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Re: Vinyl Cutter

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Originally Posted by MrBasse View Post
Unless you have the ability to print on it, vinyl is really a terrible choice for labeling. That's a lot of weeding to pick the letters and number for batteries and basic labels. I'd much rather print on sticker stock and stick those on.

We use vinyl for a few sponsor stickers, and occasionally for some small graphics. We also use it for our trailer graphics. But anything that we want to use multiple colors on that needs small detail we make stickers for.

If you're looking for vinyl check a local sign ship. To shop for material ideas, check coastalbusiness.com. they ship fast and offer fair pricing, but I get my sign material locally still and source t-shirt vinyl(heat press) from coastal.
I mean, I recently put a GOFIRST logo on all of our small parts organizers, and I wouldn't say that was terrible.

How bad weeding is varies tremendously based on how large your design is and how detailed it is. If you're doing a few 1-2" block numbers for batteries and some relatively large sponsor logos, it really isn't going to be that bad.

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Originally Posted by Underdog_19 View Post
Thanks for the replies...lots of good information.

So for a quick schooling, what type of vinyl would we want for simple designs to adhere to a robot for signing/labeling, labeling batteries, etc.?
This stuff (Oracal 651) is what we get for general use. That supplier is pretty good, but I'd recommend shopping around a bit, because depending on what you're getting shipping can be a factor.
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