Kartdavid: Custom kart graphics for teams

Here are a few steps that should help.

If you prefer to watch a video, you can find one on YouTube here.

1st - Ensure your pods are clean, when we mean clean make sure they are thoroughly cleaned. We advise using break cleaner to get rid of any dirt or adhesive from your previous graphics.

2nd - Using a heat gun, hairdryers will also work, add a little heat to your graphics from approximately 30cm away. This will make the graphics slightly more malluable, and easier to apply.

3rd - Line up your graphics and slowly using a squeegee press your graphics down into place, moving any air bubbles away to the side as you go. 

4th - Finally re-go over your graphics with the heat gun to seal your graphics to the edges of the pods and release any tension in the sticker. Use more heat that you think!

You can find all of our available templates for karting in this Google Drive folder.

First, a little context.

My brother and I started Kartdavid way back in 2007. We we're young, 16 & 18 years old, and had raced ourselves for many years.

We started Kartdavid in our parents back room. We had the tiniest printer you could imagine, and we worked every day & night to keep it running to keep up with demand.

I remember so clearly our first ever £20,000 revenue month - my mind was blown!

Fast forward 15+ years and a lot has changed.

We've now got a £600,000 monster printer that is incredible. Our team is spread across the world and we run multiple brands.

This growth and evolution means we need to change Kartdavid.

We have made the decision to change Kartdavid to focus more on delivering a better product & service to kart teams & manufacturers. This effectively means we stop designing for, and printing single kart graphics kits.

Therefore we are making the following changes:

5 product minimum order quantity

We are working to streamline production and improve efficiency to keep costs low. This means that from the end of June 2024, we cannot print less than 5 of any one design, unless you've bought a custom design from us recently, meaning we'll continue to print that design for the remainder of 2024.

A design needs to be exactly the same, including perceived small differences, such as a different name, number, or logo change.

This change does not apply to name stickers, race numbers & logo stickers, as they are already sold in packs.

Full package design services only

From the end of May 2024, we will only offer our full package design service, which includes a graphics kit and all the accessories. As per the above-mentioned change, the minimum order quantity to print this design will become 5 at the end of 2024.

We will also continue to make changes to designs we've already created. However, when printing these kits, the MOQ is 5.

Kartdavid is becoming Sticker it

Over the last 5 years, our sister brand, Sticker it, has grown substantially. This has allowed us to invest in amazing systems & machines.

Kartdavid hasn't ever been able to take full advantage of these systems because it's been a separate brand.

However, over the coming months, the Kartdavid brand is being absorbed into Sticker to streamline operations & provide a better experience by having everything in a single brand.

We are still the same people, company, and offices - just becoming a single brand.

Thanks for reading.

David.