laminate

I need recommendation on a good 5 year laminanate roll. A laminanate I used shrank more than 2in in less than 4 months! Have there been any problems with shrinking laminate "burning" on the ARLON 3420 or the GF CONCEPT 231/240 lines?

Hello! I'm looking for a textured laminate that doesn't smudge. We've been using Rtape 5Mil Poly, but now we need something with a little more bite to it. We've tried the Oracal 250AS product, which is a floor laminate. It's about the right texture, but it smudges really easily. We need...

This article was in Sign & Digital Graphics Magazine Making the Perfect Outdoor Backlit | Sign & Digital Graphics I understand how this would work perfectly but am a little confused about the laminating. If all this is going on the inside of the clear UV protected lexan, then why do you need...

Mutoh Valuejet 1324 & valuecut bundle: $11,500 GFP 63" heat assist laminator - Very new.Has been used for 5-10 rolls of laminate at most. $5,500 Willing to deliver within 1 hour of Westchester County NY

Any merchant members print on Mylar then laminate with Mylar? If not, any suggestions for a reliable source? Never had a call for this product before. Temperature spec calls for 300 F, maybe another material is suitable? I'll check with the engineer this week to see if temp is correct...

Hello from St Ives, Been in the Sign industry since 1999, just a small self employed outfit.. Purchased some printed material from a supplier & they used a letex machine, using Metamark MD3 material with a gloss laminate.. After 9 months each vertical overlap, the laminate has migrated back 25mm...

We use a Rollover table for the majority of our vinyl work. However, we have a separate ProLam 60" laminator that we use to laminate our digitally printed vinyl (and plex panels). Has anyone used the Rollover table for laminating? I'll be using BriteLine luster laminate. I have a lot of work...

Our company just purchased a vision engraver/router 2550 2x4 machine. I say "just" purchased, but it was March of 2015. Our main operator is a good guy and has learned quite a bit by himself (routing acrylic/ada/gator/ultra board/polystyrene stencils etc). One of the things we haven't been able...

Hi, We are running 30" wide rolls of media through our CJV and have just started laminating. The printer will only accept 30" wide max rolls. We are confused about the width of the laminate we should be using. It seems like the base media should extend past the over laminate so the over...

I've always used 54" wide laminate. However, the ideal width would be either 53" wide or 53.5" wide. Does anybody know if such an item exist, and if yes, where would acquire such an item? Thanks!

I have a Daige Quickmount III laminator 55" w/ foot pedal that has been sitting around for a couple years and am looking to sell it. Anyone have any ideas for me what it's worth? Any help would be appreciated!!! Thanks in advance.

I need some advice and direction. Recently I have been printing on Avery MPI2001 using Mimaki SS21 Solvent ink on a Mimaki JV33-160. I am printing vehicle livery for trucks and buses but I am having serious issues with customer complaints saying the graphics are shrinking back so much that the...

I recently changed to Avery 1360 laminate and have been very pleased with it so far. All my tests have been done using the big squeegee and the results have been fantastic compared to my Arlon 3220 experience. I just did a huge print and ran it for the first time through my laminator (USTech...

We have a USTech, 54" laminator and for the past two years, it has been great. We laminate everything from 30" to 54" on it, but for the past couple of months or so, have been using it for 30" and (mostly) 36" cast materials. Yesterday, immediately after laminating a 36 inch sheet of cast...

Hi Folks, I'm having a bit of trouble on the cutting thick laminate situaation. I have a tjet 1631c and printing the decals, putting on a heavy laminate. Putting the cutting blabe to 10v (max) the machine doesnt allow numerous cuts but it just isn't cutting it. I then decided to take it over to...

I have a customer who is interested in getting his pizzeria counters covered with printed vinyl, but he is concerned because while he was in my shop viewing samples he noticed that when he slid his fingernail on the prints, it left marks behind. That marks are not damaging, but they are...

I'm hoping the community here can weigh in on this for me as I keep getting different answers from different places. Originally, we were using a 45 degree blade on our Roland Sp-540V. But as our small lettering kept tearing, someone recommended switching to a 60 degree blade for fine detail...

I printed vinyl scrimm and I've had it in the shop for a few days. It's on my Mutoh VJ1324 and it printed very well. If I use my finger nail to scrape, it can still smear. Zeelon 13 oz gloss solvent banner is the material used. Is this common? I printed this on a vinyl and I can't seem to get it...

Hi guys.. It's been a while. I walked a job site recently and some of the walls/counters were wrapped with a really thick laminate. So thick in fact that I couldn't even gouge it with a key. I was thinking it was a floor laminate, but that media being so heavy wouldn't stay vertical forever...

Hello everyone, I need a little bit of help. Basically what I'm trying to do is print some stickers using the CJV30, then laminate them with my laminator, then after they have been laminated put them through the CJV30 for it to cut. I have just tried to print one sticker (it has the registered...