Best UV Resistance

[diamondavenue]

I have customer looking to have decals cut in bright (fluorescent) orange. These are going to be put on vehicles. He has had them done in the past, and the vinyl held up he said, but the color faded in 3 months. Anyone have recommendations and what vinyls hold up to uv best?

 

[miltondavis]

all the fluorescent vinyls I have seen are not usually rated for longer than 6months to a year in outdoor conditions. I usually convince my customers to choose a standard "bright" colored vinyl for max durability

 

[Malkin]

For what it's worth, I have found that the fluorescent foils for the Gerber Edge to be extremely short lived, like 2 months sometimes.
If you HAVE to have fluorescent, then start with that as the base vinyl (as good quality as possible) and print your ink over that.

 

[diamondavenue]

It doesn't have to be printed at all, just cut nothing super fancy.

 

[Malkin]

Oops, sorry I must not have read all the way through. I think that Oracal is selling some fluorescent that they rate as up to 2 years. That is the best I have seen, but I've not used it myself yet.

 

[diamondavenue]

Thanks Ill check into it.