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A customer wants silver leaf vinyl on his truck back window. Do I need to seal this stuff with a sealer pen, or will it be ok? It will go on the outside of the window, of course.
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SignGold Silver Leaf is NOT recommended outdoors, it tarnishes and turns black. so depends on what brand your using, I think Calon and a few others make a silver 'leaf' foil, thats good outdoors for a few years.
-------------------- Ken McTague, Concept Signs 57 Bridge St. (route 107) Salem MA 01970 1-978-745-5800 conceptsign@yahoo.com http://www.pinheadlounge.com/CaptainKen
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Do you mean the "Silver Leaf" vinyl put out by Avery? It has a pattern in the vinyl. It also comes in a pattered gold color. I use it all the time on trucks. I haven't have one come back yet. I have jobs that have been out there for as long as 6 years. Although, the silver vinyl was on top of a colored vinyl outline. Depending on how tiny some of the letter are, I don't think you should have any problems. Just make sure you clean the glass real good and you may want to try the Rapid Tack products. I hate using Rapid Tack, but the darn stuff works.
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I've used the Avery before on a number of projects. We have our logo on the quarter windows on our PT. Some of the letters are maybe an inch high WITH serifs. No problems. I cookie cut all my outlines when using this stuff as the shrinkage rate is way different from regular vinyl and I've had a few issues in the past.
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I love the stuff. I've used it for years and had incredible results. I have the Gold on some stuff on a truck at better than 8 years old and it still looks fantastic.
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