clear release liner

[scott pagan]

you remove the premask once the vinyl is applied. Just like you would if you were applying it with a paper back. the clear release is just so you can see all the way thru it to line up to the underlaying color. Thats just how I have always done it. install base color then line up using the clear back and clear transfer tape then tape it in place and remove the release liner and lay the vinyl over that color and remove the mask. Thats how I was taught...

ah, that makes more sense now.

do you use laminates with clear backing liner? if so, reuse the takeup roll from the lamination process, instead of chunking it in the trash. that could be a source of "clear" liner you might already have.