Iridescent AND solvent compatible?

[joeb]

Hi all - looking for material suggestions for a printable substrate that is iridescent. The iridescence I'm looking for is that classic purple base color with green shine. Kind of like this. This is not for a car wrap, and ideally it wouldn't have an adhesive backing. If it does then whatever. I can't find much of anything that specifically says it is print compatible, so I am hesitant to try order a roll for testing without some external input from you all. I have successfully printed on Avery Dennison's chrome mirror and copper vinyl, so something like this would be perfect.

I am currently looking at Avery SW900 Rushing Riptide 674S as the best option but as a wrap vinyl it will be expensive... which is ok if someone tells me they've printed on it with Solvent before....

Anyone know a good printable iridescent / shiny vinyl that is purple-ish??

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

We print on all those with our latex, sorry I can't help with the solvent aspect but I can tell you we can certainly print on them

 

[joeb]

Thanks 2CT Media. Since this is not for a wrap (essentially it is for a special effects backdrop), I don't necessarily want to pay the price for a cast vinyl like 900SC or 900SW. Do you, or does anyone, know of a cheaper vinyl that has an iridescence or pearlescent effect?

 

[eahicks]

3M 1080 is a little cheaper most places. But I'm curious what you are printing on a dark color like this...no one really prints on this stuff, but I suppose you could.

 

[jfiscus]

You could try printing on some Dichoric film? I'd bet it'd be printable. I'd love to print white on some, but haven't had a job that I could try it out on.
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