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Static cling issue
hi Peeps, just a small prob, been doing static clings for a while now and up until today I had one on the inside of my car windscreen. Printed on white, with the printed side on the glass, not flood coated just some details leaving most of the cling available to stick to the window.
Problem is, that when I peeled it off, it left some of the ink stuck to the window.
I’m using solvent based inks on a decent material. Think this is a print profile issue of a curing issue? As the material itself doesn’t come with a profile for versaworks, i’m using a generic printable vinyl profile which up until now seems to be working ok.
I was wondering if it was this or that I didn’t leave it long enough to cure and gass off appropriately before putting it on my windows..
any thoughts?
BigMo
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3 Replies
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The ink will usually migrate from the film to the window, that’s why you should really be printing on the reverse side. It’s not a question of profiles, although less ink might partially solve the problem, but not cure it completely. Reverse print, back with white and problem solved.
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which I totally understand, however why have white static cling in the first place? And secondly, that’s a lot of messing around to produce something that’s relatively cheap?
One question, what would you back it with?
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With the white material, you could apply it on the inside of the windows to be viewed on the inside, or maybe onto mirrors, or even applied externally to be viewed externally.
Backing up with white: either by screenprinting a layer of white ink, or using a printer that utilises white ink, a gerber Edge (only up to 12" in width), or lastly an actual layer of white vinyl.
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