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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Lee GLS on July 04, 2013, 05:17:55 pm

Title: My sign writing.
Post by: Lee GLS on July 04, 2013, 05:17:55 pm
Some of you may find this interesting some may not but here are some pics of my new van and sign writing.

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/sierragls/F75C77A2-3D1A-481E-967C-130C1D7C4A92-94921-00000B09EB806BDA.jpg)

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/sierragls/1F4B16A2-FAA0-47B6-81C8-FBCCE10888AF-94921-00000B09F691C61A.jpg)

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/sierragls/7546FDC8-C386-4196-B1F5-D01F6DD11467-94921-00000B09FEAC1E0B.jpg)

Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: robert mitchell on July 04, 2013, 05:20:16 pm
simple and to the point , i like it .
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Post by: supernova77 on July 04, 2013, 05:22:02 pm
I like it  ;)
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Post by: PoleKing on July 04, 2013, 05:23:31 pm
Everyone will know who you are bud.
A prominent van does wonders I feel
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Post by: Ian Lancaster on July 04, 2013, 05:44:28 pm
Nothing on the front?  How about the people who see you in their mirror?
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: PoleKing on July 04, 2013, 05:47:26 pm
Nothing on the front?  How about the people who see you in their mirror?

Nonsense.
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Post by: windiewasher on July 04, 2013, 05:47:49 pm
Looks great mate.
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Post by: S.A.J on July 04, 2013, 05:51:06 pm
Clean and simple = nice 👍👍👍
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Tom White on July 04, 2013, 05:52:59 pm
I like it.  On some sign-written vans I see, it's not easy to tell what services they're offering.  There's one window cleaner where I live with a big yellow duck on the side of his van; you'd think he's offering bathroom cleaning services.

KISS!  Keep it Simple Stupid.
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: dave0123 on July 04, 2013, 05:57:04 pm
Looks good but personaly would of least got the numbers bigger
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Post by: S.A.J on July 04, 2013, 06:04:57 pm
Looks good but personaly would of least got the numbers bigger

We don't bother with tel numbers on our vans anymore, I prefer when they see our web address then google us and come through our website more chance of not being a messer (if you know what I mean)
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Lee GLS on July 04, 2013, 06:21:33 pm
Thanks for the positivity  :) I'm really happy with it.

I don't really think it needs anything on the bonnet, someone's got to be pretty desperate to want to write down a phone number whilst driving.

Tosh. It was your van that gave me the idea of simplicity, window cleaning as big as possible. I see some vans with their name in massive writing, and what they do in small writing below it, I don't think the sign writers think this is wrong either. When I told him I wanted window cleaning big, as that was my business, he sounded a little puzzled, but then saw the reasoning behind it.
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: roundbuilder on July 04, 2013, 06:44:28 pm
Looks banging, love the orange van(my fav colour).
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Post by: DaveG on July 04, 2013, 06:59:38 pm
Tidy Lee  :)

That's the sort of writing I want on my van, how much did it cost?

Cheers
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Lee GLS on July 04, 2013, 07:01:34 pm
£265 fitted, it would have been £235 if I had not chosen Matt black.
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: 8weekly on July 04, 2013, 07:06:57 pm
Looks good but personaly would of least got the numbers bigger

We don't bother with tel numbers on our vans anymore, I prefer when they see our web address then google us and come through our website more chance of not being a messer (if you know what I mean)

I think that is crazy.
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Post by: EandM on July 04, 2013, 07:20:03 pm
Minimalist - I like it !
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Post by: Cliff perkins on July 04, 2013, 08:35:02 pm
Nice van and graphics
Stands out well and i like the stripes on the bonnet.
Good job  ;D
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Post by: wfp master on July 04, 2013, 08:47:08 pm
i hate orange.
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Post by: robertphil on July 04, 2013, 10:10:51 pm
really looks great
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Post by: lal on July 05, 2013, 12:33:23 am
Nice and sharp to the point. :)

regards
lal
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Post by: Mike #1 on July 05, 2013, 05:09:44 am
They will even see it in the dark  ;D ;D , Looks good mate . Mike
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Post by: Lee GLS on July 05, 2013, 05:10:41 pm
No negative comments on ciu, wow, must be because the sun is out. Thanks chaps  :)
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Post by: jimiwindows on July 05, 2013, 07:03:24 pm
Nice but no roof rack
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Post by: Paul T on July 05, 2013, 07:45:08 pm
Do you ever  get flagged down to do breakdowns :) ;D
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Post by: Paul T on July 05, 2013, 07:47:42 pm
Might be worth keeping some jump leads in the back you could make some extra money ;D
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Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 05, 2013, 08:23:52 pm
Looks good mate, sipmple and easy to read!
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Post by: Philip Osborne on July 05, 2013, 09:05:25 pm
Wouldn't be an ex-RAC van would it?  My mate got one of them, and he always planned to get it sign-written up like yours ... he even talked about stripes up the front like you've done ... except, unlike you, he never actually got round to doing it! :D  Yours looks brilliant!
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Lee GLS on July 05, 2013, 09:16:27 pm
Wouldn't be an ex-RAC van would it?  My mate got one of them, and he always planned to get it sign-written up like yours ... he even talked about stripes up the front like you've done ... except, unlike you, he never actually got round to doing it! :D  Yours looks brilliant!

