I absolutely love it! Doesn't even look like an Ambulance anymore. The Green was the perfect choice in color! Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! 🚙💚
Bob, you continue to impress me! In this case, I really appreciate how you were honest and reasonable in your expectations, given you asked for the cheapest job. So many people would do that and still expect absolute perfection. This is just another example of your generous spirit! ✌️
The ambulance looks fabulous! Thank you for answering questions about a wrap. I was wondering about costs, value and quality thank you. I love that you are thinking ahead for the next 5 years. Live forever please Bob.
Yeah, it looks terrific. We've seen it in clips and I'm impressed. Sage is a perfect name and yeah, sand would have been a good choice as well for discrete camping but the green will be good in forest as well as desert - so perhaps a better choice. It certainly toned down the ambulance look and if anyone is going over it with a magnifying glass, they are just looking to complain. It looks great from a few feet back and if you are bothered by a bit of red here and there, take a scrap of it into a paint store where they can match it. But frankly, we wouldn't have noticed those tiny bits if you hadn't pointed them out. The sides of the doors look like a hidden accent color - nice choice Bob. You found a good compromise.
I can't wait to watch it slowly become camouflage. Not that I want to see your vehicle damaged. I think it looks really nice Bob. The wrap is a great way to go. Now I have a better understanding about wraps, thank you.
The color is perfect..... plus, it seems like you... kind of blends into the background.... trees, foliage..... very nice. Pleasant. Very pleasant, Bob.
Really appreciate Bobs thorough analysis of this rap job. also I am very grateful for his straightforwardness and frankness about what to expect. what they did. the advantages and disadvantages. also like the way he describes stuff so that people fully understand what they’re getting into. Great job Bob.
I like the idea of the wrap and I like the color. When I heard you say that you thought of LineX it reminded me of my first car. Back in 1982 I bought my first car, a burnt red 1975 Dodge Monaco, from one of my friends. He had done body filler in places and spayed flat black primer over the patches. After a few months I decided I needed to protect the sheet metal from salty winter roads. LineX did not exist at that time so I bought a gallon of Tremclad rust paint some masking tape a paint brush and a roller. In my parents back yard I started painting the car. When my father came home from work and saw what I was doing he started laughing and asked what I was doing! After I explained he picked up the paint brush and helped me. It turned out surprisingly nice. I used to drive out in the woods a lot and the branches hardly scratched the paint but when it did I simply pulled out the can and painted over the scratches leaving no trace. The paint job held up very well for years and it cost me less than $50.
Hi Bob, I'm on the hunt for an ambulance, back in the mid 70s I worked for an ambulance company. I would sleep in it between runs at night. Im going with the roll on bed liner product. My buddy owns a body shop, so thats half the battle!! I do like the sage green! Be safe and well. 💙
It looks good and yeah I'd call that a sage color. Watching your videos all these years is why I wondered how long your rig would stay red. You would not have liked sticking out like a sore thumb in the desert. I did do vinyl work for a few years through a company up in Wisconsin. We did body work and vinyl on tool and beer trucks and semis. The vinyl will stand up to a lot of punishment if installed correctly. It's a rewarding job. Lots of the work we did was repairing and replacing the old vinyl and paint and body work. Now the climate I live in is colder. There's road salt and below zero temps. The summertime can also be punishing. Besides wear and tear and the occasional "oops" made by the driver, fading was main reason why trucks came in a few years down the road for rewraps. Now I worked for an old school boss. He taught me a lot as far as this kind of work goes. I'm nowhere on that top tier level as most of the guys on the crew were. I was more like the apprentice or the aid. Washing, removing the old panels, prepping, dusting, taping off, helping hang and then install the panels. Overall the rig looks nice enough. The color suits you. When you panned over some of the spots though I'm going to be honest. The splicing gaps would have never passed. I'm definitely not picking on your rig now. That was real sloppy knife work. I would have had my butt chewed out if I had tried to pass that off on a customer regardless if whether you asked it'd be a cheap job. That was either rushing, inexperience, or not giving a f***. Even with the best of experience sometimes gaps happen because of how the body is (bends, curves) and how the panel lays. My boss had us hang the panels overnight on the truck before applying it for a cleaner fit. The gaps by the wheel wells should have