vinyl decal help

Clutch

Clutch

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Anybody familiar with doing vinyl decals?

I thought Kinkos was gonna be the solution, and forgive me if there are any Kinkos employees here, but they were a bunch of morons.

They told me that to do a multi-colored vinyl decal, it was going to be LAYERED with each color being a layer. And no shading, only certain solid colors that they had on a sample sheet.

I'm looking at LAWS' vinyl decal for the at-at driver back and it has three colors on ONE sheet, not layered.

Am I missing something?
 
you want to look for a sign shop that does vinyl graphics, I have one near my house and they are great. and cheap for what i need done.

You also want to check what format they need the artwork, i took a pdf file in and they really want to see Illustrator vector graphics
 
Thanks. I'll have to check that out cuz I was going nowhere with Kinkos.
 
Two different common types of vinyl decals...

There are the easier and simplier solid color cut to shape and layered... This is what most places push and sell as they weather much better for ouside applications...

And then there is the printed, and cut to shape type... With these you can get full color fades...

Check out a real sign shop and they will probably be able to help you out or maybe someone on these forums will offer to help...

The vinyl printer/cutters are not all that expensive so most sign shops should do it in house...
 
Clutch... bro, PM Rose's uncle over on the SO forum... I think his user name is "phinz" or "phinzup", or something like that. He cuts vinyl decals part time, really knows his stuff. And he's also an AT-AT driver.
 
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Anybody familiar with doing vinyl decals?

I thought Kinkos was gonna be the solution, and forgive me if there are any Kinkos employees here, but they were a bunch of morons.

They told me that to do a multi-colored vinyl decal, it was going to be LAYERED with each color being a layer. And no shading, only certain solid colors that they had on a sample sheet.

I'm looking at LAWS' vinyl decal for the at-at driver back and it has three colors on ONE sheet, not layered.

Am I missing something?
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Yes, you're missing something - the Kinko's employees were dead on the money. They were describing to you how computer-cut vinyl decals are made from solid-color vinyl in self-adhesive sheets/rolls. I know - I've been doing it for sign shops and the local County government for 12 years. They were anything but a 'bunch of morons' because they described the process to you to a T... and as far as I know, Kinko's doesn't even do that sort of work, yet they described it correctly.

The other process for doing decals is where the image is printed in multiple colors with ink on self-adhesive white or clear vinyl. That's most likely what you are seeing in the 'three colors on one sheet' decal you mention.
 
Look no further Clutch, Blackbok has a vinal cutter and can make stickers up to 24" wide.

Send him a PM and tell him what you're looking for. I'm sure he can help you out.

Darrin
 
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Look no further Clutch, Blackbok has a vinal cutter and can make stickers up to 24" wide.

Send him a PM and tell him what you're looking for. I'm sure he can help you out.

Darrin
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Much thanks to roboprop for the plug... but what I do is the single color, die cut vinyl (like you see on most cars rear windows). so to do multi colors, it would be layered like you are not looking for. For printed graphics on a self adhesive material, you are probably going to want some protection on it, depending on the application (i.e. a laminate). That will keep it looking good for years. Again, not sure where this is going, so it might be overkill.

As others have suggested, look up a local sign shop and give them a call. The only downside is working in small quantities will make the sticker (pun) shock quite painful.

Good luck
 
If you go to my web site (click my banner) there is a guy here in the UK instant print who will do any design you want.

his work is fantastic and very very reliable, just tell him Supatroop sent you.

He did me some fantastic Sandtrooper and X-wing decals they were faultless
 
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If you go to my web site (click my banner) there is a guy here in the UK instant print who will do any design you want.

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Supatroop,
I checked out your site (nice stuff..) but didn't see any info on "instant print." Does he/they have a website? Or contact info? I have some graphics for a Red Leader X-Wing helmet (not my design) that I'm interested in getting printed.
Or maybe I could send you the artwork to get a price quote for me?
 
Is it the link to trooperdecals (dot) com?
If so, it says the site is down for the holidays. I'll keep checking it though.
Thanks.
 
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Yes, you're missing something - the Kinko's employees were dead on the money. They were describing to you how computer-cut vinyl decals are made from solid-color vinyl in self-adhesive sheets/rolls. I know - I've been doing it for sign shops and the local County government for 12 years. They were anything but a 'bunch of morons' because they described the process to you to a T... and as far as I know, Kinko's doesn't even do that sort of work, yet they described it correctly.
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I know the other process. I used the term morons in the sense that I got sent to two different stores and then the store that actually does the decals said that there was NO way to do what I described by them or anyone else. Like I just dreamed it up. I had to go out to the car and get a decal to show them what I was talking about and they tried their best to look for the layers. Kinkos does vinyl decals all the time. Just not the kind that I need.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I appreciate your help.
 
I work for a billboard company, and we often get full color images sent off and turned into what is in effect, big stickers.

The only downside is that it will probably cost you alot of money if it's small. The ones we have done are huge...for use on roadside billboards, so the price is right for what we need them for.

I have seen places that make magnetic images that you can place on the side of your car, but I have no idea if they are full color.
 
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