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  • bubble free vinyl – advice please

    Posted by Paul Munford on 22 January 2013 at 15:35

    Hi All, I have a huge window to cover in black vinyl which will be stripped off after a couple of weeks and would like to use bubble free/easy appy vinyl rather than doing it wet.
    Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced supplier please.

    ps I updated my toolbar and seem to have lost the ability to see all the trade suppliers ? it says "content to follow" ?

    Cheers
    Paul.

    Paul Munford replied 12 years, 8 months ago 6 Members · 10 Replies
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  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 15:38

    Make sure to leave a little gap the whole way around your edges
    (between the frame and the vinyl)
    You don’t want the glass to crack.
    I mean, surely the sun shines over there once in awhile.
    No advice on anything else, sorry.
    Love….Jill

  • Paul Munford

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 15:41

    wow…hadn’t even considered this might cause the glass to crack. eeek.
    Is this a distict possibility? anyone else experienced this…

  • Luke Culpin

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 17:05

    You certainly won’t have that problem over the next 2 weeks with the temperature as it is in the UK!

  • Robert Edward

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 17:17

    cant see why it would crack we have often blacked out large windows for shops and banks without any issues.

  • Chris Windebank

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 18:38

    it can crack depending on the sun. Quite often when the sun shines partially on the glass due to a building or even a tree the stress can be too much

    Stuart can explain better, there are various threads on filming glass, best to do a search

  • Chris Windebank

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 18:41

    here are a couple of posts which might help
    http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … ack#414222

    http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … highlight=

  • Robert Edward

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 18:57

    thats the great thing about this site you learn somthing new every day,
    so what would you use if the client insists on no light bleed?

  • Chris Windebank

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 19:15

    either get him to sign a disclaimer or walk away

  • Nigel Pugh

    Member
    22 January 2013 at 20:05

    Maybe one way vision film could be an alternative once printed ?

    Nigel

  • Paul Munford

    Member
    23 January 2013 at 15:43

    Great advice…learnt a thing or two there 🙂 thanks for your coments. Client now advised of the "risk" and the ball is in their court.

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