Sealcoating Truck Decals: Lettering and Logo Ideas for Crews

Sealcoating truck decals should sit high on the door, above the zone where black sealer spatter lands, and say three things: your company name, "sealcoating" and a phone number. Your crew spends the day in front of driveways and parking lots, so every neighbor and passing car gets a look at the truck. Here is how to lay out the doors and which colors to pick.

Plan around the spatter

Sealer is black, and it ends up on bumpers, rocker panels and the lower third of the door. Two habits keep lettering readable:

• Put the decal in the upper half of the door, well above the handle.
• Pair Black lettering with a White or Yellow background. Specks that land on black lettering disappear into it, and the light rectangle keeps the words clear around them.

When you rinse the door, skip abrasive scrubbing, which our install guide warns against.

Sealcoating truck lettering: what to print

Sealcoating is a local business, so the town matters more here than on a long-haul rig. A homeowner wants to know you work on their street.

• Company name.
• "Sealcoating," plus "Driveways and parking lots" if that matches your work.
• Phone number.
• Town, county or "serving" area.

If you hold a contractor license, ask your state licensing board whether it wants the number shown on the vehicle. A number can be added as its own line.

Door layouts with made-up text

Quick and plain. The Business Name + Phone decal is $30.99 per decal. Three lines:

• Plainview Sealcoating
• Driveways and Lots
• (555) 019-4402

Five lines. The Make-Your-Own 5-Line decal is $51 and takes any text you type:

• Plainview Sealcoating
• Driveways and Parking Lots
• Serving Maple County
• plainviewseal.example
• (555) 019-4402

Longer lines print smaller, so a website only fits well when the address is short. The door builder previews the layout on a truck door before you pay.

Sealcoating truck logo ideas: the driveway stripe

The Driveway Stripe Sealcoating Logo is $120 per door. A charcoal curve bends away like a driveway, with two red stripes across it, above two lines of charcoal capitals. The sample reads "Blackseal Sealcoating," with the second line set smaller. We fit your name into that layout and send a proof for approval before printing.

Charcoal and red read well on a white or light truck. A short first word fills the top line well, while a long name makes the capitals shrink. The logo has no phone number, so order that separately.

What the contour cut does

Add the contour cut for $10 per door and the decal follows the edge of the curve and letters, instead of keeping the rectangle. The curve then reads as part of the door. The catch is that charcoal lettering sits straight on your paint, so it suits white, silver or light trucks. On a dark truck, keep the rectangle.

Pickups, vans and trailers

Many sealcoating crews work from a pickup that tows a sprayer or tank on a trailer, and small outfits sometimes use a van. The decals suit doors and flat panels on any of them, up to 24 inches wide. We make decals, not wraps. On a trailer, choose a flat spot and measure it first. For help with letter styles and color pairs, see truck lettering fonts and colors.

Neighboring trades have their own pages: paving truck decals and pressure washing truck decals.