Fluorescent Yellow Vinyl, views and opinions please?

[Kevin Mahoney]

Maybe 2 years life from the vinyl & adhesive but certainly not the colour, I always try & talk the client out of this unless its for a very short term application. UV kills this stuff in no time. 9 months outside & they’ve had their moneys worth I reckon

[Jamie Wood]

We’re the same, we try to steer clients away from fluorescent material. Even when we used to screenprint, fluoro ink always had fading issues.

[Gordon Smithard]

I did a pavement board a couple of years ago using Metamark MM-FL-54, still looks ok today. I think they said it had a 3 year lifespan.

[Dan]

Thanks guys

Its a security firm, I’ve done a few now so I have no choice but to continue. I don’t recall the other vans fading this fast but I will take note for the future.

[RobertLambie]

I’m very surprised at this Dan, It would definitely annoy me!
I use Oracal for all my cut vinyl graphics and particularly the fluorescent yellow for chapter8 chevron kits. I can honestly say I have never once had someone complain to me about fading, nor have I ever noticed any fading other than what I would expect after x-amount of years installed.
I am sure there are two Oracal fluorescents, one that has a gloss face, which has a longer life than the satin finish one. It might be worth checking this but even at that, I would say 9 months is far too fast for this type of thing to be happening.

[RobertLambie]

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[Martin Cole]

I use this a fair bit for a specific customer and have a van literally waiting to be done with a an order I put in Monday and still not arrived.

( what the hell has happened to the courrier system lately😱. another topic maybe)

I changed to this due to previous make fading so quick.

I haven’t checked how they are performing but will after reading this.

4 years service life if fitted correctly I think may be pushing it… if you only drive indoors maybe

9 months seems a bit harsh, I normally advise around a year but never been a great fan as once the colour begins to go it looks naff

[Dan]

Thanks Martin

I tend to advise customers that fading will start around 12 months + but even so I still wouldn’t expect it to fade as much as it has.

I’ve gone back to the supplier with the spec sheet the Rob posted and challenged their response but I don’t expect anything good back. I will note that this was the satin version that Rob mentioned and not the gloss version, perhaps I should look at that.

[Martin Cole]

I’ve been using the gloss version Dan, so may possibly be better,

Since my last post my delivery turned up and they have sent me 6510 not 7510 which I ordered.

I’ve had to fit it as customer cant wait, ( spec says short term outdoor life 😠, so will be interesting to see the outcome of this)

[Dan]

Thanks, going too try the gloss version.

Dan

[Dan]

Just went to the film and it is gloss 7510 lol. I could have sworn it was matt.

[RobertLambie]

Does it say 7510 on the rear, Dan?
Just asking because from memory, even the matt version is kind of a satin finish, mate.