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Low cost printable vinyl
Posted by Johnny Alston on 2 March 2011 at 17:11Hi,
Running a grenadier with activasol / colorific ink trying to find a cheap as chips printable vinyl.
Normally running MD-3
Cheers
J
John Thomson replied 14 years, 8 months ago 9 Members · 10 Replies - 
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We buy from Robert Horne. Sorry can`t remember the costs, but not too dear.
Personally unless you know there will not be any come backs with whatever you are printing, I would stick to what you know. When we had a cadet we tried ( dare I say the name….. B&P) a cheap material, it too ages to get it printing acceptable, wasted time and ink. Never again.
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I thought MD3 was a cheap as chips printable vinyl, find anything much cheaper and I am guessing you will start having problems with quality and durability, easy to lose a good reputation by trying to use to cheap materials.
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quote Martin:I thought MD3 was a cheap as chips printable vinyl, find anything much cheaper and I am guessing you will start having problems with quality and durability, easy to lose a good reputation by trying to use to cheap materials.
I have to agree…. we use Oracal 3164 but only ever use it to make sandwich stickers. Then a minimum od MD5
Cheers
Gary
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Metamark have another vinyl one below MD3 which is great for stickers etc.
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quote Warren Beard:Metamark have another vinyl one below MD3 which is great for stickers etc.
Its mdp 200 and I dont think its not below md3, in fact I believe its more expensive, it is a thicker version of md3?
Peter
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quote Peter Normington:quote Warren Beard:Metamark have another vinyl one below MD3 which is great for stickers etc.
Its mdp 200 and I dont think its not below md3, in fact I believe its more expensive, it is a thicker version of md3?
Peter
There is MDE which is promotional grade and cheaper than MD3, the MD-P is more than the MD3.
Warren
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We use oracal 3164 for run of the mill stuff and prints spot on 😀
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Xpress do a printable white for £50 for 50m, iv’e tried it, it’s really good stuff, matching laminate is the same price. I have only used it for indoor stuff and decals etc
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I forget the code for it, but Oracal (via RHG) doe a very good digital vinyl and a very competitive rate, BUT has a water based adhesive. I dont use it for Vehicles etc but do use it allot for interior work. not that it cant be used outside, just that i don’t. 😀
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I use Oracal 3164 for standard stuff, prints well, cheap at £41 plus vat a roll from Robert Horne, comes with either grey or white adhesive.
john
 
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