Epic Signs & Graphics Blog

We’ve talked about making your fleet market for you by branding your trucks, vans, trailers and other equipment with your logo, contact information and services, and Armorlike is another example you’ll see in the Cleveland area.

A customer of ours, Armorlike, provides high-quality installation of floor coatings in and around Northeast Ohio. They recently came to us to update their trailer graphics and make it stand out while parked outside and traveling to and from jobs around Cleveland.

From design...

After discussing the important information Armorlike wanted to display on their trailer, and where it should be positioned, our designers went to work providing a proof. Once completed, the proof was sent to Armorlike for them to approve and we got to work creating the elements to be applied to their trailer.

For Armorlike’s logo portion of the graphics, we printed it on one of our high-quality wide format printers, applying a laminate for additional protection. The lettering for the trailer was die cut on our wide format plotter, which is typically used to create larger printed products, such as vinyl lettering.

...to application

Once the logo and graphics design are printed, they’re ready for application. To make the entire application look like it’s hand-painted, we use a process called masking, which allows us to apply the graphics straight and clean.

When we create vinyl graphics for trailer or vehicle stickers, the graphics are sandwiched between two layers. One side of your graphic design is covered in backing paper designed to protect the adhesive. In the middle is the actual vinyl graphic or logo and the outer layer, or masking layer, keeps the entire design in position, perfectly spaced so that the whole graphic can be applied in one piece. Masking helped us create this cool wraparound with the Armorlike Coatings logo image.

With trailer graphics, Armorlike Coatings is maximizing its presence traveling around the Cleveland area. This small investment -- adding graphics to your fleet -- can have significant returns when you think about the fact that over 90 percent of people notice ads on the sides of trucks and vehicles, and can recall the ad up to three days after seeing it. Impressive, eh?

Our designers work with you to create trailer graphics that work for you, within the budget parameters you set.

Contact us today to find out how we can make your business vehicles and equipment stand out in Cleveland.