how do i place vinyl on top of another vinyl as a shadow?

[Brian Little]

are you putting the lettering on first ….or are you trying to match it up before you apply the whole graphic?

[Robert Lambie]

lettering anything with a shadow, must be done separately or you will get a series of bubbles following the shape of the letter where both layers meet.

applying multiple layers can be done by eye, but the use of a registration line or marks is always best.

trying to explain an application “technique” is very hard to type up.
ide suggest having a look at a video i done a couple of months ago on this subject in the demo forum.

[Brian Little]

may i also add to that that if you are muti layering youd be better with clear application tape 😀

[Lynn Normington]

Why Brian 😳

Lynn

[Brian Little]

well so that you can line lettering /shading up to what your doing ….i use it all the time …papers ok but i prefer clear

[Brian Little]

Lynn im not talking about wet application here 😀 😀

[Lynn Normington]

Brian we do lots of multi layering don’t use clear app tape or anything wet some of our layers are 5 + no bubbles I just don’t understand why you would need clear app tape 🙄

Lynn

[Brian Little]

i just prefer it lynn

[Lynn Normington]

ok Brian we all have our own ways no probs you don’t have to explain your self to me 😳

Lynn

[Brian Little]

i dont get bubbles ether lynn 😀 😀 😀 I’m not saying its write or wrong i personally find it easier to line things up .without trying to sound patronizing you have the write to question it ….thats what this forums all about 😀 😀 😀

[Lynn Normington]

I think it was Owen that said he got bubbles 🙄

Lynn

[Marekdlux]

I only use the clear when I am replacing just a letter or two on a sign and I just want to eyeball it.
My clear smells weird so I don’t use it if I don’t have to. 😀
-Marek

[Ramj]

quote marekdlux:

My clear smells weird so I don’t use it if I don’t have to.

same here if we get a small amount of vinyl from a certain company near us, they smoke a hell of a lot and it always REAKS

[Shane Drew]

if I want to layer a sign quickly I’ll use clear and wet, but you only get one go because the glue on the clear app tape is not conducive to water 😕

Sames as laying a dark top colour over a black shadow, paper app tape will be much harder to align but clear will make it heaps easier.

[Brian Little]

yeh Shane one day theyll invent clear suitable for wet app 🙂

[John Singh]

It was clear in my last letter

[Brian Little]

😀 😀 😀 nice one john

[Chris Stansfield]

i find the clear app tape easier for multiple layers, and is a lot easier to remover afterwards, you can layer even on the wax backing with clear and still remove the app tape not easy with paper

[Terry Bull]

Just a tip

f you need to put say white lettering covered in regular app tape on to a darker outline layer it helps to rub the text layer lightly with a black crayon ,that shows up the letters
makes lining up within the outline easier
works for me
Terry