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  • Making Car Stickers with My Versacamm – help needed please

    Posted by Martin Forsyth on 8 April 2006 at 13:07

    Hi Everyone

    I have been making a small run of car window stickers – printing reverse on clear window cling.

    The problem is backing with white – I dont have the space for a laminator so have to use a squeegee and white vinyl on a worktop.

    The problem is air bubbles – even though we can get a pretty good result, I was hoping for better.

    Any tips/tricks for this – and any recommendations of what cling, and what white vinyl work together well please??

    Thanks

    Martin

    Peter Shaw replied 19 years, 6 months ago 6 Members · 12 Replies
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  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 13:28

    martyn, just a thought, could you not print the white ? no blubbles !

  • Martin Forsyth

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 13:38

    Hi Hugh

    not with the Versacamm 🙁

    I have been advised in the past of screen printing……

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 13:42

    ah, thats me out of suggestions then !!!

  • Chris Wool

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 14:09

    for that job i get on best with image perfect 3500 matt white easyest to hand laminate with

    chris

  • lubo1972

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 15:34

    Apply wet. But you must wait couple of hours for drying.

  • Martin Forsyth

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 16:31
    quote lubo1972:

    Apply wet. But you must wait couple of hours for drying.

    Hadn’t thought of that 😮

  • Peter Shaw

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 16:34

    Why not print a mirror image onto white cling? I do.

    Peter

  • Chris Dowd

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 16:47
    quote pshaw:

    Why not print a mirror image onto white cling? I do.

    Peter

    How would that work Peter, curious to know?

    If your mirror printing onto white it wouldn’t be visible would it?

    I thought (and I may be wrong) that the side that "clinged" was the side you pulled the backing off of, hence clingy front would have to be reverse printed onto clear then backed up with white, and clingy back would be normal print onto white!

    or am I confused??

  • Peter Shaw

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 16:51

    The cling film I use clings either side so it makes for simple car license holders, for example. Try yours. If it clings both ways you’ll have a simple solution.

    Peter

  • Chris Dowd

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 17:02
    quote pshaw:

    The cling film I use clings either side so it makes for simple car license holders, for example. Try yours. If it clings both ways you’ll have a simple solution.

    Peter

    Ok, I understand that bit (who do you get yours from), however, why mirror the image if your printing onto white?

  • Martin Forsyth

    Member
    8 April 2006 at 18:26

    ditto (?)

  • Peter Shaw

    Member
    9 April 2006 at 10:38

    I use Hexis standard (not digital) cling film. It prints fine on my Cadet.

    I only mentioned mirroring the image because I was drinking too much !!!

    Forget it, I was thinking of something else. 😳

    Peter

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