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A customer brought in a 13x40 panel that was made for his trade show booth- don't know by whom. It appears that vinyl lettering was applied to a (approx) 3mil white plastic- non adhesive and then laminated with a 15mil clear with a mat or satin finish. I have seen these before- is that how they are made? I plan to apply vinyl to second surface of co-matt ( co-polyester material) and then back with white vinyl. I think this will work OK- just wondered how the originals are made. Thanks Gene
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Hiya Gene, Chances are that it was a 4 mil polyester print with a 15 mil lexan laminate applied to the face. If there appears to be a ridge on the back of the print, it just may be the ink was applied fairly heavy. We use a 10 mil printable lexan with a 10 mil opaque backer for our graphics. Your way may work, but you have to watch out for tunneling. That's where the surface delaminates from the backer. To help prevent this, roll the finished graphic with the thinner material, probably the vinyl, side out. The theroy is that the thinner material should be able to flex more and be more forgiving when the graphic is stored. Remember, these things are normally stored in cases that are only about 1' square by 3' tall. If you have more questions, feel free to post here or email me at work.
Havin' fun,
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