been covered. When laying on the vinyl it gets worked with a flat wide plastic tool. It pushes out the air and helps it stretch correctly and conform to the bends and curves. The gaps were caused by slips with the knife by not taking the time on slicing it carefully and in full control of the blade in the first place and/or inexperience. Using spare bits could have cleaned it up some too. Doing the insides of doors isn't done because opening and closing the doors just damages it. To match the wrap, doors were pulled and repainted, never wrapped, or just left alone per customer request. Also, pulling the lights and other attachments are part of the job so as to not have exposed paint around the housings. Anyways, my jobs on the trucks were after the trucks were repaired, that they were washed, prepped to remove any dust before applying any wrap. Parts (lights, covers, screws, what have you) catalogued. Rust spots buffed out and repainted. If left those bubbles under the vinyl keeps rusting. It eventually causes that area under the vinyl to lift. LIt's not just about making the rig "pretty", it was about not furthering rust damage to the body and vinyl. Part of the job. I remember that was the part I hated. Getting down on my knees and taping off the tires. 😆 You also should have gotten the spare bits in case you do get some gouge or what have you. Instead of using paint, you use those bits to splice in the repairs either on your own or taking it in. We had the bits in folders marked by truck in case we had a gouge or lift happen. I'm not picking on your wrap as I think your rig looks rather good. It's just that I don't think the business's final check should have passed all that off. There's a difference between a cheaper no frills job and... Well... This. Be safe out there.
Funny first thing I noticed and I've only seen your ambulance one time and it was your tour❤I noticed because it's my favorite color. Green the beautiful color of Nature.. Love it Bob.
It's good see you again Bob. I understand you have better things to do than working all the time on videos for all of us. I've been watching your videos for 4 years. Glad your doing well. AL
You can always get some paint matched to the color of the wrap and do some touching up over the red. Because, the red really stands out and calls attention to every flaw in the wrap. But, even some cheap automotive quality paint would help the appearance a lot.
You're an "out-going introvert", Bob, like many of us. Cool! Love the colour of your "new" rig. The remaining bits of red almost look like trim - very complimentary.
Very nice! Have you ever shared your experience in shopping for an ambulance? If so, I haven't seen the video yet though I'm binge-watching your channel. :). Thank you for all of the info you share!
Great idea Bob. If it needs replacing in the future supplies may be more readily available. Besides, it looks great, serves the number one purpose you have. And I think the red details of when the doors open look really cool! The smallest hint of color. Just keep a can of touch up paint handy for those inevitable scratches Thanks for sharing and enjoy!
Avery is a good company. As a graphic artist, I've used many Avery products, and always been happy with the results. Large project or small, always worked.
Just beautiful! I love this Sage Green! Just the right amount of stealth and the vehicle definitely looks like a posh, high-end forestry service vehicle and screams, “authority!” I am in Ohio but plan to attend grad school entirely (or mostly) online out OR. Beautiful home you have there, Bob! Drive safel and God bless you. 💋🙋♀️
Love it! And love your videos Bob. I've just sold my first self converted cargo van, bought my second *bigger* cargo van... mainly inspired by you 😊 its being kitted out in 4wks for me and my daughters. We are weekend campers in England. Much love + respect to you xxx
The wrap company did an excellent job. It’s starting to look like it’s meant to be an off road vehicle. The desert tan would blend in great around your way. Thanks for sharing your experience with this. The best part is that we’ll be able to see how it stands up to traveling.
It looks like a nature green, so sage green is perfect. When I get my home on wheels, that's the perfect color I would love to have. It doesn't stand out at all, which is perfect. The areas of red looks kinda cool. Good job, Bob.
I like the color. It's the color of the sage I grew in my garden. It looks great on your ambulance, and does look military / forest service. Thanks for discussing the options. I never knew Line X could be used for anything but truck bed liners. I sure didn't know that it came in spray cans so you could do it yourself. Fascinating how they can do that without bubbling. Nice to know you can choose to spend less money for less detailed work. It's ok that there is some red left, but it's not visible from the outside, so it's all good. You didn't want a bright red vehicle in stealth desert / forest boondocking, and that's what you've achieved. Honestly, I think I'd leave the red, blue, and yellow caps the way they are. I think they look good that way.
