What types of wraps are there ?
Did you know there are five popular wrap finish options to choose from when you’re looking to wrap your car each has its own advantages and disadvantages?
Clear
Clear wraps are a great way to add something to the car’s existing colour. This is often a popular choice for people who simply want to protect the current paint condition. Imagine that you can keep your car the colour you already know and love this is a PPF (paint protection film) finish. PPF is very expensive but has a long Gevity with some manufacturers offering 10 yr. warranty on the film |
Gloss
A gloss finish car wrap achieves the exact opposite of a matte one. The gloss effect makes the paint job look brand new, without requiring the work of maintaining the paint. A glossy finish car wrap is the most popular choice for both personal and marketing uses. gloss film can highlight issues within the paint surface as light refracts off all angles. |
Matte/satin
Matte wraps are intended to change the gloss finish of your paint job. The value of a matte finish is that it helps to highlight bodylines of the design of a car, it also can hide blemishes scratches and even some chips depending on the depth. Matte finishes are also less common, so your vehicle will stand out from other cars. Matt finishes come in satin matte and super matt some can look chalky and mark very easily and others had a subtle sheen that less reflective unlike gloss |
Chrome
Chrome is the most reflective option in car wraps, and it can be used for all-over reflective coverage or combined with patterns and images. Chrome always gives a vehicle a futuristic feel, and it also will stand out in a crowd. However, sometimes highly reflective surfaces can also be a distraction and in some states is illegal your other option is a satin chrome this is a far less mirror finish and is extremely sleek. Chrome film are extremely expensive and can mark very easily and should only be installed by experienced wrappers. |
Colour Changing (colour flip)
Colour-changing vehicle wraps are a way to add a pearlescent finish that makes it look like the colour is different in different lights or from different angles. If you’ve ever seen a car that looks purple as it drives up and shifts to orange or green as it passes, that is a colour-changing paint job or wrap. This type of finish is a full-colour change to your vehicle, and the resulting effect is striking and noticeable. Colour shift films are produced in batches like all other films however when needing to repair or replace sections months down the track the batches can be different. best to have an additional wrap ordered when you first wrap to ensure no colour differences speak with your installers when choosing this film. |