Finding Suitable Vinyl for Custom Vinyl Banners

There are two main types of vinyl available for most commercial applications.


When you go to a special event or promotion chances are you will see custom vinyl banners advertising a variety of products and brands. Vinyl banners are inexpensive, durable, and flexible, which has made them the material of choice for advertising since the middle of last century. Vinyl continues to be the top choice for sign and banner printing, as new innovations have mad vinyl even easier to use.

Prior to printing, vinyl undergoes a series of processes. This processing helps to give vinyl some of its best qualities, shape memory, elasticity, and tensile strength, to name a few. Producers of vinyl graphics first determine what processes the vinyl has been through. This aids them in choosing the perfect application for that particular vinyl.

There are two main types of vinyl available for most commercial applications. The first type of vinyl is molded into thin sheets of fabric after being melted from a solid mass. This type is best used in signs, banners, and wall installations because of its great strength.

The second type of vinyl is more suited for applications such as vehicle wrapping. It begins as a liquid and is then molded into sheets. This fabric has a different memory quality which works better around the curves and corners of a car. A seamless car wrap is dependant on the vinyl clinging firmly to all the dips and curves of the vehicle, so this vinyl is a perfect choice.
 

 

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