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can someone help please with pantone to vinyl match?
Ok first of all forgive me for posting this on a Sunday. . . I shouldn’t be working but I’m a bit stressed out with a job I’ve got on over then next couple of weeks. I have a small fleet of vehicles to brand plus some interior work. Designers colour spec is Pantone 651 light blue grey. . to match stationary and existing branding etc etc. .
I’ve checked all my swatches and haven’t come close to a match, any suggestions / compromises ? ? oh and to make it interesting it has to be cast and conformable !
I don’t really want to print 50m of vinyl. .
Thanks is advance
Dave 🙂
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just checked that pantone ref against Metamark, Oracal 751, Mactac 9800, 3M, and Avery …………… nothing 🙁
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Hi Marcella thanks for having a look anyway. . . . I’ve got the feeling this is going to be a pain. . . guess it would be too much to ask for the graphic designers to see what stock colours exist in the first place ! They are going to cost their client a fortune !
I know avery can match about a 1000 pantone colours ( sods law it won’t include this one ) maybe give spandex a call in the morning.
Thanks again
Dave 😀
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Dave I checked the Avery pantones ……… it’s not one of them 😕
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Hi Dave
I think you’ll have to print it. Its not too much of a problem, just takes a little time.
We did loads last year to wrap some buses. We printed a little extra and hold it in stock for when they prang them which they do quite a lot.
Sending up a couple of metres of pre-printed vinyl is quite a nice little earner as no-one else can supply it! 😀
Cheers. Nick.
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Hi Nick
I was hoping i’d only have to use printed vinyl as a last resort. Mainly because I don’t have a printer. ( I agree nice little earner for the guy that does my printing ! ) If printed its going to need a good laminate which would all push the price up.
Also what are your thoughts on printing vinyl to make a colour up, will it age ok ? Won’t any discolouration or fading would stickout like a sore thumb with a single colour rather than an imagine which be nature has many different tones and shadesAvery will match the pantone colour I need, but it’s going to cost me about £1100 a roll + vat ! ( need about 50 metres at 1200 )
Got a meeting with the client in the morning so I will see what they want to do. -
Hi Dave
A print should age OK but as you say any flaws in printing are much more noticeable in a solid colour rather than an image.
The price from Avery is pretty good if you compare it to a laminated print onto cast.
Cheers. Nick.
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