Any tips for laminating 10' X 40' banners?

[bulldozer]

Liquid lam with a roller? We are going to be doing at least 70-80 if we get the job. Thanks.

 

[J Hill Designs]

Liquid lam with a roller? We are going to be doing at least 70-80 if we get the job. Thanks.

yeah I would think clearshield plus a roller plus a whole hell of a lot of clean floor space

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Are you frequently laming banners? Look in to a chinese liquid laminator, a 126" wide one can be had for around $8,000

 

[2B]

find a vendor that is set up to do the work.
Id be willing to bet there are some MM here that can do that size and have Lamination.

More over why is lamination needed for these banners?

 

[ChaseO]

find a vendor that is set up to do the work.
Id be willing to bet there are some MM here that can do that size and have Lamination.

More over why is lamination needed for these banners?

I agree. That is a lot of work for the end result. I use a vendor to print my billboards for me that offers a UV coating for an additional 30 or 40 cents per sq/ft. That's too cheap to fool with doing it myself in my opinion.

 

[bulldozer]

find a vendor that is set up to do the work.
Id be willing to bet there are some MM here that can do that size and have Lamination.

More over why is lamination needed for these banners?

they are going in frames on the sides of trucks and they want 'anti-graffiti'

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

That seems really reasonable. Are they reliable? Which brand do you recommend?

so these guys offer 2 year warranties on their equipment but are more expensive: http://www.sign-in-china.com/produc...ng_machine_html&attr_id=1088_Liquid Laminator

you can find these same machines on alibaba for half the price. There is a company in AZ that has a smaller 83" and swears by them.

 

[bulldozer]

so these guys offer 2 year warranties on their equipment but are more expensive: http://www.sign-in-china.com/produc...ng_machine_html&attr_id=1088_Liquid Laminator

you can find these same machines on alibaba for half the price. There is a company in AZ that has a smaller 83" and swears by them.

awesome. thank you. haven't got the job yet, just trying to prepare for it.

 

[Andy D]

Liquid lam with a roller? We are going to be doing at least 70-80 if we get the job. Thanks.

You mean a quantity of 70 to 80 banners and they're all 10' x 40'... and you're thinking about rolling them with a paint roller?
Hell no, you will be shooting yourself in the foot man. Way too much wasted time and you will end up getting trash & splotches
in the finish.

Find someone local that will run them through their liquid laminator on the cheap.
If you were closer I would let you run it through our liquid laminator for next to nothing.

 

[bulldozer]

You mean a quantity of 70 to 80 banners and they're all 10' x 40'... and you're thinking about rolling them with a paint roller?
Hell no, you will be shooting yourself in the foot man. Way too much wasted time and you will end up getting trash & splotches
in the finish.

Find someone local that will run them through their liquid laminator on the cheap.
If you were closer I would let you run it through our liquid laminator for next to nothing.

i know, but i asked signs101 because i really didn't want to do it with rollers, but it was a last resort/first thought lol

 

[GoodPeopleFlags]

I'm curious as to why they would need to be laminated at all? They're banners. I'm sure there's a good reason that I'm just not aware of so that's why I'm asking.

 

[myront]

I'm curious as to why they would need to be laminated at all? They're banners. I'm sure there's a good reason that I'm just not aware of so that's why I'm asking.

My initial though before reading through the post was why would there be a need to laminate banners. I see now that the job requires an "anti-graffiti" treatment.
Good luck with the search. Let us know how it all works out. Assuming you get the job.

 

[Billct2]

they are going in frames on the sides of trucks and they want 'anti-graffiti'

Good luck with that. You can use Clearshield antigraffiti but trying to clean banners that are on a truck will be a PITA.

 

[ams]

You don't laminate banners.... But if you must, it needs to be liquid.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

You don't laminate banners.... But if you must, it needs to be liquid.

Worst statement ever.

I have been film laminating banners for 4 years. In fact there is one banner we laminated 4 years ago that has been through numerous duststorms with gusts up to 60mph that is still perfect.

 

[ams]

Worst statement ever.

I have been film laminating banners for 4 years. In fact there is one banner we laminated 4 years ago that has been through numerous duststorms with gusts up to 60mph that is still perfect.

Total waste of money and time. It's an age old fact that you don't laminate a banner. For one they aren't smooth and it won't lay down properly. Second I put up a for sale banner on the side of a building in 2006 and its still there today and still readable from a long distance. Beat that

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Why don't you use laminate on a Banner, why aren't banners smooth, we use a 15oz smooth banner and its perfectly smooth.

I bet if that banner was spanned across a gap in 60mph wind it wouldn't survive.

 

[ams]

http://myversacamm.com/forum/topics/banner-longevity-with-and

 

[bulldozer]

Total waste of money and time. It's an age old fact that you don't laminate a banner. For one they aren't smooth and it won't lay down properly. Second I put up a for sale banner on the side of a building in 2006 and its still there today and still readable from a long distance. Beat that

it might be, but it's not your money being wasted.


also, driving down the highway at 75 mph getting pelted with rain/snow/sleet or debris, it might just make a difference.

 

[bob]

Total waste of money and time. It's an age old fact that you don't laminate a banner. For one they aren't smooth and it won't lay down properly. Second I put up a for sale banner on the side of a building in 2006 and its still there today and still readable from a long distance. Beat that

Ah, an 'age old fact'. That settles it then, eh? How could anyone argue with that?

Every banner that leaves this shop gets coated with Clear Shield. Every one. Not only does it bring out the colors, it provides abrasion resistance sufficient to see it through being hemmed, grommeted, rolled up, and slid into a tube without sustaining the odd scratch or two.

In apparent contradiction of that age old fact.

 

[royster13]

Ah, an 'age old fact'. That settles it then, eh? How could anyone argue with that?

Every banner that leaves this shop gets coated with Clear Shield. Every one. Not only does it bring out the colors, it provides abrasion resistance sufficient to see it through being hemmed, grommeted, rolled up, and slid into a tube without sustaining the odd scratch or two.

In apparent contradiction of that age old fact.

I am going with BOB on this one......

 

[player]

^Can be sprayed as well.

 

[Haakon]

Second I put up a for sale banner on the side of a building in 2006 and its still there today and still readable from a long distance. Beat that

They haven't sold it in 10 years?