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Can coloured translucent be edge lit? Help please?
Hi guys, my first post here! Quick little intro, spent 3 years doing signs/graphics from little stickers to 13m x 6m flex face signs before changing jobs (difficult circumstances at the time) have now just got myself a Graphtec CE6000 60 and am looking to start doing a bit of vinyl work.
I was wondering if coloured translucent can be edge lit at all? I know etched effect can be, to a degree as good as actual engraved acrylic (have attached a pic of the etched I’ve done in the past.
Hoping to do something nice for the missus 30th.
Cheers
Tom
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It won’t be edge lit as such because it is stuck on the face of the acrylic (or back) rather than cut into it. Depends what sort of look you are after, personally I don’t think etched vinyl looks as good as actual etching/engraving for the same reasons.
Will see if I have anything knocking about that I can use to give you some sort of idea what it would look like. -
Agreed Martin, I used those for my wedding. The table plan was engraved but the acrylic I received for the table numbers (bought online cut to size) was extruded so I ended up having to use vinyl – left it too late to change.
Would be very much appreciated if you are able to show me roughly how it would look, I was just hoping to be able to light it enough to highlight the colours. It’ll be her 30th so thought it would be nice to have something a bit different.
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