Noob's Guide to Car Wraps!

Wrap vs. Paint, is now a common question every car enthusiast is faced with when choosing a new color. However, is wrapping really for you? Or are you better off with your factory finish? Here in this video, I'll discuss Everything A Beginner Needs to Know About Car Vinyl Wraps!

*Note*: This video DOESN'T TEACH WRAPPING, rather it explains the "Concept of Vinyl Wraps" to someone who literally has no idea what a car wrap is and how it compares to paint.

The Number one mistake I see beginners obsess over is the Finish!
Whether it's Gloss, Satin, Matte, or Metallic, none of that matters if the material and brand isn't reputable! Even more so, if the application wasn't well done, than it'll just peel off anyway!

Just like with buying cars, choosing a wrap color shouldn't be "Love at first sight". Considering how temporary Vinyl Wraps already are and also considering the few thousand you'll be spending on it, you'll definitely be disappointed if you got something that lasted way shorter than you expected!!

So please research material, then source a local shop reputable enough to install it. If you're wrapping your own car for the first time ever, buy some spare material. Expect to redo some pieces and expect your wrap to not be perfect the first time around and peel after just a short year. You'll get better over time and ultimately, the biggest takeaway from this experience is that Wrapping should not be evaluated as an EQUAL to paint because it simply is not!

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Intro: (0:00)
Finish: (0:17)
Material: (1:39)
Application: (3:50)
Maintenance: (6:28)
Protection: (8:49)
Lifespan: (10:40)

[natebit]

This video is perfect, with wraps becoming so prevalent, yet it’s hard to find all the info you want on them

[mikeyweeks]

As a professional vinly wrapper and ppf installer, I can say this is such a good video I might have to start showing my customers this. You hit on pretty much all of the FAQs and key talking points I go over.
Instead of wax for vinyl(especiallymatte and satin), we use 303 to keep up on it.
I tell my customers that the best reason to do a wrap is because you want a something that is a crazy color, pattern, or finish that is hard to paint. Otherwise, just be patient with picking out a car in the color that you actually want.

[grhead]

Man i dunno what is more important sleeping or bladed's video. It’s 3:50 at morning here.

[navinvent]

Also, Wraps used on cars can also be applied to furniture, so I'd suggest getting some cheap chairs of goodwill or just some old furniture you don't like the appearance in your place, and wrap it for practice, before doing your car.

[lordrc]

0:30 "Haha $35 anime decals" lol

[chilldoc]

It's nice that there's creative people in the car community who actually create their own ideas for their wraps

[shlimey]

Does bladed know that everyone starts doing a happy dance in there head when he uploads 🤔

[speedhunter]

I remember i used to wrap my toy cars as a child with matte black vinyl wrap

[AkashLankala]

definitely do more noob guides bc i’ve been into cars for 5 years and am still a noob to all this

[ChrisPFries-kzvf]

Ok tbh yellow and blue color scheme like in the picture he showed us when the wrap in incomplete looks really cool

[dylanwakley]

7:26 ‘I tugged one off in the heat’ lmao 😂

[Madman._.]

So my takeaway from this video is... If I was a bit keen on wraps before, now I am all against
Considering it being prone to damaging and peeling off, I'd rather have my car stripped to bare unibody and painted for 3x the price, and then be happy for 30 years without worries instead of 3 years with everyday stress about the wrap condition

[OneLeggyBoy]

I didn't know I needed a noob's guide on wraps until I did. Thanks Bladed.

[steelwitness]

I’m not even new to cars. I’m a master level tech at Ford and this video was still excellent to help me understand wraps more. I never really cared for them until recent months as I learned how far they’ve come. Good work man

[Qunia]

FH4 “metallic” sparkly wrap has to be my favorite kind of wrap.
I use it on like 80% of my cars in the game.

[Dominik]

It's fascinating to me how in the US, and some other places you can actually change your cars colour relatively easily, with very minor hastle... In my country I basically have to get whole new papers, re-register the car and get a full technical just to change colour of my vehicle.

[r.i.peperoniiiiroh]

It’s 1 in the night but bladed is on let’s

[exi]

Noob's guide videos were quite helpful actually. So thanks a lot!

[Asher.O_]

Thank you! Im a amatuer car enthusiast with a 76 5.0 Chevy Nova and i love your vids!

[futuristiman.]

I can't believe I learned a lot about car wraps without mind overload. Subscribed