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  1. Discussion Making Translucent Sign Faces / Need Advice

    Hi all. I have a customer with an illuminated sign cabinet, that has a clear pan-face sign in it. He wants me to wrap the pan-face, but he wants the vinyl applied to the inside of the pan-face "because that's how it was". He peeled off the old vinyl. It was red die-cut oracal translucent...
  2. Bend acrylic 90 degrees

    I bought White Polycarbonate. I thought I would just be able to place vinyl on it and install the face. It turns out that the sign as 90 degrees bend style monument sign. How do I get translucent substrate with the 90 degree angle on right and left side? Thank you.
  3. Need Help Errors

    Hi we are a small sign company in the hill country of Texas and we are having issues with our Roland printer. We are trying to print this 4 x 8 white translucent vinyl (backlit sign face) and every time we start to print, we get speckling in the ink . We have cleaned the print heads and wiped...
  4. Infrared-translucent/transparent printable vinyl?

    (I've been a lurker for quite a while, and decided to finally create an account to do some research for a project I'm working on. Searching didn't turn up much on this, so I figured I'd just ask) I'm looking for recommendations on making printed "stickers" (skins, really) for the front of the...
  5. Translucent vinyl shows LED hot spots

    Hello, We have built a face lit sign that is 4" deep. It has a .7" polycarbonate face with full color print on white translucent vinyl and 3M Day/Night vinyl. The LEDs show through quite clearly as "hot spots". An application of diffusing vinyl did not solve the problem. What other alternatives...
  6. Outgassing, please help!

    We are having troubles with our translucent prints outgassing (drying). We print with a Mutoh 1624 with ECO solvent ink. From what I have heard, we lay down a lot of ink. We apply this vinyl to polycarbonate substrate. I have found the longer we let it sit before we apply it the more...
  7. Metallic Gold Translucent - Has anyone used it?

    Has anyone ever used translucent metallic gold vinyl on backlit sign? If so, what brand and how did it look at night for you and was the customer pleased? Thank you.
  8. 3M Introduces the First Graphic Films that Optimize LED Light

    Maximize Brightness and Efficiency with 3M™ Envision™ Translucent and Diffuser Films St. Paul, Minn. - (October 16, 2012) - 3M Commercial Graphics is helping graphics manufacturers and sign builders embrace the future with LED lighting. New 3M™ Envision™ Translucent Films and 3M™ Envision™...
  9. What kind of translucent vinyl for install?

    One of my good customers is opening a new building very soon and wanted to match something he saw for several of the glass panels in the building. A general cast translucent is still too opaque for what he's looking for. I'm leaning towards the Avery White 60% Diffuser. Any one have any better...
  10. Carim Eye and Retina Light Box

    Carim Eye and Retina Light Box

    double sided light box using a combination of blues from Oracal and Avery translucent. (Mostly Oracal)
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