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  • Dan Osterbery

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    16 November 2010 at 10:00

    pretty sure grafytp do one!

    http://www.grafityp.co.uk/sign-making-v … lised.html

    cheers

    Dan

  • David Rowland

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    16 November 2010 at 10:31

    i can print BLACK onto avery silver or gold i think… no other colours settle well enough.

  • Gary Birch

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    16 November 2010 at 10:34

    Metamark do one Steve. Pretty sure Warren has used it.

    Cheers

    Gary

  • Steve Morgan

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    16 November 2010 at 11:00

    Thanks for the answers but all these seem to be the ‘chrome’ type material not just silver metallic.

  • Quentin Tomkies

    Member
    16 November 2010 at 11:20

    Hey Steve

    I regularly print onto Oracal 551 metallic silver with eco-solvent inks. Works really well, blacks are dark and colours get a metallic look to them – looks really good with a gloss laminate too…
    Equal success with Metamark M7 silver.

    Cheers
    Q

  • Shane Drew

    Member
    16 November 2010 at 11:24

    Same here Quentin, I use 551 silver all the time with solvent inks. Solid Blacks, and the colours come through as metalic. Looks great in the sun

  • Steve Morgan

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    16 November 2010 at 11:46

    Oh brilliant thanks I use 551 and 751, It’s not so much knowing that the ink goes on, it’s knowing that it’ll last. I will be laminating it anyway.

    Steve

  • Shane Drew

    Member
    16 November 2010 at 12:16

    avoid 751 Steve, as it often has a film over the surface. You’ll need to clean it with metho first. 551 is straight out of the box though

  • Vic Adair

    Member
    16 November 2010 at 13:02

    Hi Steve, we print onto Avery 835 silver metallic and have never had any complaint, we then laminate it.

    Havent printed on to it and then not laminated so dont know how it would be long term unlaminated!

  • David Rowland

    Member
    16 November 2010 at 13:37

    I found the avery only really worked with Black, i had roast the vinyl for colours but black settled well enough for small text

    i don’t reconmended it for big prints

  • Steve Morgan

    Member
    16 November 2010 at 14:20

    Thanks Dave, this is only going to be black on silver anyway and only 350mm or so in diameter.

    Steve

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