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Posted by Johnny Alston on 2 March 2011 at 17:11

Hi,

Running a grenadier with activasol / colorific ink trying to find a cheap as chips printable vinyl.

Normally running MD-3

Cheers

J

John Thomson replied 14 years, 8 months ago 9 Members · 10 Replies
10 Replies

Denise Goodfellow

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2 March 2011 at 17:58

We buy from Robert Horne. Sorry can`t remember the costs, but not too dear.

Personally unless you know there will not be any come backs with whatever you are printing, I would stick to what you know. When we had a cadet we tried ( dare I say the name….. B&P) a cheap material, it too ages to get it printing acceptable, wasted time and ink. Never again.
Martin Pearson

Member
2 March 2011 at 18:43

I thought MD3 was a cheap as chips printable vinyl, find anything much cheaper and I am guessing you will start having problems with quality and durability, easy to lose a good reputation by trying to use to cheap materials.
Gary Birch

Member
2 March 2011 at 19:58

quote Martin:

I thought MD3 was a cheap as chips printable vinyl, find anything much cheaper and I am guessing you will start having problems with quality and durability, easy to lose a good reputation by trying to use to cheap materials.

I have to agree…. we use Oracal 3164 but only ever use it to make sandwich stickers. Then a minimum od MD5

Cheers

Gary
Warren Beard

Member
2 March 2011 at 20:36

Metamark have another vinyl one below MD3 which is great for stickers etc.
Peter Normington

Member
2 March 2011 at 21:12

quote Warren Beard:

Metamark have another vinyl one below MD3 which is great for stickers etc.

Its mdp 200 and I dont think its not below md3, in fact I believe its more expensive, it is a thicker version of md3?

Peter
Warren Beard

Member
2 March 2011 at 21:30

quote Peter Normington:

quote Warren Beard:

Metamark have another vinyl one below MD3 which is great for stickers etc.

Its mdp 200 and I dont think its not below md3, in fact I believe its more expensive, it is a thicker version of md3?

Peter

There is MDE which is promotional grade and cheaper than MD3, the MD-P is more than the MD3.

Warren
Fred McLean

Member
3 March 2011 at 09:40

We use oracal 3164 for run of the mill stuff and prints spot on 😀
Mo Gillis-Coates

Member
5 March 2011 at 15:58

Xpress do a printable white for £50 for 50m, iv’e tried it, it’s really good stuff, matching laminate is the same price. I have only used it for indoor stuff and decals etc
Robert Lambie

Member
6 March 2011 at 20:31

I forget the code for it, but Oracal (via RHG) doe a very good digital vinyl and a very competitive rate, BUT has a water based adhesive. I dont use it for Vehicles etc but do use it allot for interior work. not that it cant be used outside, just that i don’t. 😀
John Thomson

Member
8 March 2011 at 10:47

I use Oracal 3164 for standard stuff, prints well, cheap at £41 plus vat a roll from Robert Horne, comes with either grey or white adhesive.

john