Vinyl Stickers

Hides-His-Eyes · January 30, 2011, 02:52:11 PM

Diginate.com offer VERY competitive prices on opaque vinyl stickers when you order 10 or so, and I'm really tempted; I was just wondering if anyone had tried this before? Do you need to clear coat? I know people use this kind of thing on their cars, so I figured a pedal would be absolutely fine as long as I sanded and white spirited the surface first. But I wouldn't want to spring the money without checking if someone had done it successfully first.

Chris

ampman50 · January 30, 2011, 03:11:45 PM

I used a vinyl logo sticker from Salt Life, applied it to a pedal and clear coated over it. Had no problem with adhesion.

Scruffie · January 30, 2011, 04:17:23 PM

Dr. Scientist pedals used to all be hand finished in cut out vinyl stickers, should be fine.

markeebee · January 30, 2011, 07:43:17 PM

Diginate are very cool, can't recommend them enough. Unbelievably cheap if you lay out ten or a dozen stickers in a single print. Reliable delivery times. Tough as your mum, if you burnish them after slapping them on. Never thought that they needed clearcoat, I used them for about a year and never had anybody complain about graphics coming off or scratching.

I don't use them now, I bought a colour laser printer to do my own labels with, but I would definitely use them again if my printer packed up.

Hides-His-Eyes · January 31, 2011, 06:10:06 AM

Cheers mark, just what I needed to hear.

"burnish"?

twabelljr · January 31, 2011, 06:52:29 AM

Quote"burnish"?

verb: To make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing.

markeebee · January 31, 2011, 02:16:36 PM

Quote from: twabelljr on January 31, 2011, 06:52:29 AM
Quote"burnish"?

verb: To make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing.

Yeah, sorry, lay a sheet of paper over the sticker and give it a rub all over with something rounded. Makes it adhere better.

Processaurus · January 31, 2011, 06:26:48 PM

I had some problems with vinyl adhesion on a textured powdercoated box, not sure if it is because of the texture, or pawing my grubby hands all over the enclosure before putting the sticker on. On a smooth surface that's clean prior to sticking it on, the results I'm sure will be better. People do all those graphics on their cars that sit out and get rained on without problems for a couple years.

The bottom corner by the "d" started peeling up a little recently:

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