There seems to be more and more talk about this very problem. The one thing we noticed is... it's just does not pertain to one manufacturer. We've seen it in OraCal, 3M and some other stuff we bought from another supplier, but I forget the brand.
Whether you laminate or not, wait 5 hours or 5 days, light vs. dark colors..... it seems to be the saturation build up at the cut line. We've had complaints on all levels.... we really can't find the common denominator yet. We’ve been experiencing this problem on and off for almost six months and frankly…. we're stumped. Has nothing to do with the temperature, humidity or where you’re located in the country. It also doesn’t seem to matter if it’s on MDO, aluminum, PVC or any other substrate.
Other boards are saying to leave an 1/8” or so border around the print. Well, that’s impossible under certain conditions. Using a contour cut with a light blue outline on a dark blue truck just won’t look good with an extra 1/8” white border there and you can’t talk the customer into something they absolutely don’t want. However, we had one truck [white nonetheless] come back where the white border we left behind curled back at spots.
In the beginning we thought the surfaces might’ve been contaminated. Re-did it only to have it maybe happen sometimes and not other times. We’re so much more alert to cleaning the surfaces like we never have in the past. I’m not sure who to call, because like I said, it’s doing it everywhere, so I don’t think it’s a media problem…. more or an ink change of some sort…..
Does ‘Avery’ make ink in a back room somewhere under another private label ??
