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Exhibition Stands – material recommendations?
A custome of mine has given me three exhibition stands. These are complete with lights, etc. and are shown in the photographs. What should I use to finish the stands? i.e. I have some rolls of magnetic tape that are obviously used to attach signboards and display panels to the stands. What material is used to make these panels from. Is it banner material or should I be using thin forrex or is there a special panel material that should be used.
Excuse my ignorance – I have never been involved in exhition stands in any way but these were too good to pass up as my customer was going to chuck them out if I didn’t want them 😕
Just realised – I can’t post any pictures here so will post them in the gallery section
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … d65#162362
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I believe its banner material that’s stuck to it. Was looking some up the other day and most seem to be covered in banner
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from the pictures it looks like a pop up display. You can buy special material from most suppliers. it is more rigid than paper and banner but more flexible than forex
Metamark do a good pop up material so do Robert Horne. I have just completed a popup for one of my customers. I have found that your panels have to be pretty exact on the width. good luck -
Looks like a POP-UP of some variety to me as well.
There should be some type of product identifyer somewhere on the frame. I’d use that information to go to the vendor website to download the graphic panel specs (width, height… as said in a previous post, they should be exact).
As for the graphics you put on them… Well, I suppose you could use banner or paper or somesuch but that really isn’t where you should be. What you will want (and I write in general terms) is a product combination that adds up to 20-25mil for the face panels and a similar product combination that might ad up to about 10-mil for the edges if used.
There are lots of ways that this can be done and everybody has their favourite method. For example, to get the 25 mil many people would print to a thin film (yes film), mount that film to a light blocking substrate and apply some type of a polycarbonate over laminate to the face. The over laminate is usually matte or semi. The polycarbonate is usually textured.
Another way to do this would be do directly image to a 10 mil film with a light blocker and laminate with a polycarb.
There are real issues when laminating this stuff so you have to carefully watch breaking and whatnot. The issue is to have a product that lies completely flat with no tunneling, etc.
Anyway, that’s kind of the standard you should expect in terms of product. You can go upward and use some amazing products but I wouldn’t do any less than I suggest.
I can’t tell you which film media to look at if you want to go into this as I wouldn’t dream of doing it solvent (I’d use an Encad for this … very wide colour gamut and straight media path).
Hope this helps.
Rob
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Ive added the url of the pictures for you phil.
Andy 😎
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Hi Phil
we print these using our Roland Versacamm, on 280micron Lightblock from Europoint – I know you use them.
The have a nice material which they describe as low glare gloss, scratch resistant but in our experience it needs overlaminating.
Magnets hold the panels to the frame
A complete unit such as in your photos sells for about £1,000
John
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Hi Phill,
As has been said you need to use a pop up material and overlaminate, We tend to use a heavy duty Matt Laminate for them to avoid glare and make them a little more rigid..
Cheers Ian
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weve managed to source some great 350gsm block out pop up material from germany for just over £120 for 20m & some 150gsm for roll up for £75. we do stacks of pop ups / roll ups & just use a cheap solvent based matt or satin laminate to stop the glare & protect the graphic as we feel its already thick enough. PM me with you email if u want a supply.
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