I saw it parked at the RTR orientation and it is a wonderful and very peaceful color. I really thought it was paint. What a great way to finish your rig.
I really think the work done and the end result are great. The fact that it can be easily repaired and even redone is phenomenal. The bits of red that show wouldn’t bother me either. the benefit of the color you chose is that, when you’re in the woods, the truck will blend in much more easily. I honestly think I like the green better than the desert sand color. The green is very soothing to my eye. I like it!
I was going to say sage green! It looks amazing, Bob! I’m thinking of doing this to my SUV but didn’t know anyone who had it done. I’ll be interested in how it holds up over the coming months (and I imagine it will do fine).
For those little sections where you can see the red, if it starts to annoy you, just get some matching paint and a fine brush and do the touchups. Looks good, very subtle for when you’re camping. 😁👍
I love the new color- it might be a beautiful shade of Pistachio Green. Or it’s an ambulance that’s covered in Green Goddess salad dressing. Huge green olive stuffed with pimento? Either way, red is a great accent color that keeps it from looking institutional but now I'm going to get hungry whenever I watch Bob's videos.🌿
Looks good. I like “Sage Green” as the name. You won’t even notice the imperfections further down the road. There’s so much more to see in life and, overall, it looks very impressive… much better than the red.
I think it looks great! You could always touch up with paint where the red is showing. If you took a swatch of the wrap in you could have them match the color. Thanks so much for sharing 💜
Great look!! Another reason to get away from the ambulance coloring is you might attract the random injured person, increasing your visitor rate. They will not mistake the sage green that way.
I absolutely love it! Doesn't even look like an Ambulance anymore. The Green was the perfect choice in color! Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! 🚙💚
Bob,Sage green is perfect camo. 👍 💚
Bob, you continue to impress me! In this case, I really appreciate how you were honest and reasonable in your expectations, given you asked for the cheapest job. So many people would do that and still expect absolute perfection. This is just another example of your generous spirit!
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The ambulance looks fabulous! Thank you for answering questions about a wrap. I was wondering about costs, value and quality thank you. I love that you are thinking ahead for the next 5 years. Live forever please Bob.
Yeah, it looks terrific. We've seen it in clips and I'm impressed. Sage is a perfect name and yeah, sand would have been a good choice as well for discrete camping but the green will be good in forest as well as desert - so perhaps a better choice. It certainly toned down the ambulance look and if anyone is going over it with a magnifying glass, they are just looking to complain. It looks great from a few feet back and if you are bothered by a bit of red here and there, take a scrap of it into a paint store where they can match it. But frankly, we wouldn't have noticed those tiny bits if you hadn't pointed them out. The sides of the doors look like a hidden accent color - nice choice Bob. You found a good compromise.
I really like the red trim on the inside of the doors. The ambo looks fantastic, love the sage green 💚 color. 👍
I can't wait to watch it slowly become camouflage. Not that I want to see your vehicle damaged. I think it looks really nice Bob. The wrap is a great way to go. Now I have a better understanding about wraps, thank you.
The color is perfect..... plus, it seems like you... kind of blends into the background.... trees, foliage..... very nice.
Pleasant. Very pleasant, Bob.
I really like the color and the camouflage idea for repairs is great! Also, leaving the red wheels makes for great contrast.
Yes the red wheels leave a little bit of the personality of the ambulance
It works with the red light covers, too.
Sage green is a good description. You'll blend into wilderness! Looks great!
It’s beautiful and I’d call it “sage” , oh , you just said it .
Really appreciate Bobs thorough analysis of this rap job.
also I am very grateful for his straightforwardness and frankness about what to expect. what they did. the advantages and disadvantages. also like the way he describes stuff so that people fully understand what they’re getting into. Great job Bob.
I like the contrasting red details.
