vinyl adhesion

For years we've been using 3M IJ40-r vinyl for a majority of our vinyl prints including wall murals. We liked it because it's a good versatile vinyl we could use for many types of applications. Now that is's close to $500 a roll when it use to be under $300 it's eating into our margins too much...

Hello. I have a customer that has a brushed aluminum plate ( 100''x40'' ) and wants to stick some words on it. I was thinking of doing lettering but I'm not sure if vinyl would stick properly on the brushed aluminum, but I thought maybe if I do a vinyl with a clear background the size of his...

Hey All, I have a customer with a backlit monument sign that has PVC posts on the outside. He wants to change the color and I know paint is so tricky to get adhesion that its probably not an option. My question is has anyone had any experience with using Vinyl or Wrap material over PVC sign...

Hi Guys I Have been asked about wrapping a Jet, Scares me no end.. Will the wrap stay on at 350 MPH I assume its only going to take the slightest floor in the wrap and its going through the engine.. YIKES.. Has anyone done this or has any technical knowledge about this? Similarly what about...

I am curious if anyone has any advice for the best type of digital/print vinyl/adhesive to use with metal kegs. Being that kegs sweat I wonder if one vinyl is superior to another.

Hello, I have a client asking to place a low adhesive vinyl graphic on wallpaper. The graphic would be up for 3 days. Do you guys have suggestions on what type of vinyl would be good for this project? We generally use 3M™ Controltac™ Print Film 40C for our wall graphics. Does the type of...

We are trying to narrow down our vinyl for wall graphics to around 5-10 different types. We have mainly been using Orajet with Oraguard lams. We've had a couple failures with it and are wanting to try some other brands/types and narrow it down to what we like that way in the proposal stage our...

One of the units that we wrap (photo attached) has been wrapped and peeled 50+ times now and the stock protective finish/varnish has been completely removed and we are struggling to get our vinyl to stick. The current method is to spray a little Gorilla Glue adhesive before wrapping but its...

Hi: We have our first wall application - It's a wood wall that has been stained. I'm wondering if Oracal 651 is going to be my best bet or if I should go to a High Tack? We live in an area that get a lot of snow/rain and ice - it's an outside wall... doing my best to avoid vinyl fail by end of...

I am using cast vinyl on all my vehicle installs and lately I have been noticing that cast vinyl on darker color vehicles appear to have a shorter life span than those installed on lighter colored vehicles. I had one black truck that was used by the client sparingly in his business. The vinyl...

I've had several installs where my vinyl lettering will not stick without lots of tricky holding and peeling of the transfer tape. My research shows this has been due to certain types of paint, color and paint off gassing. The vinyl brand I use is Oracal 631 and 651. I don't really have any...

Hello everyone! I'm new to posting here, but reading the forum has always been my best support! I print large wall murals (on an HP Latex 360) as well as cut vinyl letters for a museum. I've been having a bit of trouble with peeling vinyl and am completely aware of what causes the issue...

Ok, so I'm doing some work for a couple local dealers. All I have to do is cut the cals and hand them over. They are doing all the installs which is fine by me. Currently I'm using a 751 vinyl and one of the dealers said it's not quite as thick as they wanted and it doesn't go on quite as easy...

I printed a full wall mural with Avery Canvas permanent adheasive. Installed on wall texture to manufacture suggestions and cleaned. Wall paint out gassed prior to install. Everything stuck perfect with of 5 full panels installed. Got a text a week later saying the corner panel is coming...

Hey Everyone, My company specializes in canvas wall art and we are venturing into adhesive vinyl for walls, windows, etc. Would someone be willing to help me with my first project? We are probably going to have to outsource the printing since we currently do not have plotters. Here is the...

I will put a IJ35 with mat over laminate on a drywall this afternoon. Just to make sure the edge won't falling down after a few day, it's a good idea to put a shot of edge sealer pen. Or did you have other idea . Thx to everyone !

Need recommendations for a vinyl material that works well for printed decals to be applied to window glass on vehicles. We print on a Roland VersaCAM with Ecosol inks. Our current vinyl, when applied to clean glass curls at the edges after several month.

Hi Folks, I'm starting a range of quad and road bike decals but i don't need or want to pay for mx super sticky or the heavy duty laminate. I need a good super sticky permanent poly 1.5m vinyl and possibly laminate too though, im using 100 microm / 4mil stuff here at present. Thanks in advance...

I project to sold table top for a restaurent. The basic is to cover clean and plane old table with no defect on it. I keep in mind some plate was be pretty hot some time and i would like if i use 3m ij35c with laminate 8508 gloss it was sufficient. Or can you give me some trick or consultings...

Hi everyone, Currently I have a customer wall is a drywall paint with a latex for a few week. I want to apply a Avery 900 Supercast Opaque Film on it for a decal. First that will adhere on it and secondly i would like to know if it was very difficult to remove. Thank's to all of you for...