56 email: editor@signlink.co.uk Issue 261 - October / November 2025 WRAPPING TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS | JONATHAN PERT With wrapping tools and techniques still evolving and with an increasing number of signage professionals entering the market, Jonathan Pert picks out some of the latest and most popular solutions on offer TOOLS AND TIPS FOR ENTERING THE WRAPPING MARKET Both vehicle and architectural wrapping materials have significantly developed in recent years, now offering high levels of material quality, colour vibrancy, and protective coatings. With this in mind, the tools that wrappers use to apply these materials need to keep up, as well as the techniques needed to get the best out of them. In this feature, we speak to a number of professionals in the space, both those manufacturing the tools of the wrapping trade and the trained professionals using them, to understand what options are available to sign-makers entering this still-growing market. A Professional Eye For Chris Edwards, director of CVi Group, the rise in the number of signage companies offering wrapping services as part of their portfolios is in large part due to an increased market demand for vehicle wraps. “It seems to have become the norm,” he asserts. “I think gone are the days of plain text vans. With things like part wraps and window panel prints becoming more popular, this means that signage companies are now having to move with the times.” CVi Group is a provider of industry-specific training programmes and contract labour within the wrapping sector. Alongside its core offering of bespoke vehicle wraps, the company offers a range of specialist vehicle and architectural wrapping services including emergency service vehicle wraps, internal wall wraps, window manifestation, and floor graphics. Edwards’ advice for those entering the market would be, in his own words, to “seek real training – not just YouTube videos, but good solid training with backup.” Explaining the importance of this training, he continues: “There are so many things that can go wrong fast, that can have a major impact on cost and also reputation. Advice and training from the right areas will far outweigh the costs of getting it wrong.” CVi offer an array of wrapping courses tailored to different levels of knowledge.
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