custom vinyl lettering
The most durable is colored vinyl rather than process color (CYMK) printed on white. The CYMK stuff lasts for many years if you can keep the UV away. In heavy exposure to UV (e.g. horizontal exposure in a car parked outside) it fades within a few years, but the 3M cast vinyl ages much more gracefully.
Some racers have vinyl cutters, because they're not crazy expensive, and they can crank out letters and numbers whenever they need them. The printers are a whole nother ball of wax.
I've been buying letters/numbers from Pegasus racing supplies, mainly because they use 3M, and they're on my short list of vendors. (I like short vendor lists.)
I did some process color custom vinyl at fastsigns some years ago. Given that I was already paying a setup charge for custom graphics, I bought spares to repair/replace for damage or aging.
im sourcing house numbers to go on glass front doors and this place was recommended by brownstoner. the price is very good. im surprised i cant find anything w/ a foil finsh or even a place that does fake gold leaf house numbers as a specialty. you see them all over. im perplexed. i also cant get it to do a lower case "O" in no. thanks for the archival info.
bill i searched for months for gold....many years later met someone whom knew someone whom did them by hand......
Did you pick an all caps font? I got lowercase first try.
i knew it was just me. thanks.
3M Scotchcal Series 220 metallic film- has 'gold' and 'light gold', also Series 230 translucent has 'gold nugget' and 'metallic gold' which they are calling Pantone 873C. Bill I can convert any font to vector, which is what the vinyl cutters ultimately need.
The coolest would be the metallic film composited with black vinyl (no printing) for the outline.
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- bill 11-16-2009 6:21 pm
The most durable is colored vinyl rather than process color (CYMK) printed on white. The CYMK stuff lasts for many years if you can keep the UV away. In heavy exposure to UV (e.g. horizontal exposure in a car parked outside) it fades within a few years, but the 3M cast vinyl ages much more gracefully.
Some racers have vinyl cutters, because they're not crazy expensive, and they can crank out letters and numbers whenever they need them. The printers are a whole nother ball of wax.
I've been buying letters/numbers from Pegasus racing supplies, mainly because they use 3M, and they're on my short list of vendors. (I like short vendor lists.)
I did some process color custom vinyl at fastsigns some years ago. Given that I was already paying a setup charge for custom graphics, I bought spares to repair/replace for damage or aging.
- mark 11-16-2009 7:42 pm [add a comment]
im sourcing house numbers to go on glass front doors and this place was recommended by brownstoner. the price is very good. im surprised i cant find anything w/ a foil finsh or even a place that does fake gold leaf house numbers as a specialty. you see them all over. im perplexed. i also cant get it to do a lower case "O" in no. thanks for the archival info.
- bill 11-16-2009 8:38 pm [add a comment]
bill i searched for months for gold....many years later met someone whom knew someone whom did them by hand......
- Skinny 11-16-2009 9:08 pm [add a comment]
Did you pick an all caps font? I got lowercase first try.
- mark 11-16-2009 10:15 pm [add a comment]
i knew it was just me. thanks.
- bill 11-16-2009 10:19 pm [add a comment]
3M Scotchcal Series 220 metallic film- has 'gold' and 'light gold', also Series 230 translucent has 'gold nugget' and 'metallic gold' which they are calling Pantone 873C. Bill I can convert any font to vector, which is what the vinyl cutters ultimately need.
- mb 11-16-2009 10:27 pm [add a comment]
The coolest would be the metallic film composited with black vinyl (no printing) for the outline.
- mark 11-17-2009 7:38 am [add a comment]