Activity Feed › Forums › Sign Making Discussions › Vinyl › White or Grey backed vinyl? Vinyl White or Grey backed vinyl? Posted by John Singh on November 11, 2009 at 11:52 am Some digital vinyl is grey backed Are there any advantages to it being grey instead of white? John Singh replied 14 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies 4 Replies Chris Wool Member November 11, 2009 at 12:07 pm helps stop the paint colour showing or affecting the print colour. also for labels to cover existing print. chris Gwaredd Steele Member November 11, 2009 at 12:07 pm My understanding is that it covers better if applying over a pre-coloured surface. Some suppliers even call the grey backed stuff total block. Other than that, I can see no purpose for it. Warren Beard Member November 11, 2009 at 12:15 pm would work well with the one way vision concept of using the stripes on the back window 😉 John Singh Member November 11, 2009 at 1:28 pm Yep! Makes sense Thanks guys Log In to Reply Log in to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Log In to Reply Start of Discussion 0 of 0 replies June 2018 Now