Marking, scratching on printed vinyl.

[Goatshaver]

On thicker vinyl, 6mil, after it's printed and had a chance to off gas, I notice that it easily marks and with some pressure it will scratch, but it marks very easily. I don't seem to have this happen on thinner vinyl, 3mil.

What can I do to prevent this?

 

[CanuckSigns]

Laminate it.

 

[Goatshaver]

Laminate it.

Don't really want to laminate 6mil vinyl for labels cause that will increase their cost.

Higher heat possibly? I've bumped the heat up a bit but still seemed to mark pretty easily.

 

[CanuckSigns]

The epson inks seem to scratch fairly easily. the Latex machines have much better scratch resistance but at a lower quality finished product.

You can get cheap laminate with no UV properties for around $80/roll, it wouldn't add too much to the cost, probally less expensive then checking for scratched decals and redoing them.

 

[Goatshaver]

The epson inks seem to scratch fairly easily. the Latex machines have much better scratch resistance but at a lower quality finished product.

You can get cheap laminate with no UV properties for around $80/roll, it wouldn't add too much to the cost, probally less expensive then checking for scratched decals and redoing them.

Where the heck can I find laminate that cheap? I can't find anything non UV under $150.

 

[CanuckSigns]

Up here a company called All Graphic Supplies has rolls of house brand vinyl for $99 per roll.

I would contact BigfishDM I'm sure he has something.