I have a roll of static cling to mess with. Has anyone here ever painted on it? I'm thinking in terms of some temporary window stuff for the holidays, just in a couple of locations to experiment with. What about vinyl on that stuff?. I don't want to lose the "splash" nature of using it...can't get too involved or might as well just put it on glass and forget about the cling.
Any thoughts will be appreciated....
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
I've done some airbrushing on the static cling in the past, it seems to work well but if you get too much paint near the edges of the material, it tends to curl up as the paint dries and shrinks.
I've also put vinyl over the static material, that works OK as well, the vinyl really sticks to it.
Here's an illustration I did on static cling for a truck window:
[ November 17, 2002, 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Mike Pipes ]
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Jeff, We've screen printed it with vinyl ink, and printed the Gerber Static cling in the Edge. If your contemplating painting with oil based paint, maybe try spraying it with frog juice or the like first to make the surface enamel receptive. Now, I've never tried this, but it kinda sounds probable. Obviously try a test first, do the tape test and if that's okay, try "clinging" it to a window to make sure you haven't "killed" the static cling properties. Let use know how it works. Nice work Mike! GO ESKIES GO(Western CFL Final today) Cheers,
Posted by Randy W. Robarge (Member # 2022) on :
Jeff,
I've put vinyl on static cling a few times. One customer came back for some more so it must have been successful.
One tip:
For storefront windows applied on the inside, but readable from the outside, put the vinyl on the cling material like you would a normal substrate...right reading. That way, when applied, the vinyl is up against the window and you won't get any "bubbles" showing through where the static cling lays on the window.
I just cut a little border to be sure the static has enough room to "cling".
Haven't had any problems that way.
[ November 18, 2002, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Randy W. Robarge ]
Posted by Bernice Tornquist (Member # 16) on :
I've always wanted to try this with my cling that's just sitting there waiting for me and bought some translucent vinyl inks that I thought was the only way to do this. Thanks for pointing out some other ways.
The ones I've seen seem to be clinging to the outside of the glass and looked soooo shimeringly beautiful...thought that it had to be translucent inks.
Anyone....your take on this?
(It's been awhile since I've posted...kind of nice to talk to you all again)
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
Welcome back Bernice!
(I'm sitting here quietly trying to learn sompn too!)
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