Question on laminate for decals help me figure out what this stuff is!

[ALTEREDIMAGEDESIGNS]

I just recently got a bunch of work from a company that requires lots of labels and decals to be printed. They are used on their packaging boxes and buckets. The company that was doing all of their printing was backlogged all of the time so they needed to find someone local. I am trying to figure out what type of laminate the company that was doing them before was using.. Its the highest gloss stuff I have ever seen. Literally looks like a freshly painted car gloss. And it I took apart one of the decals and it is a pretty thick very rigid laminate. Any ideas what this stuff may be?

 

[eahicks]

Can you find out who the company was and ask them? Otherwise, no one else on here would know. There's lots of high gloss laminate available.

 

[ALTEREDIMAGEDESIGNS]

Can you find out who the company was and ask them? Otherwise, no one else on here would know. There's lots of high gloss laminate available.

I do know who the company is.. But do you think they would tell me? I would imagine they probably wont let that info out.. I could try i guess.
It like super super glossy. And its very rigid. If I had to guess its probably about 5mil thick.

 

[ALTEREDIMAGEDESIGNS]

If it's super glossy and 5mil thick it could be a thermal laminate. (assuming you have a sample, see if you can get it to peel off the decal. If it has no tack once removed, it is thermal)

Can you post a picture?

I just pulled a corner off and there is definitely adhesive, or at least it is tacky anyways. I dont know how the thermal ones work..

 

[rdm01]

Long shot here, but we use 3M 8991 for graffiti protection. It's expensive, but it's high gloss, thick, rigid, and sounds very similar.

 

[Antnee]

Maybe Oracal 210 gloss lam?

 

[Sign Works]

If they are screenprinted decals such as from Stouse then they may have a clear polyester laminate. This laminate is very rigid unlike vinyl (PVC) lam films.

 

[Dennis422]

Check out Substance vinyl and their lams.
They have some very thick and stiff laminates.

 

[Zac]

Maybe Oracal 210 gloss lam?

210 is half as thick as what he's talking about and is not rigid enough to peel the corner like that and keep it's shape, nor is it that brilliant. I use 210 every day.

 

[oksigns]

I'm a Oraguard guy and it looks like 270G.. hella overkill for such a thing.

 

[jfiscus]

I think it is made by Convex / Pro Shield.
this stuff https://www.hyatts.com/sign/convex-pro-shield-laminate-3.3936

 

[Snydo]

It looks like an 8 to 10 mil polycarbonate film to me, I can tell you it is a major league PITA to plot anything other than squares or rectangles on.

 

[eahicks]

Motomark is pretty thick but not sure if GF has one THAT glossy.