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Hi All
I have a mental dilemma.
The dilemma starts with polyester foils. Polished Gold to be exact. Most suppliers are quoting me a life of 6 months external.
Now I need a min of 2 years, does anyone have a product that cost’s in ? for small runs? When I say small runs I’m looking at 50 meters @ 610.
This is for vehicle application, Victory claim that their frog juice extends life by up to 3 years. Anyone substantiate these claims?
The other problem I have is with neon yellow, I just can’t find anything that has an once of longevity. Again I’de be looking at 2 years.
Dan
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this post should answer most questions you should have on chrome/gold foils.
regarding flourecsent yellow. unless you go to a diamond grade flourecent then your not going to get much more than 1 year life.
diamond grade is gonna set you back a good few grand though for a 50 metre roll at 24inch wide -
mirror gold is difficult, try using an overlaminate on it to extent longevity, this also works for florescent if you use a uv inhibitor laminate.
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Signgold is the only film I know of that will give you long term outdoor life (about 14 years), but it is very expensive and your customer might not want to spend that sort of money.
I’m sure that the polyester film europoint do has an external life of a year for the gold, with an overlaminate this could be extended. -
I did some dome resin testing for, I think, KPMF a few months ago. It was a chrome material that was intended for use on vehicles so would have had to have a good lifespan. You could try them.
(The material in question was going for accelerated weather testing so it may or may not be on the market yet)
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