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will reflective vinyl work alright on banners?
Have been asked to quote for 6 banners, 3 x 1m. but the customer wants
reflective vinyl (black and yellow).
The banners are going to moved from place to place as part of a product promotion, so will obviously be rolled up and probably suffer all sorts of abuse.
Is reflective suitable under these circumstances?
Is reflective suitable at all for banners?Also, my usual supplier has quoted €46 (about 32 quid) per. metre for 1220 wide, 3-5 year vinyl. Seems expensive to me.
How does it compare to UK prices?Any help would be much appreciated.
Chris
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9 Replies
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Depends how much abuse the reflective will get, but it is not really designed for that use, and will probably crack after a while. Rolling around a core will give it the best chance, but clients usually end up folding the banner, and that will reduce its life considerably. If should have no problems with adhesion though, especially the oracal material. Be very hard to remove though unless you use the 3M 680cr(?) as it is designed for easy removal within a few years. Not a cheap option either.
Cant help with prices. Hope that is of some help to you 😛
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I remember seeing a leaflet sent to us on solvent printable reflective pvc banner media. I recall it being quite expensive, and can’t for the life of me remember who was supplying it.
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Allprint Supplies sell the reflective banner media.
Not sure about price though.Cheers,
Jamie. -
One of my customers has some reflective on a banner, we put it on as a bit of an experiment.
They roll the banner up when not in use and have had it since June with no issues and it has been out plenty of times.
Lee
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I’ve used reflective on banners before now and it has been OK, the banners were put up and taken down on a very regular basis and the customer never had any problems with them. I did however inform the customer at the time that reflective material was not suitable for banners and probably wouldn’t last but he was insistent and happy to take them with no warranty what so ever. He came in for more of them for time to time for different events and always said that they were still looking good. He did take care of them though and always wound them round the large cardboard drum I had given him with them.
What colour background material will you be using for the banners because black reflective shows almost white at night so if the banner is white you may not see the black on it very well.
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I would be very leery of doing that.
I would worry about tunnelling.
You can tell a customer the proper care procedures (as for magnetic signs) but you can’t guarantee that they’ll follow your instructions.
Then you will be the one who has to repair the banner, and I sure as heck wouldn’t like trying to remove reflective.
If you do go this route, I would make the client sign off on a proper care sheet.
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little tip
always roll a banner up the same way as the vinyl comes in on a roll, FACE SIDE OUT.
this stops the vinyl rippling.
we usually give them the core of a roll of vinyl to roll them around.works for us, even using avery700 instead of banner vinyl, saves stocking extra roll of material.
IAN
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Many thanks for all your replies and useful advice.
I was finding it difficult to envisage how BLACK reflective actually works.
The customer´s logo is mainly black with some yellow.Martin´s comment that black reflective shows up white at night has convinced me that it will be out of the question to use it for this particular situation.
Armed with your knowledge and experience, at least I can get back to the customer on Monday as an expert and be able to tell them what they want is a no-go.Thanks again. Chris
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The banner media from Allprint Supplies has a reflective coating
on it, so when you print it, the whole banner becomes reflective.
Not sure if this is what you were after though.Cheers,
Jamie.
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