landdesigns
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What does Everybody Suggest for calendered Vinyl with a good shine, I have Arlon but the Shine is not good , I have race cars coming up, so looking for a good shine.
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Calendered vinyl with a good shine?
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James Burke
Being a grandpa is more fun than working
Hit it with a coat of clear. It won't matter much after the third or fourth turn anyway.
JB
JB
Geneva Olson
Expert Storyteller
put a gloss laminate. Protect that print.. It's going on a car.
rjssigns
Active Member
Good in theory but it doesn't protect you from other drivers running into you.
Assuming the OP is talking about "roundy racers" here is a typical weekend. Race, wreck, fix repeat.
I used to help out a circle track team and lettered hundreds of cars. Can make it as pretty as you want, if it lasts a race without damage it's a bonafide miracle.
Geneva Olson
Expert Storyteller
then why care about the gloss?
Boudica
Back to "educational purposes"
Geneva, most vehicles are shiny, so you want a gloss to go with that. However, this thread is about race cars, and for stickers on a race car that's going to get smashed up (most likely) they want cheap and temporary. So, a calendared gloss vinyl is the ticket. We would use Ij35C-10 - but we don't do a LOT of these. If we did more we'd probably use oracal 3640 gloss - no lam.
rjssigns
Active Member
Winner winner chicken dinner! I never worried about gloss and neither did my clients. All they cared about was cost, looks were secondary.
