Wholesale for reflective with gloss coating

[Stacey K]

I printed a "billboard" on my Latex with gloss laminate last month. The customer wants another changeable seasonal sign below 26"x14'. I have no reflective vinyl left so I wanted to just order it printed instead of buying a roll and not using the rest.

Signs365 $336.00
B2Sign $136.50 >>>>> BUT it's UV and not laminated so it will not be glossy like the rest of the sign. Can I use 2mil laminate on that at my shop?

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[JBurton]

Sounds like a plan, though you may want to hear from someone with a UV printer first.
Alternatively, upsell! Mr always right wants some reflective, can he get some more orders going to justify the material cost?
More alternatively, shrink it down to 24" tall, order 5 yards of 24" reflective, print on clear, mount to the reflective after you stick the reflective to the sign. It's twice as much work, and material!

 

[Stacey K]

Sounds like a plan, though you may want to hear from someone with a UV printer first.
Alternatively, upsell! Mr always right wants some reflective, can he get some more orders going to justify the material cost?
More alternatively, shrink it down to 24" tall, order 5 yards of 24" reflective, print on clear, mount to the reflective after you stick the reflective to the sign. It's twice as much work, and material!

The problem is the wooden billboard they rented is crooked by 2" so I had it planned to be 24" but it has to be 26" to cover up the plywood backing. I might just try it. The sign is going to be up for summer then taken down over winter...hmm

 

[JBurton]

Oye! Bring your skilsaw to work day!
So wait, they rented a billboard, then ordered a banner from you instead of the billboard folks?

 

[ikarasu]

No one sell 30" reflective in your area by the yard?

There are special laminates to use on UV prints.... UV prints are a bit raised (depending on the UV) so using regular laminate on a UV print is usually a no no, but we've done it before and it worked. It will leave a small air gap around the print since it's partially raised... But if it's going up high no one will notice.


A 30" roll of nikkalite is just over $300, personally I'd buy the roll and print in house if it's a seasonal / changeable sign.