K. Flowers :- 22m Sporting Fascia signage

[Robert Lambie]

its a fine day indeed kev, same here, suns scorching! sad to say ive been in all day working! 😕

Sign looks great mate, shame they didnt opt for a frame, gives a far better finish as im sure you know. looks well none the less.
im guessing a composite with print mounted face?

thanks for taking the time to post your work kev, much appreciated.

[Kevin Flowers]

Rob
frame would have been better but its been made up of 20 panels max size 1215mm wide to allow quick access to roller shutters behind so more of a hoarding look than sign. It is printed direct to composite with a graffiti laminate. Design was done by local graphic design college as part of the legacy after the games.

Kev

[Robert Lambie]

if UV printed, did you get any silvering or adverse effect’s from lamination?

[Kevin Flowers]

Hi Rob
the print & lamination was done by Trade Print, found them on the Toolbar, a little silvering but very little. Had a few issues with the print & laminate but overall more to do with the board finishing. First time for me to use UV direct to board print definitely want to head in that direction with a machine of my own, i prefer to have total control over the work. These boards where turned around in 3 days

Kev

[Robert Lambie]

we had one for about a year kev before having to return it. long story…
reason i mentioned silvering is particularly heavy covered areas have an embossed ink effect. this prevents total adhesion on prints which creates various adverse effects. just one reason you cannot use uv prints on vehicle wraps. not only are there some side effects laminating, but you cant stretch the film as the ink becomes a sort of crust on the surface. perfect for falt work likes yours, but not if you plan stretching on a wrap.
in the end, we reverted back to a solvent machine purchase, Roland AJ740 for its speed combined with a Rolls Roller from Smiths.

[Kevin Flowers]

Hi Rob
can understand what you are saying, normally would have done the same but i use an EzyTaper. It was just time was the problem, originally had 3 weeks but got held up by the builders. In the process of building our own version of the Rolls Roller, ordered the steel for it just after we went to Sign Ireland but not had the time to do it but going to make an effort to sort it.

Kev

[David Rowland]

i can confirm at great cost the failure of uv print on vinyl/laminate… never again.. latex saves the day

Good stuff, possibly would have skipped the laminate on the UV ink

[Kevin Flowers]

Dave
at to have a graffiti lam on it, Paul at Trade Print uses it all the time. A adhesion promoter was put on the boards first so the lam could not pull ink off was well bonded with minimal silvering & i mean minimal.

[David Rowland]

interesting…. may have to look into that grafiti lam

we would also use adhesion promotor for composite

do u know if they are using agfa?

[Kevin Flowers]

Dave
don’t know what machine they use it was a rush job so it was just a case of get it done

Kev