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  • is there a Tartan Vinyl supplier?

    Posted by John Wilson on 2 September 2005 at 08:43

    I’ve been looking for Tartan vinyl but can’t find anything yet….. anyone help??

    Rod Gray replied 20 years, 2 months ago 9 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Dave & Rob Lowery

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 08:48

    Try asking for someone to print one for you on a digital printer under quotes required and that should get you out of a fix.

  • Nicola McIntosh

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 08:49

    i dont think you can get tartan vinyl…but check out robs demo on how to make something similar 😀

    http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1548

    nik

  • John Wilson

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 08:55
    quote Dave Lowery:

    Try asking for someone to print one for you on a digital printer under quotes required and that should get you out of a fix.

    Good Idea Dave…. Never thought of that 😳

    Cheers

  • Andy Gorman

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 09:00

    My brother sent me to the hardware shop for some striped barber’s pole paint once. The sod! This just reminded me of it.

  • Lee Harris

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 09:18

    So didn’t you get the ‘sky hook’ or the ‘long weight’ while they were mixing the paint for you, Andy :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

    Regards
    Lee

  • Chris Wool

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 12:49

    i did once find a web site with reasonable jpg s of the named tartans worked quite well

    chris

  • davewo

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 13:58

    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur … s%26sa%3DG

    HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, YOU’LL HAVE TO JOIN THEM TOGETHER,

  • Gordon Forbes

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 16:12

    Wot size and wot tartan I can print certain clans and have done for lorry cabs up my way a lot of em going around.

    Goop

  • Rod Gray

    Member
    2 September 2005 at 19:45

    Can i make a recommendation and thats if you are going to print a tartan background to then plot letters out of that you don`t try and do it all at the same time.

    Print the tartan 1 day and leave it a minimum of 24 hours to completely dry out of solvents and harden up.

    Then use it as normal vinyl.

    if you try to plot on the freshly printed vinyl, the edges with curl up and distort as the solvents are still trying to “melt” in.

    I`ve had some great results doing this.

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