printing for Ice Rink

[Lynn Normington]

that’s in interesting question John, will watch replies 😎 not that I’ve been asked to do that. we once did some magnetics with a number and letter for a cold freezer storage place, just used normal 9800 vinyl and 850gm magnetic and they worked fine, on the freezers. but I guess under the ice is a different thing altogether.

Lynn

[Craig Brown]

Hi John – You’ve got 3 main issues when look at supplying these types of graphics.

1) Service Temperature – that (vinyl, paint or ink) will be exposed to after it’s been applied and cured.

2) Application Temperature – the ambient temperature at the time you apply (vinyl, paint or ink) to a surface.

3) Substraite – in this case the floor and whether it is receptive to your application (vinyl, paint or ink).

Service temperature is easy, both Avery and 3M do films that will remain stable up to -50 degrees.

Application temperature tends to need to be above 10 degrees to allow the glue to activate – paint and ink will tend to sludge and become difficult to draw out the closer you get to freezing point.

Check out this site for examples and methods of ice rink graphics http://www.inicelogos.com/rinkmesh.html and examples of how it’s done.

Hopefully it will give you some pointers and help you decide whether you want to undertake the job or not

Kind regards – Craig B