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Loving the HEXIS SUPTAC. Is cast vinyl a con.
Hi everybody.
Last year i completed a large graphic on the side of a mercedes sprinter, it travelled from the cockpit doors to the top rear corners.
Now those of you familiar with this vehicle will know the depth of the recesses on these vans and i had to push the vinyl into these (stretch). The vinyl i used was the hexis SUPTAC as i had a load of it left and decided to take a chance and use it.
Today i had another job from the same company and was a bit nervous as to the quality of the livery after a year.
Would you believe it was as perfect as the day it was done 😮
Now im thinking all the cast vinyl is a con and isnt that much better than vinyl half the price.
For those that dont know the suptac is a polymeric calendered vinyl. 😉
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8 Replies
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I use Suptac after many years of Mactac.
The stuff is a dream to work with. -
The bubble free supertac is even better!
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^^^^ The bubble free is no longer in production and is only available until end of stock. 🙁
Apparently they weren’t selling enough
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polymeric can be fine for wrapping, and deep receses, Kpmf and macfleet also do similar stuff, it is high in plasticers (or so I am informed)
but not all calendared vinyl will give reliable results.Peter
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most calendered vinyls will fail. you have been lucky that you have used one that has not shrunk. there are good calandered vinyls out there, but not many will do what you did. i personally would not make a habit of it…
i have done stuff like this with mactac 9800 many years ago… same with the old oracal 751 before it changed to cast. prepping, fitting, heating and fitting conditions all play part in any vinyl staying put.casts are superior films in various ways… less shrinkage, uv stability, adhesion aggression, colour range, cuts/weeds easier etc etc
some people hate working with casts… others wont do without. its a self preference or personal ability that plays part when it comes down to this side of it though.
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whilst i will normally go with a good cast for sprinters, I have used (in an emergency) some oracle 651 to get a job done on time, it went in to all the recesses with heat and no memorable problems, even on the corners, i explained to the customer than should that part fail, he was to call me right away and i’ll replace £foc, that was almost 3yrs ago, i’ve done maybe a dozen jobs for him since and he always chuckles as he catches me taking a discreet look at the sprinter, which is still 100% !
lucky maybe!
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I use the Hexis Suptac range all the time, probably more to do with being local and allow collections, but i must say I’ve never had any issues with it at all, very soft and highly conformable, lies flat and weeds well.
Al.
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Yea as peter says not all polymeric is the same, i think hexis range is however exceptional.
Ive tried poly from graphytyp and mactac but they aren’t as good as suptac, you can tell from weeding through to application it is superior.
On the fore mentioned job though i made sure all the recesses were properly (if not overly) thermoformed which is essential.
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