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  1. Non-Clear Coated Paint and Vinyl Compatibility?

    I started using this product called Papilio (inkjet vinyl) for some projects, and I just destroyed a client's paint. It literally pulled off chunks of paint off their vehicle. The Vehicle was not clearcoated. Is the problem the product that I used- Papilio- or is it likely to happen with all...
  2. Life of Inkjet Media (namely Papilio products or similar)? Long term experiences?

    We've found we can cut our costs drastically on a certain sign we make by switching to inkjet printing. Our specific final print size is 11x17, the same size the papilio comes in. In addition, its white borders, so we don't have trim issues. Lastly, we do several thousand a month and each one...
  3. Can you lay vinyl OVER overlaminate?

    If we print vinyl and lay a laminate over it, can we lay vinyl numbers OVER the overlaminate? Will it last? We are going for a 5 year life. Printing solvent on 3M IJ180 with a 3M 8519 luster overlaminate. Hoping to put single color cut cast vinyl over the overlaminate. Haven't read anywhere if...
  4. Thicker removable Vinyl or best way to "thicken" existing vinyl?

    We have a specific product that has historically been magnetic, however we are finding a number of our customers now have alloy or plastic components that magnets don't stick to. As an effort to find solutions (we dabbled with suction cup technology among others), the best solution seems to...
  5. Hello from Ohio

    Good Morning! I've been in the sign business for quite a few years but in different capacities. I owned a sign manufacturing business in upstate Ohio in the early 2000s. I closed down shop in '07 to run an unrelated business in New York, when in 2009 a company down in the lower corner of Ohio...
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