I like the idea of the wrap and I like the color. When I heard you say that you thought of LineX it reminded me of my first car. Back in 1982 I bought my first car, a burnt red 1975 Dodge Monaco, from one of my friends. He had done body filler in places and spayed flat black primer over the patches. After a few months I decided I needed to protect the sheet metal from salty winter roads. LineX did not exist at that time so I bought a gallon of Tremclad rust paint some masking tape a paint brush and a roller. In my parents back yard I started painting the car. When my father came home from work and saw what I was doing he started laughing and asked what I was doing! After I explained he picked up the paint brush and helped me. It turned out surprisingly nice. I used to drive out in the woods a lot and the branches hardly scratched the paint but when it did I simply pulled out the can and painted over the scratches leaving no trace. The paint job held up very well for years and it cost me less than $50.
Definitely sage green. Love the color and I would keep the red wheels. They complement the green and are a little nod to the vehicle's history.
Hi Bob, I'm on the hunt for an ambulance, back in the mid 70s I worked for an ambulance company. I would sleep in it between runs at night. Im going with the roll on bed liner product. My buddy owns a body shop, so thats half the battle!! I do like the sage green! Be safe and well. 💙
Bob... you have some good solid wisdom... for a guy that worked at safeway..Safeway... you are cool...
That wrap looks amazing...
Sage green is the best color description. Your van looks great!!! Enjoy it Bob 🌿🎶👍🏽
I think it looks great Bob.
Absolutely love that color on that truck!
I love your sense of humor on the variety names of color!
The color is absolutely gorgeous!
So nice to see you enjoying yourself and you look great shape Bob
I painted my last apartment in sage green. I love colours in nature. Good job!
It looks good and yeah I'd call that a sage color. Watching your videos all these years is why I wondered how long your rig would stay red. You would not have liked sticking out like a sore thumb in the desert.
I did do vinyl work for a few years through a company up in Wisconsin. We did body work and vinyl on tool and beer trucks and semis. The vinyl will stand up to a lot of punishment if installed correctly. It's a rewarding job. Lots of the work we did was repairing and replacing the old vinyl and paint and body work. Now the climate I live in is colder. There's road salt and below zero temps. The summertime can also be punishing. Besides wear and tear and the occasional "oops" made by the driver, fading was main reason why trucks came in a few years down the road for rewraps.
Now I worked for an old school boss. He taught me a lot as far as this kind of work goes. I'm nowhere on that top tier level as most of the guys on the crew were. I was more like the apprentice or the aid. Washing, removing the old panels, prepping, dusting, taping off, helping hang and then install the panels.
Overall the rig looks nice enough. The color suits you. When you panned over some of the spots though I'm going to be honest. The splicing gaps would have never passed. I'm definitely not picking on your rig now. That was real sloppy knife work. I would have had my butt chewed out if I had tried to pass that off on a customer regardless if whether you asked it'd be a cheap job. That was either rushing, inexperience, or not giving a f***. Even with the best of experience sometimes gaps happen because of how the body is (bends, curves) and how the panel lays. My boss had us hang the panels overnight on the truck before applying it for a cleaner fit. The gaps by the wheel wells should have been covered. When laying on the vinyl it gets worked with a flat wide plastic tool. It pushes out the air and helps it stretch correctly and conform to the bends and curves. The gaps were caused by slips with the knife by not taking the time on slicing it carefully and in full control of the blade in the first place and/or inexperience. Using spare bits could have cleaned it up some too.
Doing the insides of doors isn't done because opening and closing the doors just damages it. To match the wrap, doors were pulled and repainted, never wrapped, or just left alone per customer request. Also, pulling the lights and other attachments are part of the job so as to not have exposed paint around the housings. Anyways, my jobs on the trucks were after the trucks were repaired, that they were washed, prepped to remove any dust before applying any wrap. Parts (lights, covers, screws, what have you) catalogued. Rust spots buffed out and repainted. If left those bubbles under the vinyl keeps rusting. It eventually causes that area under the vinyl to lift. LIt's not just about making the rig "pretty", it was about not furthering rust damage to the body and vinyl. Part of the job. I remember that was the part I hated. Getting down on my knees and taping off the tires. 😆 You also should have gotten the spare bits in case you do get some gouge or what have you. Instead of using paint, you use those bits to splice in the repairs either on your own or taking it in. We had the bits in folders marked by truck in case we had a gouge or lift happen.
I'm not picking on your wrap as I think your rig looks rather good. It's just that I don't think the business's final check should have passed all that off. There's a difference between a cheaper no frills job and... Well... This.
