Top-sheet material

[CharlieHD]

Hi guys!

So I've found a company that does high resolution printing on plastic materials, like for banners etc.

They're willing to supply me top-sheets for our ski building, but they need to know the specific material that is needed.

So my question is, what is the most common material used for top-sheets on which a graphic can be printed on?

Thanks for the help!

[twizzstyle]

PBT (fleece-backed) and nylon are two I've used. I prefer the nylon.

http://millerstudio.net/?page_id=80

I should add that these are typically sublimated, not directly printed.

[CharlieHD]

Thanks for the info.

We found ourself a supplier that should do what we're looking for

[CharlieHD]

Thought I'd update our progress on this.

We found a company that does large size printing on plastics materials. We basically tried on one of their more common materials (not sure what it's called but it's made by 3M) and tried a test pressing.

Result was very bad. Did not even remotely stick to the fiberglass/core whatever.

Not sure what our next step is. We really don't want to go back to wood veneer.

Options we're going to test:

-use thick paper as top sheet
-use fabric as top sheet

Sucks though as we're really anxious to start pressing our new model. Unfortunately Miller Studios isn't an option for us due to us being in Europe.

Tips and advice are very welcome.

[mikic1]

HI Charlie,

where are you in Europe?

I might be able to help you with some things, not sure, send me a pm.

Have you tried topsheet on your products before? Are you using heat? If not using heat it might take a while before a good bound to topsheet is made.

Cheers
M

[Sanija]

What I find so itneresting is you could never find this anywhere else.