will a solvent print hold out on floors?

[Martin Cole]

Never done them George but had a couple of requests.
There is a thread on this subject somewhere.

Comes down to using a floorgraphics laminate, which has anti-skid coating this would obviously protect the print aswell.
I would think most suppliers do this, just spotted it in the Grafityp brochure.

Hope this helps, dare say someone with more info will come along. 😀

[Phill Fenton]

I’ve used a system called “Floortalkers” before. It’s in two parts. A white vinyl and a matt finish laminate. You print (or apply computer cut vinyl) to the white vinyl and overlaminate with the matt finish clear vinyl. The result is highly durable. I’ve had one on my unit floor for about 5 years now and it’s still in good nick. Various manufacturers produce their own versions – I got mine from Europoint Display years ago but it’s not an Oracal product. Cameron Steer (Cammy) from Europoint is probably best to advise – or contact your nearest vinyl stockist.

[Peter Normington]

the only problem is the size, the print could be tiled no problem, but the overlay that I use (3m floorminders) is quite thick. A nice but join over the 8′ would be almost imposible to achieve. the slightest gap would soon fill with unsightly dirt. and an overlap join I dont think would look very good either?

Peter

[George Elsmore]

thanks oh wise sages will mull it over

cheers

george

[Janice LeBlanc]

Hi George. Depending on the size of your large format printer, I would also try to do it in one piece, as large as you can. There are floor products available, either for inside vinyl or ceramic, and also outside material for sidewalks and cement. The over laminates have a textured finish for non-skid. Very durable stuff, however seaming would create a problem. If you have to I would but it up, more than tile. I would be concerned about wear on the tiled area, but the dirt would gather when it separated. Throw that back at your customer to get him to size it smaller, or farm it out to someone with a larger printer than 54″. Good luck.

Janice LeBlanc

[Steve Tilbury]

It might be that the available surface laminate does not go that large. Two or four sections would be a better bet, and a darn sight easier to apply without the inevitable pain of a 64 sqft piece of stiff vinyl trying to behave whilst you get it down with BUBBLES! Go for a sectional butt fitted print, that’s what we would do for sure.

Good luck

Steve