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Digital Easy Apply vinyl
Hello,
I currently carry out fitting of large printed Panels wet, however this takes quite a wile. My sales rep from spandex suggested that I try one of the easy apply vinyls – that way i could do it dry.So are the "easy apply" vinyls that much easier to apply dry than the normal vinyls or is it just a sales gimmick?
thanks
Robert Ferguson
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10 Replies
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Robert,
How Big is Big?
the easy apply is also more expensive,
Why not practice dry application, Its not hard to master, and once you are proficient you are not restricted to only applying one type dry.Peter
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well, its not that slow to be honest… if it was fast everyone will be doing it lol
EAsy Apply although we would stick to avery 2000
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I purchased digital prints from a fairly local company to apply to 5- 3’x4′ panels. I was terrified of applying them as I knew they had to be done dry. And I couldn’t afford to buy new ones if I screwed them up!
The prints were done on 3M ControlTac with Comply. It has sort of like a grid stamped into the adhesive which allows trapped air to escape quite easily. I used the center hinge method.
It was virtually idiot proof and a pleasure to work with.
Love….Jill -
Not just marketing – it really does work.
I did two 4’x4’6" panels on a sprinter the other day – that ‘bubble free’ stuff is very good i must say – made doing it a doddle compared to ‘normal’ vinyl especially as it was quite warm in the unit.
Thinking about using it a bit more as the results were excellent. Will say though that even the ‘texture’ from the adhesive side does show through on very close scrutiny if left un-laminated, or when heated post lamination.
(MacTac stuff)
Dave
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David
That will be the 5829 BF will it?
I like the stuff, nice and easy to handle and very nice to print onto.
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quote David Rogers:Not just marketing – it really does work.
I did two 4’x4’6″ panels on a sprinter the other day – that ‘bubble free’ stuff is very good i must say – made doing it a doddle compared to ‘normal’ vinyl especially as it was quite warm in the unit.
Thinking about using it a bit more as the results were excellent. Will say though that even the ‘texture’ from the adhesive side does show through on very close scrutiny if left un-laminated, or when heated post lamination.
(MacTac stuff)
Dave
Not sure if its good for recesses though, wrapping vinyl with full coverage of the adhesive can give problems, so easy apply and similar, with less that 100% adhesive surface, could give problems later,
or so I have heard, anyone else heard the same?Peter
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quote Peter Normington:Not sure if its good for recesses though, wrapping vinyl with full coverage of the adhesive can give problems, so easy apply and similar, with less that 100% adhesive surface, could give problems later,
or so I have heard, anyone else heard the same?Peter
Wasn’t a wrap though – just over the rear (side) 4′ wide panels – so folded in rather than stretched into the recesses, so nothing much more demanding than a flat surface for the vinyl to deal with…and heated for good measure. Sprinter recesses are ‘legendary’ for all the wrong reasons – hence why I talked the client out of wrapping the rear third and just doing a simpler, cheaper large panel…I don’t want him back in a month with it popping out / delaminating!
Dave
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Thanks for the replies, I think i will try a roll and see how i get on with it.
Robert Ferguson
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We’ve got a van sitting outside now that we wrapped with Avery EZ about 9 months ago (old style transit) and none of it is popping out anywhere.
Only thing is we have to strip the stuff off and from what I’ve done so far it seems like it’s going to be a long job.
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why is it going to be a long job? is the glue coming with it?
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