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Dawn Patrol Vinyl Shenanigans, three idiots slap graphics on Safeway walls before the Karens wake up

Safeway wall graphics, vinyl printing, and installation—project showcase.

  • Safeway
  • Vinyl printing
  • Vinyl installation
  • Custom vinyl graphics
  • Commercial wall graphics
Snapshot of me before a 04:30AM vinyl graphics installation
snapshot of me in bed for, 04:30AM.

Professional vinyl printing and installation: the dawn patrol setup

Soft focus. Fade in. Three clowns. Me, Christopher, Cameron. We're rolling up in a beat up old Toyota Tacoma, vinyl rolls hanging out the back, energy drinks freshly crushed, zero eggs given. Christopher yells, hey, this vinyl's stickier than Cameron's forehead. Cameron's fumbling around like a drunk raccoon. It's twilight. He can barely see. There was a Porsche nine eleven completely erupted in flames on the bridge. We'll be doing some professional vinyl printing and installation, custom vinyl graphics, shipping for retails. We're on a mission.

Vinyl sign installation crew loading a ladder before sunrise at Safeway
Pre-dawn load-in for a Safeway vinyl wall graphic install.

Surface prep for vinyl graphic installation at Safeway

We walked through the Safeway doors. It's a fluorescent hellscape. The wall's dirtier than Christopher's browser history. I yell at him "Measure twice. Cut once, you dinguses." Cameron looks at me, like, obviously, as he proceeds to trip over a mock bucket and spill water everywhere. We're cleaning up. There's butt cracks everywhere. A checker walks by us, says, what y'all doing? After a detailed explanation of how we're prepping the surfaces for vinyl graphic installation, he just looks at me cross eyed and says, well, do what you gotta do.

Measuring vinyl graphics on the floor during Safeway wall graphics installation
Surface prep + measuring. Butt crack cameo.
Safeway vinyl graphics installation crew prepping graphics on the floor
Floor prep in the floral aisle. Because of course.

Large scale vinyl wall graphics: positioning, alignment, and registration

We start unpacking the stuff, positioning the vinyl. Cameron's close to slipping on a banana. Christopher helps him up the ladder. I just put my hands in my face, but we press on. Christopher decides for more Red Bull, crushes two more. Cameron starts to unroll the fabric out upside down, accidentally falls into it, starts spinning around oh, now we got a human burrito. Thanks, Cameron. But we end up getting it on the wall, registering it just right, measure three times, heck, four times. We're all trying to get on the wall, fumbling with each other like amateur wrestlers. But we've got the vinyl graphic up. It was printed large scale just for this type of installation. Now it's time to get to work.

Installing Safeway vinyl wall graphics on a ladder
Ladder work: alignment, positioning, and chaos management.

Step by step vinyl installation: squeegeeing, bubble popping, and commercial durability

Now we're at the stickening. Peak goofiness here. Physical comedy abounds. I found a roll of stickers that just say eggs. Who knows where they came from? Cameron says to Christopher, Squeegee like you mean it, or I'll wrinkle your butt. I miss one of the ladder rungs. Face goes into the wall. Christopher blasts fart noises from his phone. Luckily, we got it all on there because we didn't have an extra, and there's no reprinting on this one. We got lots of squeegeeing, sweating, grimaces. Bubbles are getting popped dramatically, but we're doing it step by step, vinyl installation at its best. It's durable. It's for for commercial use. We'll ship it anywhere.

EGGS sticker on hoodie during Safeway vinyl installation
The mysterious EGGS sticker era.

Vinyl graphics installation wrap-up and next steps

Most of the job's done. We're trimming the edges. We're cleaning the tape up. We're admiring the work. No pencil marks on this one. Christopher pretends to bow like it's a mister Miyagi wax on, wax off situation. Safeway managers are just waking up, it seems. It's about 7AM now. People are shuffling in. Coffee looks like it's taking a hold on most of the local residents. It's time for us to leave, knowing that we did an expert vinyl graphic installation at the best possible price.Hey! Let us know if you need something like this done. It doesn't have to be a Safeway wall, but get sticky with us. You're into that, which is no judgment on you, but we do have affordable custom vinyl printing, shipping, installation, all that stuff. Hit us up. Let's do this.

Safeway vinyl graphics installation in the floral aisle
Final trims while the flower section judges you.
Safeway vinyl wall graphic installation in progress
Next to last: installing the Safeway wall graphic.
Finished Safeway vinyl wall graphic installation
Last: finished Safeway vinyl wall graphic.

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