Printed Acrylic on PVC

[piodiaz]

Morning Guys, one of my clients wants printed acrylic mounted on PVC for outdoor. I am looking for an adhesive that won't mess the UV ink when we apply it. Anyone has recommendations?

 

[Gino]

Generally speaking, when gluing things together, one doesn't glue substrate to ink. You either glue substrate to substrate or clamp it together from another outside source. The process you speak of..... what's taking place before we go half-cocked ??

 

[piodiaz]

I am printing the acrylic in reverse in my Flat bed and the client wants it mount in White PVC

 

[J Hill Designs]

use a double sided mounting adhesive (double faced tape that comes in sheet/roll form and not a strip)

if it doesn't need to be optically clear I would use mactac IB2107 - comes in sheets 17"x22"

if it does need to be optically clear (IE not printing a white flood over the design on the acrylic), there are plenty of options, I just cant think of a part number

 

[fozzie]

Generally speaking, when gluing things together, one doesn't glue substrate to ink. You either glue substrate to substrate or clamp it together from another outside source. The process you speak of..... what's taking place before we go half-cocked ??

agree. whether you flood coat the reverse with white uv ink or apply white vinyl as a backer, if you use tape you as still relying upon the ink adhesion to support the whole weight of the acrylic. that is your weakest link.

would use fasteners somehow.

 

[visual800]

Standoffs would look better imo