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Posted by michigan signguy on :

I have a customer that has these prints on vinyl. I have never worked with these before,
are they any differant than regular vinyl?
1 is 2x2 and 1 is 2x3 what would be the going rate to apply? any tip or tricks will be greatly apreciated!!!

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GSD SIGNS
Lewiston,Mi.
517-786-5226
Glenn Dewey

Posted by michigan signguy on :

thanks for of the help all !!

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GSD SIGNS
Lewiston,Mi.
517-786-5226
Glenn Dewey

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Hi Glenn,

Its hard to answer your question without more info. What type of "printed vinyl" is it - InkJet, Thermal, or E-stat.

As for application, just treated as you would any other vinyl application. Just don't try to force the vinyl into any creases. Doing so will stretch the vinyl and "white-out" the image.

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Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Your welcome
"For of the Help!"
As Glenn stated.
What type of vinyl are you going to apply?
Thermal,Laminated or not,Thickness of material.
on flat surface or contour..
Cut out image or just rectangular.
There is to many maybes in this question to answer.

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Raven/2001
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower Sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca

Posted by michigan signguy on :

like I said guys this the first time i have ever seen printed vinyl all I can truly tell u is its bubble print, what do I look for to tell what kind it is ?
my customer got these prints from his suppliers ! 60% of my biz is repair work havent see lot of vinyl work! but looks like thats changing! getting more and more calls for it !! Lewiston is a small town in the middle of no where!this is why I havent seen much of the vinyl work !! I am the only one in northeast mich doing sign repair(elect)
so all the anwser you can give will be great help!! thanks all

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GSD SIGNS
Lewiston,Mi.
517-786-5226
Glenn Dewey

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

OK Michigan
I hear what your saying.
If it a digital print job then sit down and ask yourself the time involved to apply to the surface.
Charge by the shop rate per hour.

As for applying this decals.

Set into place over the area (without Trans Mask) (tape top or bottom or centre hinge)

Do them dry only and use a Soft 3-M Gold Squeegee with some Velcro on one side as this will cut down on the scratches to surface of the image.
Work the blade left to right or right to left.
From the top down or vise versa.
Any air pockets you get then bleed with a fine blade or needle.
If you fined that you have deep scratches in the image just give it a light spray with some UV clear to coat or guard the the image.
Your project is a one man only job and sould only take an hour at the most..
Sit back! Look at it! Have a smoke! And then ATTACK!
Hope this helps.

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Raven/2001
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower Sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca

[This message has been edited by Stephen Deveau (edited April 16, 2001).]

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