SAV reverse print to Acrylic

[Robert Lambie]

cut the entire thing in white cut vinyl in reverse.
do not weed
apply the entire thing in one go (un-weeded)
once applied…
now weed it by snapping back the vinyl in short bursts. it will leave all the letters exactly as you want.

no blemishes in the clear vinyl or need to worry about dirt below the film now…

[Neil Danley]

Thanks for the reply Rob!

I did think of doing it this way, my concern was how small the text goes down to – especially in larger weddings as this place can hold 200 apparently. If that’s now smaller text it’s going to be a pain to cut on the summa and then weed between the usual letters – o, e etc. I’ll give this a go though as I’ve not actually tried it.

Thanks

Neil D.

[Robert Lambie]

Why white on clear though, How will it be mounted?
For something so short term and important the guests the guests can easily read it, seems a bit of an odd request.
A, cost and B, legibility….

granted, some weddings have money to burn, but still…
not quizzing, I am just being nosey :smiles:

[David Rogers]

Did a set of vows a couple of months back on 10mm acrylic (that I had sitting around).

Flame polished and put white vinyl on the rear…part weeded then stuck on as Rob says.

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[Neil Danley]

quote Robert Lambie:

Why white on clear though, How will it be mounted?
For something so short term and important the guests the guests can easily read it, seems a bit of an odd request.
A, cost and B, legibility….

granted, some weddings have money to burn, but still…
not quizzing, I am just being nosey :smiles:

Customer wanted one solution for his clients and it was going against grey walls, similar to his kitchen in the background. It would be held there on stand offs. I agree though, there are better ways for him to do it, probably backed in white completely with clear acrylic. He seemed to think this was ok. these guys have money to burn but also it’s costed in with the wedding so ultimately it’s the newly weds who pick up the bill!

I’ll definitely try the other way now though, although I still like the fact I can whizz it through the easymount with a little trimming back as opposed to weeding. Everyone’s different I guess!

The white from the eco solvent ink has been really impressive regardless of whether it’s the best way to go for this job. It’s backing up nicely and has won a few jobs off of it. It’s one of the reasons I decided not to go ahead with Latex.

Neil D.

[Neil Guppy]

I`ve laser engraved these before. The engraving on clear comes out almost White. Just another option if you have one or know someone.

[Steve Morgan]

Regardless of which method you use for the text I wouldn’t even think of doing the job on acrylic, it’s too soft and will scratch far too easily each and every time you remove some text especially if you use cut text. A piece of glass by comparison will allow heat, solvent glue removers and even careful use of a razor blade scraper, it won’t attract dust and it’s clarity is far better than acrylic. A local glass merchant will cut the holes in a laminated panel.

[Phil Davies]

We produce things like these on our Roland LEF-20, after lasercutting. A lot of people use them as invitations, or we can print upto A3 in signs. Its a lot simpler for us, as we primarily do lasercutting. Like you say, some people have money to burn for weddings!