what makes you think its an EX rac van?  ;D
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: P @ F on July 05, 2013, 10:52:42 pm
Would look far better in PINK   ;D ;D ;D

Rich 
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on July 05, 2013, 10:56:31 pm
hang on you were the guy that asked if he could make it look better on a different thread ???? glad to see you took on board what people said and did northing ! guess people like me that spend 4k and up wrapping ours van know northing  ??? lol if you like it then good that's what counts
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Lee GLS on July 06, 2013, 07:29:12 am
hang on you were the guy that asked if he could make it look better on a different thread ???? glad to see you took on board what people said and did northing ! guess people like me that spend 4k and up wrapping ours van know northing  ??? lol if you like it then good that's what counts

I did take on boad what was said, and removed the email address, which I think was a very good suggestion. That's is what the point of the question was, people's opinions, the thing is you take opinions on board and the decide if you want to use them, I this case I only changed one thing, that's is not to say I did not appreciate people's input.

My idea from the offset was to have as little writing on the van, as possible, and I feel I have achieved that.  You should see it when it's parked up in a car park, it's stickes out like a sore thumb, and the thing is there is only going to be one big orange van offering window cleaning p, so i am never going to get confused with any other windies.
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Dave Willis on July 06, 2013, 07:35:48 am
Very tidy van and simple. There is a wrapped van near me plastered in photo's etc and in my opinion looks a confusing mess. Some of the other wrapped vans for other trades are unreadable. Yours is great and memorable for the custies.

ps. 4k on a van wrap? Really? Why?
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Positivity on July 06, 2013, 07:40:53 am
Where do you put your ladders?
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Lee GLS on July 06, 2013, 07:48:45 am
Where do you put your ladders?
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

On the roof rack  ::)roll  I haven't got around to fitting it yet  ;D
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on July 08, 2013, 09:43:19 pm
hang on you were the guy that asked if he could make it look better on a different thread ???? glad to see you took on board what people said and did northing ! guess people like me that spend 4k and up wrapping ours van know northing  ??? lol if you like it then good that's what counts

I did take on boad what was said, and removed the email address, which I think was a very good suggestion. That's is what the point of the question was, people's opinions, the thing is you take opinions on board and the decide if you want to use them, I this case I only changed one thing, that's is not to say I did not appreciate people's input.

My idea from the offset was to have as little writing on the van, as possible, and I feel I have achieved that.  You should see it when it's parked up in a car park, it's stickes out like a sore thumb, and the thing is there is only going to be one big orange van offering window cleaning p, so i am never going to get confused with any other windies.

sorry lee it wasn't ment to come across that so way  as I think its good to stick out

 belive me if I parked my van next to yours they would die I have a massive red monkey on my window van , and the three carpet cleaning vans have babys on the side  ;D all wrapped buy the best in the uk racoon  its good to be seen
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: david washbrook on July 08, 2013, 10:31:43 pm
Susan why not put a picture on here and show us

Thanks
Dave
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on July 08, 2013, 10:49:57 pm
one of my old vans

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/whitevangirl/myvan.jpg) (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/whitevangirl/media/myvan.jpg.html)
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: JamesAJF on July 08, 2013, 11:12:28 pm
looks really smart well done ;D
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Post by: david washbrook on July 09, 2013, 11:40:33 pm
Susan fair play I like it

Lee yours looks very smart as well

Susan out of interest roughly how much did it cost and did raccoon design it for you

Thanks
Title: Re: My sign writing.
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on July 10, 2013, 08:05:07 pm
Susan fair play I like it

Lee yours looks very smart as well

Susan out of interest roughly how much did it cost and did raccoon design it for you

Thanks
yes they did the lot from start to finsh, I gave them the phone number and told them I wanted a baby on the side and that's  it had to be green , that was it !  just crack on and make it look good was the words I said

the cost was around 4200 including the vat , not cheap but there the best in the uk and I can see why , 5 years on its still as good as the day its was done and they now get all of them to do , it paid for itself with in 14 months of being on the road