Best vinyl for wrapping desktops?

[Stuart Miller]

Did you come up with anything for this John?
I have been asked to do a colour change for a cafe. Cupboard doors and panels behind seats.
I was thinking a polymeric with an outdoor laminate to protect it.
Also possibly some floor laminate on counter top for added protection.
Any other ideas from anybody?

[Cheryl Smith]

i did some round tables with edges, in union jack etc for a mini showroom, cast cast laminate, still going strong after 2 years

[David Rowland]

just to give u an idea on dinok.. i looked at the stuff. Stock levels in some of the suppliers are a little low then they say.

Also, prepare yourselves when you get told the linear mtr price, you may need to recover!

[Stuart Miller]

looked into Di-noc. Looks great and does not need a laminate. low initial grab so re-positionable and conforms around edges, so great for those cupboard door edges, but as you say expensive stuff and only sold by the 12m roll.
Also nearly all have a textured finish with limited colours.
The customer wants a clean gloss finish so decision is to either go for a standard polymeric and only do the flat surfaces without wrapping the door edges or full cast and go around the edges. Probably give them both options and be down to cost in the end.
The other decision is to whether the door faces need laminating.
Grafytyp seem to be the only supplier who will laminate the vinyl for me but restricted on colours. Hexis have the colours but no laminate. They also say their Car wrap colour change vinyl is tough enough without lamination.

[Ian Davies 2011]

Only my personal opinion but wouldnt use Hexis wrap vinyl on its own for this application as dont think would be robust enough, we use plenty of it for wrapping cars and is fine but as am sure you know you need a decent laminate on it in reality. Think floor laminate would be a good idea but those I’ve used in past and textured so as to be nonslip so may not be right finish.

Ian.