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can Matte Vinyl be sourced in australia?

Posted by elly jlouis on 4 June 2007 at 03:51

Hi does any aussie board users know if matte vinyl is available in oz? I can find it in the USA but not practical and postage a nightmare price nit had much luck sourcing it in NSW. 🙁

Shane Drew replied 18 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 8 Replies
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Shane Drew

Member
4 June 2007 at 08:44

Australian Graphic Supplies do Oracal matt in their 641m series

Graphic Art Mart do Extracal matt display vinyl

Spandex and Graphic Art Mart do Avery500 in matt also

hope that helps. All are NSW based
elly jlouis

Member
4 June 2007 at 12:03

Thanks shane still new to all the terminology! I have some cheap chinese vinyl[we all learn from our mistakes] but at least I can play around till I get what I want just right.Do you know if there is a big price difference between gloss and matte>Do I look in the yellow pages for suppliers? Do you know what heading they come under??
Martin Pearson

Member
4 June 2007 at 12:32

Elly, you should be able to get details just by doing an online search for each of the companies Shane has mentioned. They are all global suppliers and will have details of who to contact for each country.
Shane Drew

Member
4 June 2007 at 14:04

quote elly jlouis:

Thanks shane still new to all the terminology! I have some cheap chinese vinyl[we all learn from our mistakes] but at least I can play around till I get what I want just right.Do you know if there is a big price difference between gloss and matte>Do I look in the yellow pages for suppliers? Do you know what heading they come under??

Graphic Art Mart 02 9896 0299
Australian Graphic Supplies 1300 132 677
Spandex 1800 069 299

Hope that helps mate

Cheers
elly jlouis

Member
5 June 2007 at 08:43

Thanks shane great help once again .Another quick question a friend has asked me to make something for her childs room and I wondered if you know which vinyl will be best on painted walls.obviously it needs to stick but also when it needs to be removed not damage the paint. 🙄
Shane Drew

Member
5 June 2007 at 09:12

quote elly jlouis:

Thanks shane great help once again .Another quick question a friend has asked me to make something for her childs room and I wondered if you know which vinyl will be best on painted walls.obviously it needs to stick but also when it needs to be removed not damage the paint. 🙄

Big ask mate. You can get low tack materials in digital print, but in computer cut, your limited to a few colours.

As long as the wall is painted well, with a quality acrylic paint, I’d use a cast material, as the glues are generally less aggressive.

Most of the cheaper vinyls tend to use a more aggressive glue, to combat the shrinkage that may occur due to them being cheaper (hope that makes sense)

I’ve had good success with Avery 900 on walls, and not leaving damage on removal. Its not something I’d guarantee tho, given there are so many variables 🙂
elly jlouis

Member
5 June 2007 at 11:38

Not an easy task!! there seem to be lots of removable wall stickers on e-bay which are obviously printed then cut is white decal paper easy to cut?? I know these questions may seem silly but I have had a lot of intrest from friends at what I want to do but I dont want lotsof angry people when the paint comes of the wall!!
Shane Drew

Member
5 June 2007 at 12:54

You can get a low tac digital print vinyl, you sure they are not printed and die cut? That’s an easy fix. Computer cut is not so easy.