To laminate front printed translucent or not to?

[TimToad]

Doing a few lexan faces which will be put in a ground level illuminated monument sign and wondering if I should laminate the prints or not. Not that worried about vandalism and I know if some punk really wants to scratch them laminate won't save it, but thinking it might be better to be safe than sorry.

What do folks think?

 

[DavidT]

Laminate

Yes you should Laminate.
For UV resistance ( will double the life of print before fading) as well as added scratch resistance.

And with some ink/media combinations, especially yellow can fade visibly in 18 months.



David

 

[TimToad]

Well, that makes three of us, so enough said. Laminate it is.

Good night everybody, long day, going home.

 

[danno]

Just add me to the list of laminators. We use optically clear here.