Clear vinyl over steel

[laserfred]

Hello there,
in an old warehouse building converted into loft offices, they want to put graphics over the columns which are covered with metal plates. It is basically old steel with a clearcoat over it. They want to have a lot of small text in white, so they ask us to test with different clear vinyl finishes (glossy, matte, satin) printed with white ink, and see the results. I have a vague feeling this is not going to be obvious. Anyone has done this before ?

 

[MikePro]

if it's painted/clear-coated, then there should not be an issue. at that point, your vinyl is sticking to paint/poly

 

[boxerbay]

Your question is not clear.

If it's clear quoted it will adhere fine.

We use oracal 290gf printed white and then laminate with the same 290gf.

It is optically clear and cast with good adhesion and it almost invisible.

Whether you can see white text on the columns is a design issue and you should be going through a proof process where you print one and install to check visibility.