Looking for better vinyl for making stickers

[tedbragg]

I'm having trouble with our Brightline/GF and Oracal vinyl stickers not coming off when they're peeled. I've adjusted contour blade pressures and other stuff weeds just fine, but our customers can't peel these things off -- not without the backing paper ripping and staying attached.

What stock is best for stickers? The stock we have atm is 2.8 to 3.2 mil -- very thin. Not sure if going thicker is the answer. What's been ya'lls experience?

 

[BigNate]

I personally like anything with the plastic backer and air egress -- much better than the paper backers, no worrying about the paper backer delaminating because you cut half-way through.

I also like making stickers from the Substance - started just because I needed some for the LSE anti-graffiti paint our District uses... but the stickers peel very easy, just make sure to let the customer know it is permanent.....

 

[unclebun]

If the paper comes up with the vinyl you are cutting too deep. Check your blade length on the plotter, and if it's correct then reduce your cutting force.

Most plotters you turn the blade length to the thickness of the vinyl (3 mil) then 1 mil more.

 

[JBurton]

My money is on the customers keeping stickers in the dumbest places, like sitting on the dash, or buried deep in their sweaty pockets, until they are ready to stick, then they're complaining about it not working right when they've 'stored' it in the worst conditions. They're trying to peel apart soggy stickers and complaining about it.

I personally like anything with the plastic backer and air egress

Does anyone make something like this? I know 3m's line with synthetic backer well, but I've never seen air egress on a plastic backer, my understanding was it needs something like coated paper to release without too much stretch.

 

[BigNate]

... I am fairly new to the wide format stickers, but almost all of the vinyl that has air egress channels that I have used has a synthetic backer... I would think that using a paper backer would not be as accurate to form the channels as the paper fibers do not conform to make the ridges as well as a plastic would.