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Vehicle Wrap of the Day: Kort Sign Design Decks Out A Fine-Swine Food Truck

Its rivals will see red

Published

10 years ago

May 29, 2014

Steve Aust Signs of the Times May 2014 Issue

Food trucks aren’t just for California anymore! Those who live and work in and around metro Minneapolis and St. Paul can enjoy The Red Pig & Truffle’s mobile-bistro fare, which includes turkey-pesto melts, Italian subs, roasted-pork sandwiches (of course) and other portable grub (huge, tasty sandwiches for $8, one review says). Its owners entrusted Golden Valley, MN-based KORT Sign Design to create the wrap that envelops and repurposes this vintage delivery truck. Using Adobe Illustrator, Kort’s Steve Bunnell integrated the client’s existing logo into the overall design.

The shop decorated the wrap on 3M Controltac IJ180-10C air-release media on a HP DesignJet L26500 latex-ink printer. To maintain its fiery red color – Minnesota’s extreme climate can present challenges – Kort Signs protected the wrap with 3M’s Scotchcal 8519 luster-finish topcoat with a Royal Sovereign RSC 1650 pressure laminator. Installer Jason Herlofsky navigated the corrugation, window bump-outs and other surface contours with 3M Gold nylon squeegees and a heat gun.

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