problem with edges...

[msenjur]

Hello!

i was just wondering, if you guy also have this kind problem...

When i print prints with dark, black edges, and when i cut it out, the edge lift up for 1 or 2mm. and when i install it on forex or whereever, it doesn stick well. and if it does, it will lift up again in few hours. I know that i can get liquid glue for edges, but i dont want to do it, becouse it takes time...

So, why does that even happen?? To much colour or what?
How do you solve these problems?

 

[rambo555]

I've had this happen when I used "cheap" vinyl and heavy ink application. It only happened in a few spots, but it was a nightmare. What I chalked it up to was the ink was either building up on the edge (a little adhesive showing) and then soaked into the adhesive. It was a poly type material, so I don't think the ink soaked through the substrate into the adhesive. What I noticed is that some cheaper materials often have chunks of adhesive on the sides. Its almost as if the adhesive was squeezed out from the side.

 

[msenjur]

im not using cheap vinyl - im using 3m vinyl... i think it is too heavy ink application...
to me, it happen on whole width... not onyl on few spots...

 

[Graphics2u]

Sounds like too heavy of ink and cutting too soon after printing can do that also. are you laminating the prints? That will help with that sometimes.

 

[J Hill Designs]

yeah sounds like they need to outgas for a bit before cutting...

 

[msenjur]

hm... ok, i will try to dry them longer...

i know, if i laminate it with laminate vinyl, everything is ok... but if i use liquid lamination, it is only a little bit better... not much.

But i still suspect too heavy ink... becouse vinyl is almost like a chewing-gum on places where it is very dark place...

so, u don't have this problem in generally?