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can digital prints on banner material be laminated?
is there a laminate suitable for printed banners to protect the print from heavy use by a building co.?
i know i could cut mask and use screen ink but it’s slow and messy!
has anyone tried frog juice for this although i have a laminator frog juice is great for small jobs
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John, banners done with solvent ink are pretty durable, dont see why you need to laminate, even if you did, constant rolling and folding would still take its toll, and would have the same effect on the laminate, as the print.
banners are by their nature a temporary thing,
Sorry not a lot of help.Peter
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John
we use a liquid laminate sometimes does give an added protection, mainly used it on stuff that’s continuously put up & taken down.http://www.clearstarcorp.com/clearshield.asp
Kev
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Liquid Laminate all banners here too.
Two coats works a treat.
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quote Jason Xuereb:Liquid Laminate all banners here too.
Two coats works a treat.
What advantage does it give Jason?
and how do you sell the value added benefits to your clients?Laminate on a banner just looks unnecessary to me, but would welcome any marketing (read profit) benefits of doing so
Peter
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I must admit that although I’m using full solvent my banners are still easily marked.
Peter
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I laminate if they are needing to look good for a while – 9 months or more, or if you need some vibrancy to the print.
Most companies will laminate here in Qld because of our high UV readings. Short term stuff, I never worry about though.
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Peter I send out my banners for finishing. I find that they can get scuffed or marked in this process. If I laminate them it protects it against this.
This is the only reason I do it. don’t do it to prolong the life of the banner etc.
I tell the clients its done but it isn’t a selling point.
I saw one of my banners before I printed about 8 months ago it was one of the first I printed before I started laminating and god was it awful. The amount of abuse it had taken being rolled up etc.
I really don’t want people see my product and it looking like that.
Marketing benefit I guess the longer they use it and it looks good the more leads that item could generate.
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what about buying in the heavyweight banner material with eyelets and stitching etc and then use cut vinyl? (not sure of your design though so might not be suitable but if its just text?) I find the difference between pritned banners and the hard wearing ones to be night and day, they are bulletproof!
graeme
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When I first started doing printed banners – they were incredibly easily marked during ‘finishing’. Turned oout I just needed to ramp the heat up to max to get better ink (full solvent) penetration…
I also took to printing on the TEXTURED side as if just being lighty surface scuffed, all the ink down in the hollows is unaffected.
I thought very briefly about using a liquid laminate on banners…but as they are temporary was just more hassle for not enough money.
Dave
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Just use furniture polish (Mr Sheene) This works brilliant. If you scratch the banner with your nail and see how easy it scratches off. Now use the spray polish and buff and its impossible to scratch. Not sure how long this lasts outdoors but for getting the banner finished its perfect.
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That’s interesting Martin, what type of ink and banner do you use?
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Hi Guys
I’ve been producing digital banners for 10 years+ now and never laminated any of them.
Never had a problem with ink coming off. IMO all down to the right ink on the right material with the right profiles.
Cheers. Nick.
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Martin I just tried the polish, and I have to say it worked 😮 😮 😮 can’t scratch it at all.
Peter
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We use Roland Ecosolvent Max but have used the same trick on full solvent.
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quote Nick Walker:Never had a problem with ink coming off. IMO all down to the right ink on the right material with the right profiles.
Cheers. Nick.
Only one time I had ink come off, and that was using eco ink, with a poor quality material.
Now I use good quality material, never had a an issue, even though I send them out to be finished. Helps that my finisher only does banners, for all sign shops, so treats them with respect I guess.
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