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Vinyl Sheets

Specifications of materials commonly used in Signage Systems

  


  

Overlaminate Sheets :
       Material and Process Specifications:

Vinyls :

Self adhesive vinyls are sheets of pre-coloured adhesive vinyls for pasting on top of other materials like FRP, Polycarbonate etc. The precoloured sheets come in many of the pantone colour ranges.

Text and graphics on pre coloured vinyl sheets can be cut using a drafting cutter connected to a computer that can generate these fonts. The text and graphics can also be screen printed using UV stabilised inks on a clear transparent vinyl.

Vinyls and printing inks are made by many suppliers and the prices can vary drastically depending on their quality. It is essential to have the following specifications so that quality can be maintained.

Specifications for Vinyl:
Film: Premium quality Cast Vinyl film
Film thickness: 65 - 70 microns without adhesive
and 100 microns with adhesive
Life: make sure it comes with a guarantee of colour stabilty outdoors for atleast 4 years

Suggested manufacturers:
Avery Dennison or 3M-India

Specifications for the printing inks:
UV stabilised printing inks with an outdoor life of atleast 4 years

suggested maufacturer:
3M-India
Sericol India Pvt. Ltd.

(Please Note:
The specifications and processes mentioned above are a suggestion for proper treatment of materials used in Signages. They in no way indicate absolute figures and also there may be other ways of achieving the same.)
  
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