretched and conformed to

When we started, there were 5 car wrap companies in Toronto. Now there is about 30. You can get a decent job at 3 of them, may be. 15 of them will be permanently closed in the next year. 20 more will open.
So how much do you like your car for this type of gamble?

There is more than a few ways to customize a car. Of course we believe that doing a chrome wrap is probably the easiest way to add some bling to a Lamborghini. But what if you don't want to go with a full wrap? There is a number of reasons not to. May be it is too expensive, may be you like the original colour of your car, may be you just want to add some

From the perspective of someone who has been in the wrapping industry for over a decade I can say that the most time consuming, stressful and tricky stage of any commercial vehicle wrap project is the design stage. The main reason for this is that design is always is subject to personal taste preferences.  What one person can see as “bold”, the other sees as “tasteless”. Trying to get into your client’s head can be very time consuming and aggravating

Hey, I thought that like with paint, vinyl wrap can be applied to pretty much anything? Right?

Wrong. Wrapping is not painting. It is an absolutely different process and it should be thought about in a different way. Quite a few quote requests we receive are for something that can't be done. Let's dig deeper into this problem.

We are specializing in luxury cars wraps. Premium materials and unsurpassed installation quality.

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