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Just received a roll of Avery A8 Intense Blue vinyl from a company I won't name (there big). I unpacked it to find the surface had a scuffed look to it. The roll came with no plastic wrap on the roll so I thought this was from the exposed vinyl hitting the sides of the box but I unrolled it to find that it was all the same.
I called the copany and they said they would ship me a new roll from Oklahoma and would personally inspect it before sending it. He called me back saying that their roll (all their vinyl comes off a master 50 yd roll, thats why no original Avery packaging)had the same thing and he called it "modelling" and told me it would come out once out in the heat. I told him that I'm in Louisiana, there's nothing but heat here and that I wanted to return it and just get a credit and not to send a new roll. I can't chance having an upcoming job done with this vinyl. He was very plesant about it though.
Anyone ever heard of this modelling of vinyl? Would like to know before I ship it back.
Thanks, Tony B
[ October 10, 2002, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: Tony B ]
-------------------- Tony Broussard Graphic Details Digital Media Loreauville, LA Posts: 395 | From: Loreauville, LA | Registered: Jul 1999
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I think that that is a defect specific to the roll, as in a contamination of the cast vinyl. I don't think it has anything to do with the environment. Maybe an expert can shed some more light on this.
-shane
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Tony....unroll a bit of that roll and hit it with a hair dryer or heat gun set on LOW, and see if it goes away. Most times it will....if not...send it back!
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Hi Tony. I've had rolls of vinyl like you've described, and have used them "as is" to do jobs. The trick is to apply the heat (from your heat gun) directly to the vinyl after application. The gloss will become fully restored. This mottling effect comes from the surface of the vinyl rubbing against the paper backing when it's rolled. It picks up that mottled effect you've noticed off the paper surface.
Hope this helps.
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Tony, Ken's description of the situation is most accurate. With our introduction of 851 I have recently been doing a lot of side by side comparison and inspection of Avery, 3M, and Arlon cast films and this "mottling" seems to be a characteristic of all cast films. The softness of the surface under pressure gets the water spotted look that goes away after application.
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Thanks for the replies. I got out the hair dryer and passed it over an area and it seemed to work really nice. The guy told me that these come off a 50 yd master roll so I guess that would have more pressure rolled up than a 10yd roll.
Thanks Guys!
Tony B
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