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No. 3M 8508 is a 2.3mil 4yr overlaminate, Oraguard 290 is a 2.0mil 8yr. The 3M 8508 is meant for windows and walls, the Oraguard is meant for all uses including vehicle wraps. Price is very different. If you want a comparable 3M, try 8518 - it is a 8yr 2.0mil, though it costs more than the...

Yes, no problem. Try putting your reflective on a wrap vinyl and this should be fairly easy

We use that. Excellent cast lamination with UV protection and some graffiti resistance

We have done used this on Fire Trucks to take around front curves and on the back of other vehicles, like Fire Police and other government vehicles, to conform to convex curves. It does help with preventing crease marks in the reflective. Now to do something like that frontend of the van, I...

Not on the newer machines, like the FC9000. You adjust depth to the depth of the material you are cutting: plain vinyl, laminated vinyl, vinyl with 10mm polycarbonate lamination (floor graphics), etc...

Missing a bit of information on what you are doing, but quick tip is you can apply reflective vinyl onto a wrap vinyl (like Arlon Cast Wrap SLX) to make it easier to apply onto the contours of a vehicle.

I just posted on another Graphtec thread...

Here is full instructions.

Time for a calibration...

For small runs we have done in shop. Printed sign on coro with an outline and trimmed to outline using an exacto. For big runs we farm them out.

Do a search on here. There is another thread about this from last few weeks...

Roland DGA MCVP: Matte Calendared You can then bump it up to high quality if you want

Harbor Sales in Maryland. Just got 20 kits in for a job this morning. https://harborsales.net/

My best suggestion is to ask yourself why you are not keeping the needed substrate in stock... clearly a percentage of the issue is time for material acquisition, so money invested into inventory positively drives bottomline and can mitigate some stress. We always keep some vinyls and substrate...

Professional Plastics offers a Pantone color chart with plexiglass matches - www.professionalplastics.com ePlastics offers a color matching chart www.eplastics.com and signumlux.com And you can always use clear and paint the backside, coat with vinyl, etc... Hope that helps somewhat. I would...

Yes, white

In Flexi create labels and set up with your repeats such that you are less than 2-3 inches of maximum print on your vinyl. Set up your contour cuts. Select all, and the ContourCutMarks button should become available in your tool bar - looks like a set of crop marks with dashed box and green...

eBay, Craigslist, or Global Garage (a site only for large format printers).

FWIW, the Graphtec FC9000-140 is their 54" plotter and can take rolls up 60.19" wide (better get them in straight...) and cuts up to 54" using their new ARMS registration system. The FC9000-160 is about $900 more and cuts up to 64". So, maybe they would let you upgrade or maybe there is a...

We use a cold Laminator and no regrets. We had a hot previously, worked great once you honed in the correct settings but also wasted more material with each run. Silvering usually disappears in a day or so, a few hours in the sun does wonder for it to. We've only ever had one customer concerned...