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Printed vinyl flood coat to windows application help needed
Hi All,
Been a while since I posted and hope someone can offer some advice or tips on how to fit.
I have a job which is printing full colour vinyl drops to clear vinyl and backed up with white and then applying wet to the inside of windows.
My questions are,
1, Overlap or butt join? on the vertical breaks?
2, How do you get your registration right? just myself applying and working inside the shop I will be looking at the back of the print which is plain white?How do you do it…all advice fitting tips greatly appreciated.
I have face fitted many large format vinyls in "wallpaper" format but as you can see the print then the registration is reasonably easy
Cheers Paul
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When I’ve done this sort of work in the past I have just applied the white onsite rather than in the workshop but if you want to fit as one then you could line it up & mark the back with pen at spaced intervals to help, just as long as you can remove the marks when your finished. If the window frames are old & tatty then you are best off leaving a gap between the edge of the vinyl & the frame.
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Martin how do you prevent scratching the unprotected ink on the first layer with the squeegee?
If you overlap then the join would have a very distinct white line where it lifts off the glass.
Best to butt together, wallpaper style.
If you use a light transmissive white (lightbox white) to back up, and its bright outside, you will probably see the design through the white, registration problem solved. That’s worked for me in the past. You might get an interesting bonus result at night when the light is travelling the other way.Simon.
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Use a roller to apply the printed graphic but you could also use a window cleaners type rubber squeegee without scratching the ink I would think. Don’t need to apply to much pressure as its flat glass, when you cover with white you can put a bit more pressure on.
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Thanks Guys,
I think im gonna go with Simon’s suggestion of the light "translucent" white.
with a butt join. I like the idea that some transparency will be viewable from the inside to allow registration.
Its not too important what the inside looks like as these are vinyls to "enhance" an empty shop. This seems to be happening more and more. people/landlords/local councils dont like to see rows of empty shops as it makes the town centrs look grim so they are flood coating the windows with colourful graphics! -
Hi i did something similar a few months back. It was just to be a temporary bit of printed detail on a shop window. To cut done on the cost and not to give myself a head ache i just printed on to white and applied to outside of window. Its only going to be up for six months max so customer happy with price and job done :lol1:
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print to clear back out in white and fitting is a doddle on shop windows because working from inside there will be enough light that you will see a bit of the image through the white try a test piece youself on a window in your home or unit before going to site it should be fine
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quote John Harding:print to clear back out in white and fitting is a doddle on shop windows because working from inside there will be enough light that you will see a bit of the image through the white try a test piece youself on a window in your home or unit before going to site it should be fineExactly…I’ve even fitted at night with a halogen floodlight outside to shine through!
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Come on David thats not at night thats a normal gloomy day in scotland 😀
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quote John Harding:Come on David thats not at night thats a normal gloomy day in scotland 😀
Cheeky sod! It was…no wait, yup it rained a lot today…bugger!
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