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Vinyl vs Glass paint for Privacy Screen
Hi,
I am not a professional Sign maker, but I seem to be getting jobs through for Murals and most recently, a large format window designs.
I have been asked to create a privacy screen on an internal glass partition in an office. If anyone could give me some advice, I would much appreciate it.
I am looking to make the privacy screen quite detailed, as it will be a coral reef scene. I can design it so that each element is a solid block of colour.
I am considering using transparent vinyl and cutting each shape with a scalpel. As mentioned above, any advice will be good advice.Kind regards,
Andy
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Best advice is to have a quick hello introduction in the "Hello" section as you would do in any social situation.
Why not sub-contracting the cutting work out and have your complete design cut and prepared ready for application. Also consider having the whole design printed on clear or frosted vinyl…………….
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Hi Graeme,
My apologies for not introducing myself. The project is more of a showcase of what I can do as this company hires out the space for brainstorming with alot of other firms, so I am putting far more time into it than I will be paid for, costs are covered though, so outsourcing cutting is a luxury not budgetted for. I will go say ello in the welcome room!
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quote Andy Healey:Hi Graeme,
My apologies for not introducing myself. The project is more of a showcase of what I can do as this company hires out the space for brainstorming with alot of other firms, so I am putting far more time into it than I will be paid for, costs are covered though, so outsourcing cutting is a luxury not budgetted for. I will go say ello in the welcome room!
It may prove to be far more cost effective than you think given the time and effort you will have to put into sourcing the materials, cutting by hand (from templates) and subsequent preparation prior to fitting. Just because you do it yourself, doesn’t mean its free especially if its something out side your normal scope, as that time could be spent generating income from your core business.
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That advice seems very sound. At the moment we are still in the concept and visual design stage. Once I have a sound concept, and visuals to match, I will definitely investigate outsourcing getting them cut. From what I have described so far, do you think vinyls are the best option?
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Hi Andy, I hope I understand what you are doing. I am not a professional sign maker either. I use a plotter and vinyl for art projects and the odd sign. If you have designed the artwork on computer and can export an eps or corel file you could have the whole thing printed in one go and applied by a sign firm. (a big window job in one piece by a newbie, I wouldn’t go there 😀 )
If it can be made up like a jigsaw of solid coloured shapes then maybe just get the pieces cut by someone else and assemble it yourself.
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I think vinyl would indeed be the best way to do it. And I am a painter.
But I also think you could cut it by hand.
I would tack up a big sheet of paper (perhaps made of several sheets taped together to fit the final size of the mural)
and using an overhead projector, shoot your hand drawing (on transparent film with a permanent fine-point marker) onto the paper.
Number them or use an A, B, C on them like you would see on a kid’s paint-by-numbers.
Then you will have a pattern to cut out and use to cut the vinyls.
I would keep the colors to no more than three to save on costs.
You will use the small transparency page as a guide.
And you can probably borrow the projector from a school.It’s not going to be the most fun thing you ever did to apply this.
Very labor-intensive.
But if you screw something up, you can easily re-cut.
That’s not an option for a purchased print.
And if you’ve not applied vinyl before, it can be tricky.
Good luck!
There are a few guys on this site who do some spectacular glass stuff with vinyl, like Andrew Boyle for one. Check the portfolio to see some of his windows.
Love….Jill
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