Sign Vinyl

[ryankilgore]

So I tried my second dye a couple weeks ago and again had a bunch of bleeds because the contact paper came unstuck. I really tried to be careful with it and make sure it was really pressed down, but after it was sitting in the hot dye it bled in a bunch of places.

This leads me to think that some sign vinyl would be better. But I don't know what to buy. Where have some of you purchased sign vinyl and transfer tape? I think I'd like to get a roll of each.

Thanks!

-Ryan

[Midnightbiker]

Look up or in the phone book "Sign making materials". Also, try this link:

http://www.signwarehouse.com/

[k-os]

I bought some big-enough scraps from a local sign shop.

[ryankilgore]

I guess my question was, Is there any special kind of vinyl i should buy or avoid? Or is all sign vinyl the same? What about transfer tape?

[some call me...tim?]

Don't buy the cheapest stuff you can find, and don't buy the most expensive. Cheapest stuff will stretch and pull when you try to cut/peel it, and can leave a nasty sticky residue that's a pain t get off. The most expensive stuff would probably be great, but you're throwing all the stuff away, so it'd be a waste. I think Oracal is the most trusted name, and probably the lowest grade of it would work fine. Also, get white or light colors so you can trace through it.

[stoneman]

Just bop into a couple sign shops and ask for scraps. I did that, and I probably got enough vinyl to do 100 discs. I said I was interested in anything 12"x12" or bigger, and didn't care what color. Got a bigass box full of vinyl. One piec was like 20" wide, and over 20' long.