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I need alternative to Metamark vinyl. Advice please.
Hi All.
I use Metamark vinyls for 20 years now.
I’ve used other brands like ORACAL and MAC TAC but only when certain colours are not available in the Metamark swatch. Metamark had good prices and I know their vinyl well.
I’m now setting up in Switzerland. Only few Digital media vinyls are available trough the Metamark distributor here. But…I need the colour vinyls, therefore I need to find alternatives to:M7, (what material you use for many years and you are happy with, same applies for all vinyls bellow)
M4 MATT,
MD3,
MD5,
7 year frost vinyls
application tape M2000.
I’m especially interested in vinyl that weed’s well for tiny cut work.
I’m especially interested in 7 year vinyl that comes in MATT finish as well.Your recommendations please. Even if you have some of the alternatives mentioned above, please reply with your preferred vinyl.
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Anyone to share his every day vinyl please? (non – Metamark)
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Hi,
I am currently in love with Hexis vinyls! Good range of colours, air free window etch and decent print vinyls. They are made in france so i am sure a quick google and you should be able to get them in Switzerland. Goodluck!cheers
Dan
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I use mainly Metamark M7 but when I cant find asuitable colour usually fall back on Hexis as well.
Their S5000 range is very similar to M7 -
Not a fan of Hexis for cut vinyl work, but do have some nice wrap films etc. and haven’t tried any Hexis digital media.
In Europe, and on par with Metamark Cut vinyl media and same cost wise i would say Mactac 9800.
Used that film for many years and really liked it before switching to Oracal.I have tried every leading brand of cad-cam cut vinyl media over the past 26 years and I cannot see by Oracal 751c or 551.
Of those two 751c is a brilliant film, most cost effective Cast I know with a great colour range and performance I cannot fault. Not the easiest film to install for many as it is a cast, but thats not a fault of the film, more the applicator.
551 has a great range and great all round sign vinyl.Application Tape
Same as above, tried the lot and revert to Oracal paper application tape every time.Digital Film
I have tried a lot. Used Oracal the longest and most of…
3M digital I think gives a more vibrant print. (based on our machines)
Metamark MD5 is very good too, but i don’t like the paper liners on both 3M and Metamark. but thats just an installation preference for me. Both still print very well and occasionally still do use.
Currently Using Arlon digital and Arlon Digital wrap. I like the wrap media, but in two minds on the polymeric digital calendered. Prints great but find it a bit thick feeling once laminated and doesn’t inspire me a lot of confidence when i install it on anything but flat surfaces and by that i don’t in any way mean wrapping or even close. :lol1:
Still a fantastic film and still i use it today.
I only switched away from Oracal digital because i couldn’t get an exact colour match on our HP Latex machines for a large order. Oracal digital can also be a "little" tacky when it has been printed. which can slow down installs for our lads .I am sure you have good reason, but you appear to keep a bit of a wide range of media. We dont, yet i have been doing my damndest to reduce our range and stock the past 12 months and probably another few months to get where i want to be. 😀
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Gents thank you!
This gives me an idea in which direction I should go.
Will have to do some tests.
Metamark weeds the best in my opinion on a detailed cut work, another important alternative I shall find in the other brands.
Cheers!
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