I have an unusual installation problem that I haven't encountered before.
My client has large 8' x 4' acrylic displays with vinyl graphics applied to them. The graphics do not cover all of the acrylic and are applied to the face of the acrylic (not reverse mounted prints). I did not produce them originally, but we've been asked to change the prints on them a few times now.
The vinyl prints remove fairly easily and new prints can be applied. It's not been a problem until our latest install.
I was told after the install that there were bubbles in the prints. I assumed that someone had just not paid close enough attention. So, I reprinted the graphics, and I met our crew at the site to check the work and make sure the client was happy with the new prints before we left. It went great and we were all confident that the prints were installed without bubbles.
3 weeks later, I get an email that there are bubbles in the prints. I thought that maybe I missed a small bubble and they might be a bit picky about it - but I went to the site and found the prints just riddled with dozens of unmissable bubbles all over them. It was plainly obvious; not the kind of thing we could have overlooked during install.
We're using the same materials we've used for the last decade, and the facility is air conditioned. They have dozens of other prints on the wall that do not have a problem - and strangely one of the prints we installed on the same day as the others has no problem.
Does anyone have any idea what would be causing bubbles to appear so long after the prints are installed?
My client has large 8' x 4' acrylic displays with vinyl graphics applied to them. The graphics do not cover all of the acrylic and are applied to the face of the acrylic (not reverse mounted prints). I did not produce them originally, but we've been asked to change the prints on them a few times now.
The vinyl prints remove fairly easily and new prints can be applied. It's not been a problem until our latest install.
I was told after the install that there were bubbles in the prints. I assumed that someone had just not paid close enough attention. So, I reprinted the graphics, and I met our crew at the site to check the work and make sure the client was happy with the new prints before we left. It went great and we were all confident that the prints were installed without bubbles.
3 weeks later, I get an email that there are bubbles in the prints. I thought that maybe I missed a small bubble and they might be a bit picky about it - but I went to the site and found the prints just riddled with dozens of unmissable bubbles all over them. It was plainly obvious; not the kind of thing we could have overlooked during install.
We're using the same materials we've used for the last decade, and the facility is air conditioned. They have dozens of other prints on the wall that do not have a problem - and strangely one of the prints we installed on the same day as the others has no problem.
Does anyone have any idea what would be causing bubbles to appear so long after the prints are installed?
