When meeting with funeral homes in Belvidere, IL. to plan your loved one’s arrangements, you will have a lot of options. While the funeral service may have a typical order and flow, there are several elements of the service that you can personalize for your loved one. One of the biggest elements that you can customize is their casket and one of the biggest growing ways to do this is with a casket wrap.
Casket wraps are a way for families to decorate the entire outer shell of the casket. These wraps are a made from a vinyl plastic material and feature a high-resolution image. The wrap is applied with heat and the result is a finish that looks like the image was directly painted on printed
Most all casket wraps are made from PVC which is short for polyvinylchloride. This PVC is blended with additional additives that create a material that is flexible. Once blended, the ingredients are then cast onto moving sheets and baked, Once cured the material is thin, flexible, and durable against ultraviolet light. The material then has adhesive attached to the backing and then sent to printers to have images applied.
The designs that are available with casket wraps are just limited by your imagination. While many casket wrap providers will have stock images that families can choose from such as flowers, hearts, crosses, clouds, or other peaceful or religious images, these wraps can also be custom made. This means that families can choose almost any image to use as the wrap. This could even be a logo from a favorite sports team to an image of the loved one’s favorite fishing spot.
Although you may be new to learning about casket wraps, the process has been around for many years. Most often you have seen these wraps used in the commercial car industry with creating company cars with logos and graphics.
Because of this, you can find several providers of the wraps. Simply run an online search and your results will typically yield several options of providers. Some might be local and other may be out of town. Typically if purchasing from an out of town provider, they will have a third party company that will apply the wrap locally to the casket.
When choosing your provider, make sure to look at their past work as well as their reviews. If you can’t find any of this online, ask the provider directly for this information as any reputable company will be more than happy to provide it.
Casket wraps offer a one-of-a-kind option to have your loved one’s casket be truly unique to them. They can be made into just about any image and can cover a small portion of the casket or wrap the entire exterior. If you would lie more information about how to personalize your loved one’s funeral, or other services provided by funeral homes in Belvidere, IL., call or come by anytime and talk one-on-one with our funeral directors. We’re here to help you!