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    what your hints and tips for joining two pieces of vinyl?

    Posted by Kenny Ramsey on 21 September 2007 at 18:12

    Hi all

    In the interests of improvement, I thought I’d ask what your hints and tips are for joining to pieces of vinyl.

    I usually cut the stripe/text with a 5mm overlap then just lay it on. It’s not invisible but it doesn’t look bad.

    Am I missing a trick here?

    Thanks
    Kenny 😀

    David Rogers replied 18 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Alistair Richards

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    22 September 2007 at 08:00

    An alternative would be to butt the joins, and then put a thin 5mm strip of vinyl on top. 😀

  • David Rogers

    Member
    22 September 2007 at 17:57
    quote Alistair Richards:

    An alternative would be to butt the joins, and then put a thin 5mm strip of vinyl on top. 😀

    But that can sometimes ‘migrate’ crooked as the vinyl shrinks back (ALL PVC vinyl shrink slightly) & split / raise edges.

    A 2 to 3mm overlap is my normal procedure – with the TOP section being over the bottom if the split is horizontal.

    Dave

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