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Water Slide Decals

SlikGRFX

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Another water slide decals question. I tried the search then spent 30 minutes reading an interesting thread about printing onto skateboard decks. Anyway...

We get requests for large orders (1000+) of waterslide decals for bicycle frames.

We have eco solvent, UV and thermal printers. Can we produce water slide decals in house with our equipment? If so, could you recommend a material or supplier?

Thanks, Owen
 

Signstein

New Member
There's an older thread about this:

Didn't sound like solvent ink played nicely with the water-based media. Maybe the UV ink would work better?
 

VizualVoice

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I've made a bunch in the past using both an HP laser printer and an Epson desktop printer. I'd have to dig for where I got the materials, but once printed they needed to be hit with a light coat of clear lacquer or they tended to bleed when put under the automotive clear that I was burying them with. Other than that they turned out just fine and could be contour cut and everything.
 

dweavers

New Member
I do ALOT of waterslide using eco solvent ink, Roland BN-20 I get my media from Dr Decal and Mr Hyde in Australia, 500mm wide roll x 30 mtrs, I beleave they now offer wider
 

Classic1935

New Member
Another water slide decals question. I tried the search then spent 30 minutes reading an interesting thread about printing onto skateboard decks. Anyway...

We get requests for large orders (1000+) of waterslide decals for bicycle frames.

We have eco solvent, UV and thermal printers. Can we produce water slide decals in house with our equipment? If so, could you recommend a material or supplier?

Thanks, Owen
Hi,

you can find waterslide media for laser printer at TheMagicTouch or at Forewer. I'm not sure if works with ecosolvent. We have all digital technologies in house (ecosolvent, UV, Thermaltransfer, latex, sublimation and pigment) but real hq waterslides we always make with screen printing., and we making a lot of them, more or less for the industry.
 

Lugsy63

New Member
I've been reading through this thread and I was wondering if it is at all possible to buy waterslide material on a roll. And is it compatible with UV printers?
 

dweavers

New Member
Anybody using this and know of a USA source for this waterslide decal film.

intersting video, would qustion te acuracy
Anybody using this and know of a USA source for this waterslide decal film.

Video shows printing white first then returning to origin for pass of cmyk, I have found this method not accurate with registration of the two passes
 
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