Just tried Avery translucent vinyl for the first time after using only 3M & Arlon for years. It went down very smooth(using RapidTac of course) and felt a little thicker than I'm used to but lights up nice. I couldn't find a blue any lighter than Olympic in my usual brands, but found Avery's Light Baby Blue to be a nice shade.
Any experiences with Avery; good or bad. I'm interested in trying their other lines (HP & IP)
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Alan..I use 90% Avery vinyl...Never had a problem with it. The other 10% is 3M and that is only for colors that are only available from 3M.
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Hey Dave, what colors aren't available from Avery? They *only* have 90 colors in 2mil HP. Unless yer talkin about Pantone matches, in which case 3M takes care of that. Posted by Brian Snyder (Member # 41) on :
Mike- Avery makes Pantone matching translucents in these colors: A9001-T White A9011-T PANTONE 427 C A9047-T PANTONE 430 C A9062-T PANTONE Cool Gray 2 C A9069-T PANTONE 877 C A9081-T PANTONE Process Black C A9111-T PANTONE 012 C A9112-T PANTONE 100 C A9113-T PANTONE 109 C A9114-T PANTONE 116 C A9143-T PANTONE 1235 C A9161-T PANTONE 1655 C A9169-T PANTONE Orange 021 C A9217-T PANTONE 7500 C A9249-T PANTONE 872 C A9251-T PANTONE 155 C A9252-T PANTONE 466 C A9275-T PANTONE 4495 C A9298-T PANTONE 412 C A9302-T PANTONE 1788 C A9306-T PANTONE Red 032 C A9308-T PANTONE 186 C A9316-T PANTONE 485 C A9327-T PANTONE 200 C A9355-T PANTONE 187 C A9368-T PANTONE 188 C A9403-T PANTONE 480 C A9416-T PANTONE 214 C A9427-T PANTONE 675 C A9446-T PANTONE 2622 C A9460-T PANTONE 266 C A9467-T PANTONE 274 C A9502-T PANTONE 277 C A9503-T PANTONE 279 C A9525-T PANTONE 285 C A9556-T PANTONE 290 C A9561-T PANTONE 3005 C A9566-T PANTONE 2945 C A9584-T PANTONE 288 C A9588-T PANTONE 281 C A9593-T PANTONE 2747 C A9616-T PANTONE 333 C A9619-T PANOTNE 321 C A9622-T PANTONE 322 C A9626-T PANTONE 354 C A9634-T PANTONE 375 C A9642-T PANTONE Green C A9662-T PANTONE 355 C A9676-T PANTONE 7483 C A9683-T PANTONE 349 C
Posted by Chuck Churchill (Member # 68) on :
Been using Avery vinyl about 90% for the past two years and its second cousing, Sparcal, for about 5 years before that. Always been good for us.
However about two months ago our main supplier discontinued selling the A7 transluscent line. Says that they had observed difficulty with the consistancy of the colours...hot and cold spots when backlit. They still carry the A5 transluscents and started stocking the A9 PMS transluscent colours at about the same time.
Unless yer talkin about Pantone matches, in which case 3M takes care of that.