Spar-Cal Vinyl????

[idsignsil]

Have a customer we do lots of work for send me a PO today calling for Spar-Cal Black 2001. I have never heard of this brand, so I called the customer and they said the last time we did a job using that vinyl was in 2004, and now they are adding to it and want to match it.

2004 was 4 years before I started working here, so I did some checking. Spar-cal was bought out by Avery. What I am hoping is that someone remembers this vinyl and will tell me that it is just the old standard black.
Then I can use Oracal,(not 3M) 651 black.

So does anyone who is much older and wiser than me remember?

 

[john1]

Looks like Avery bought this company out http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33300

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

I use to use Spar-Cal 20+ years ago, I haven't seen it in years.

 

[d fleming]

Meh....black is black.

Whatever you use isn't going to match something that's been up for 8 years...

We have a winner.

 

[Malkin]

I still have a Spar-Cal catalog...

2001 Black is just a basic black, though not high-gloss, more like a satin to semi-gloss kind of sheen.

It's listed as under the heading:
PROMO-PLUS 3.2 MIL Calendered Vinyl, 5 Year Exterior Life

 

[idsignsil]

Meh....black is black.

Whatever you use isn't going to match something that's been up for 8 years...

I understand this, I just wanted to make sure that it was a standard black, not a metallic or something else altogether since it was before I knew anything about vinyl.

 

[idsignsil]

Malkin, thanks for the reply. I must have hit reply right after you. Thanks everyone for the help.