December Notes from Mike.
Hello everyone!
I hope everyone enjoyed a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday surrounded by family and friends. It’s amazing to think we are already into the month of December! The Dr. Shrink team and I are eagerly anticipating several holiday celebrations this month, including our annual employee Christmas Party, an entertaining Ugly Sweater party, and a special visit from Santa Claus for the children. It promises to be a month filled with festive and fun activities.
As we approach the end of 2024, I would like to express my gratitude for your business throughout the year. I hope we have not only met but exceeded your expectations in both customer service and supplying the highest quality shrink wrap products available. This year has been exceptional, and I look forward to what 2025 has in store. Thank you all and I wish you a joyful holiday season.
Warmest Regards,
-Mike Stenberg, President & CEO, Dr. Shrink, Inc.
INSIDE DECEMBER
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Helping the Local Animal Shelter
Some of you may be aware that we have worked with our local animal shelter, Homeward Bound, on several different occasions over the years. One of the projects that we help them with is shrink wrapping the front and back of their building where the kennels are housed, to protect the dogs from the wind and winter weather while they are outside.
As shown in the photo below, 3/4″ woven cord strapping was run in between each of the beams to support the film. Once the strapping frame was finished, a roll of 12′ x 149′ 7mil white was used to create the “wall”. Around the sides and top, furring strips were rolled onto the film and then screwed into place to secure the film. At the bottom, the wrap was trimmed and then heat welded around a base made of the woven cord strapping to create the bottom. With the entire perimeter of the wall secure, the film was then shrunk down. Furring strips were then tacked to the pre-existing beams on the outside of the wall to help limit the amount of movement from the wind.
Run strapping on bottom and across posts to support the film.
Attach film to furring strips and leave 12" excess for heat weld.
Screw on furring strips to posts after film is shrunk for extra support.
A local customer created an innovative way to protect his oak and walnut lumber this winter to proect from snow and rain. Read below for his description of the job:
“These are shrink wrapped shelters to protect my milled oak and walnut lumber from the snow and rain, also allowing it to air dry slowly out of direct sunlight so it doesn’t crack. As you can see in the photos, the covers don’t go all the way to the ground- this is to allow plenty of air flow with 4 vents in the top of each plus some on the sides for air circulation.
The square one (above) is a frame from a 10’x10’ EZ-Up tent with the cover removed and strapping supports from the peak to each corner as well as the middle of each side. I used a piece of 7mil approximately 26’x26’ with plenty left over.
The rectangle one (below) is an old 6’x8’ frame shed. I made it a little longer to allow for more air flow and used a 17’x31’ 7mil.”
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on staff ready to help!
With the fall shrink wrap season complete, don’t wait to get your heat tools inspected and repaired! 🔥
We are sure you’ve had an intense and busy marine season, so before you pack up your heat tools– get things prepared for your next seasonal wrapping jobs and make sure your heat tool is in peak working condition!
Dr. Shrink is a full service and authorized repair facility for all models of heat tools that we carry; give us a call at 800-968-5147 if you’d like your heat tool inspected, repaired, or refurbished. We will contact you with a repair quote (parts & labor). Once you approve the quote, our repair technician will fix your heat tool and we will ship it back to you!
If you are more hands-on and like to fix things yourself, we have plenty of training videos and resources on heat tool repair! You can find our video on repairing a Shrinkfast 998 in the thumbnail image above, or feel free to give us a call and troubleshoot with our Heat Tool Technician on staff.
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