To print or not to print?

[CavellaDesign]

I am currently hand painting these signs and using vinyl as a stencil for the text. This has become very popular and the process I have been using is extremely time consuming. Would I be better off screen printing the text onto this sign? I have vinyl capabilities and a 4 color screen press. I have never used silkscreening on anything but a shirt so I do not know how far off I am. Any recommendations to make this sign more efficiently? Thanks in advance.

 

[jfiscus]

print on wrap vinyl and stick to the substrate.

 

[HIGHSPEEDGRAPHIX]

painting takes time, but you get a more vintage look which i think goes well with what you are doing. Screening one sign would be just as time consuming. I would assume you don't have a printer, so why not just do cut vinyl if paint is taking too much time. paint the substrate red then do black and white vinyl.

 

[Pat Whatley]

If you're doing enough of them to justify the setup by all means screenprint them.

Digital prints have no soul and vinyl lettering looks cheap. Screenprinting isn't a perfect solution but at least it won't look like "stickers" to most people.