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It looks like the roll of vinyl has been laying on its side, leaving a subtle indentation. When the ink is sprayed as it prints, the droplets take a certain amount of time to hit the media; indentations are slightly lower, so the ink travels further and misses small areas. But bottom line is it...

Haven't tried a Yeti - but maybe Convex for Helmets if you have some

You are a professional, so treat them like you would any other customer. If you have charged anyone before, charge them, if you have given files for free to another customer, give it to them for free. Maybe you want the work back one day, maybe you don't. But protect yourself from potential...

Gray Adhesive is so the vinyl can cover over without showing what is behind. It is not perfect, the raised sections will show there is something in "x" shape, but none of the background color bleeds through. Wrap vinyls use a gray backer and we all know such vinyl removes pretty well and usually...

Never use an intermediate laminate on a cast product. Never use a regular intermediate laminate on a polymetric product. You can use cast lamiante on about everything - our go to is Oracal 290 gloss laminate. We use Briteline Optically Clear Wrap laminate on intermediate vinyl and those jobs...

Keep in mind GF830 is meant to be a cold stretch with a post form heat.

Glantz has them as well and they do ship. Metallic Gold is running around $160 per quart!

Good stuff. We have been using for years. Another we like is General Formulations 830 Wrap vinyl and 831 Laminate Works just as well and comes in about $200 total less.

Let me say what you don't want to hear first: you should have matched the vinyl to the ribbon material. Running a test when working with new material should always come before running the whole job. Next, you haven't said what vinyl you are currently using. That might be useful in trying to...

Clean it with a surface prep for plastics like Solv S1000 or Supply55 AP3155

Is there a difference between the White, Black and Silver squeegees besides color? Is one color softer than the others or harder than the others?

We have a few Oshee 100% felt squeegees. I never found them useful, though I am certain other folks like them.

We do wrap the hard edge of our squeegees with 3M Teflon tape. Really like that when using for wraps. But we use the same squeegee felt of Velcro fuzz on the other edge. And we use the same squeegees for everything (which tend to be hard instead of flexible). But I will say the slightly softer...

We love the Blue Avery Squeegees with felt. When the felt wears out we pull it off and coat with tightly woven Velcro fuzz. they are expensive and hard to find now, so started buying red wrap squeegees from Cobra. https://cobrawraptools.com/product/cobra-wrap-squeegee-2/ They make one with...

A lot depends on the paint. Full cure on paint is usually 30 days - that is off gassing has stopped. Best to always do a test to see if it will stick or which to use. We have used 3164HT Mac Tac Rebel 528 High Tack, and General Formulations 226HTR (high tack and removable, love this stuff) and...

Calendared is the formation process for basic vinyl. It is a process by which the material is flattened into shape. Another word is Intermediate. Most calendared vinyls are less dimensionally stable as they have a manufactured memory and tend to attempt to return to their initial shape...

We print it on our UV flatbed all the time - of course it doesn't move as it would for a hybrid printer. We use Solv S1000 to prep and clean the plastic and print. never had an issue. As others have said, lower heat or increase passes. On ours we can set the LED lamp intensity, so if your lamps...

We off gas for 2 hours or overnight if printing late in the day. Main thing is the prints are dry to the touch completely. We usually use a premium vinyl profile, though we do have one specifically for Arlon SLX as well

Photo would be helpful... Is it over a compound curve or rivets? after pressure washing, did you clean with alcohol to remove detergent residue?

We have the FluidColor R84F with one row of heads CMYKW and love it. Looking at the Vanguard VKM600t-HS the biggest advantages are the 50x99" print area (for full bleeds on 4x8 materials) and adding up to three rows of heads for speed. Both have LED lamps and anti-static bars (which you will...