Be safe out there.
I really appreciate your comment. Would you consider doing this kind of work on the side?
Funny first thing I noticed and I've only seen your ambulance one time and it was your tour❤I noticed because it's my favorite color. Green the beautiful color of Nature.. Love it Bob.
Love the color choice. You're making me want to get the same wrap, possibly a sliiiightly lighter green!
Good choice Bob. I really like it.
Looks awesome and blends in with nature.
It's good see you again Bob. I understand you have better things to do than working all the time on videos for all of us. I've been watching your videos for 4 years. Glad your doing well. AL
You can always get some paint matched to the color of the wrap and do some touching up over the red. Because, the red really stands out and calls attention to every flaw in the wrap. But, even some cheap automotive quality paint would help the appearance a lot.
I have been looking at wraps thinking of covering my old RV and then you posted this video!
Great share. Thank you!
Yes sage green is great description!! Looks GREAT MR BOB
You're an "out-going introvert", Bob, like many of us. Cool!
Love the colour of your "new" rig. The remaining bits of red almost look like trim - very complimentary.
Thank you Bob.
I love your “make lemonade “ from your camo idea.
Sun faded sage! Beautiful color for the woods!
I actually love the red details and red wheels. It looks good and funky.
Very nice! Have you ever shared your experience in shopping for an ambulance? If so, I haven't seen the video yet though I'm binge-watching your channel. :). Thank you for all of the info you share!
I love the color. I think it looks like a service vehicle for the US Dept of Forrestry. Perfect for you and your lifestyle. Enjoy and be blessed Bob!
I think the contrast of red and sage green looks pretty 😍
This color blends in with the surroundings it's Great 👍 great choice
Good to see Cody still roaming around in the back ground.
Looks good, Bob! I would agree with the black wheels idea, using gloss black will give a subtle contrast to the flat color truck body.
Awesome color. And a wrap! Who would have thought! Love it! Southern Oregon signs is an awesome business.
I like it! I would call it sage. It looks like a natural organic color.
I like the touches of red on the wheels, inside of doors, etc.
Yes a lovely sage green.
I think it looks great, I like the color. It almost looks like a forest service vehicle 👍🏻👍🏻
Great idea Bob. If it needs replacing in the future supplies may be more readily available. Besides, it looks great, serves the number one purpose you have. And I think the red details of when the doors open look really cool! The smallest hint of color.
Just keep a can of touch up paint handy for those inevitable scratches
Thanks for sharing and enjoy!
I really like your videos. The interesting, honest, and I really appreciate them. I look forward to watching any more.
Great color bob!
Avery is a good company. As a graphic artist, I've used many Avery products, and always been happy with the results. Large project or small, always worked.
Red On the door Jam is Gooood.....It's serves as a "Warning" when door is Open.!
Light olive drab was my first thought. I knew it was you the first time I saw it. 😉 The camo idea is great.
Bob no one notices that red unless it is pointed out. We love it and the color sage green.
Just beautiful! I love this Sage Green! Just the right amount of stealth and the vehicle definitely looks like a posh, high-end forestry service vehicle and screams, “authority!” I am in Ohio but plan to attend grad school entirely (or mostly) online out OR. Beautiful home you have there, Bob! Drive safel and God bless you. 💋🙋♀️
Looks very nice Bob!
Love it! And love your videos Bob. I've just sold my first self converted cargo van, bought my second *bigger* cargo van... mainly inspired by you 😊 its being kitted out in 4wks for me and my daughters. We are weekend campers in England. Much love + respect to you xxx
I noticed the change of color, it’s very cool and blends well with the environment good choice
Looks great Bob. Love the ,"sage" color👍
Bob, I would say that color is Manly Camo Olive Drab Sage Green. It's great! 👍
I really love the colur on youre ambulanse!
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Bob, you are precious! ❤️
SAGE, sounds hood and looks great. Love it. Looks like it belongs in it’s natural environment. Good job too. Happy trails 🐾🎶
The wrap company did an excellent job. It’s starting to look like it’s meant to be an off road vehicle. The desert tan would blend in great around your way. Thanks for sharing your experience with this. The best part is that we’ll be able to see how it stands up to traveling.
