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Gloss, Satin, Matte, or Textured? How Wrap Finishes Change Visibility, Maintenance, and Brand Perception
Vehicle wraps aren’t just about color and layout. The finish,gloss, satin, matte, or even textured films like brushed metal and carbon fiber,quietly dictates how your graphics read at speed, how they photograph, how long they look “new,” and what customers feel about...
From Sketch to Sign: Inside TNT’s Start-to-Finish Process
If you’ve ever wondered how a great sign goes from a loose idea to a landmark on your building, this is your backstage pass. At TNT Signs and Graphics in Santa Rosa, we’ve spent decades refining a process that’s equal parts creative, technical, and logistical, so your...
Cleaning Routines That Keep Wraps Looking New
A great vehicle wrap can last years and pay for itself many times over, if you clean it the right way. The wrong soap, a brush tunnel, or a pressure wand too close to a seam can dull colors, haze laminate, and start the edge-lift that eventually forces a reprint. The...
From Sketch to Sign: TNT’s Brief-to-Install Workflow
A great sign doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of a proven process that aligns your business goals, brand standards, site conditions, and local code requirements, then turns them into a durable, high-impact installation. At TNT Signs and Graphics in Santa...
Cold-Weather Care: A Fall/Winter Playbook to Prevent Edge-Lift, Salt Stains, and Color Fade
When temperatures drop, your wrap faces its toughest season. Thermal swings stress adhesive, freezing rain creeps under seams, and road salt chews at laminate. Add low-angle winter sun (glare, anyone?) and every readability flaw becomes obvious. The fix isn’t...
Seasonal Overlays: The Fastest Way to Keep Your Wraps Fresh
Seasonal marketing moves fast. One week it’s Back-to-School, the next it’s Harvest Fest, then Black Friday hits like a wave. If your vehicle graphics can’t pivot quickly, you’re leaving attention, and revenue, on the table. The good news: you don’t need a full rewrap...
How to plan a seasonal wrap campaign
Seasonal marketing is where nimble brands win big. Holidays, local festivals, school calendars, tax season, each one creates a short window where people are unusually primed to notice and act. Your vehicles already go where the attention is. A smart, seasonal wrap...
What makes a vehicle wrap effective? Turning drive time into prime time
If you’ve ever followed a service van through a Santa Rosa intersection and actually saved the number at the light, you’ve experienced a rare thing: a vehicle wrap that truly works. Most wraps are attractive from three feet away on a laptop screen; very few are built...
Mesh vs. vinyl banners: The real-world guide to durability and wind resistance
When you’re choosing an outdoor banner, the question isn’t just what looks good on a proof. It’s what survives wind, sun, rain, and repeated installs without turning into a sail, tearing at grommets, or sagging into wrinkles that kill readability. For most exterior...
Top 3 banner design tips: Fonts, contrast, and spacing that get you noticed
Banners are the workhorses of visual marketing. They hang on construction fences, fly on light poles, stretch across trade-show back walls, and greet customers at your storefront. But the difference between a banner that gets noticed and one that blends into the...
Vinyl vs. static clings: When to choose removable vs. permanent graphics
If your storefront windows feel underworked, or your vehicles, walls, and displays could be doing more for your brand, you’ve probably looked into window graphics. Two options rise to the top for most businesses: adhesive vinyl and static clings. They can look similar...
The sign every new business needs
When you’re opening your doors for the first time, there are a thousand decisions competing for your attention, logo, website, leasehold improvements, staffing, point-of-sale. But out in the real world, the very first brand experience most customers will have is not...
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