The colour is great! I like the idea of blending in with the environment.
That's why I love you camouflage is the answer and the best option after a. Wild looks great 👍
I completely agree. SAGE green. I like it. I love all hues of green.
It looks like a nature green, so sage green is perfect. When I get my home on wheels, that's the perfect color I would love to have. It doesn't stand out at all, which is perfect. The areas of red looks kinda cool. Good job, Bob.
I like the color. It's the color of the sage I grew in my garden. It looks great on your ambulance, and does look military / forest service. Thanks for discussing the options. I never knew Line X could be used for anything but truck bed liners. I sure didn't know that it came in spray cans so you could do it yourself. Fascinating how they can do that without bubbling. Nice to know you can choose to spend less money for less detailed work. It's ok that there is some red left, but it's not visible from the outside, so it's all good. You didn't want a bright red vehicle in stealth desert / forest boondocking, and that's what you've achieved. Honestly, I think I'd leave the red, blue, and yellow caps the way they are. I think they look good that way.
I LOVE the color you picked! Its very neutral and low key! Great choice Bob!
Thanx Bob, always informative and charming to boot, hi from NZ.
And that's a wrap... good job Bob 😎
All in all, pretty decent blends in pretty nicely.
Invaluable and complete info about wraps--thanks, Bob!
I love the color, so natural. I had a Nissan Sentra this color, relaxing out of doors color It is awesome.
Looks great! The color is perfect for boondocking. Enjoy and thanks for sharing. Safe travels🌞🦋❤️
I saw it parked at the RTR orientation and it is a wonderful and very peaceful color. I really thought it was paint. What a great way to finish your rig.
Thats much better than emergency vehicle paint.🍀
I really think the work done and the end result are great. The fact that it can be easily repaired and even redone is phenomenal. The bits of red that show wouldn’t bother me either. the benefit of the color you chose is that, when you’re in the woods, the truck will blend in much more easily. I honestly think I like the green better than the desert sand color. The green is very soothing to my eye. I like it!
I love the green color, its easy on the eye.
Sage green was my first reaction as to color. I like it. I liked the curtains in the other video, too.
Yup. Sage green it is. It is a great
choice for blending into wilderness settings.
I like the color, blends in nicely.
Hey Bob, people who drive Jeeps in the woods would call surface scratches "Oregon Pinstripes". Good luck with the wrap. I like the color.
Looks great Bob! Good idea! I think painting the wheels black or matching sage would set it off perfectly!
I was going to say sage green! It looks amazing, Bob! I’m thinking of doing this to my SUV but didn’t know anyone who had it done. I’ll be interested in how it holds up over the coming months (and I imagine it will do fine).
Very nice. I think Sage green is a good description. 👍
For those little sections where you can see the red, if it starts to annoy you, just get some matching paint and a fine brush and do the touchups.
Looks good, very subtle for when you’re camping. 😁👍
I really like the idea of a wrap, hadn't thought about it for.
My 1st thought to name the color was sage green. I love your sage green ambulance & your idea to camo it as it ages is great
Love the color Bob... good choice!
I love the new color- it might be a beautiful shade of Pistachio Green. Or it’s an ambulance that’s covered in Green Goddess salad dressing. Huge green olive stuffed with pimento? Either way, red is a great accent color that keeps it from looking institutional but now I'm going to get hungry whenever I watch Bob's videos.🌿
Pure 'Mystic Desert Sage'⛅😊
Looks good. I like “Sage Green” as the name. You won’t even notice the imperfections further down the road. There’s so much more to see in life and, overall, it looks very impressive… much better than the red.
Looks good...I guess the only question I have is, does it get hot ? and how will it hold up in the sun. Thanks Bob..
I think it looks great! You could always touch up with paint where the red is showing. If you took a swatch of the wrap in you could have them match the color. Thanks so much for sharing 💜
Sage green and olive green were my first reaction to the color. Lol I love the camo idea.
Great look!! Another reason to get away from the ambulance coloring is you might attract the random injured person, increasing your visitor rate. They will not mistake the sage green that way.
As long as you are happy with it Bob,that's the only guy's satisfaction that matters.