VinylEfx Gallery
We’ve put this VinylEfx Gallery together to show you the amazing colors and patterns of VinylEfx. This is a metallic printable vinyl which can be used for signs, POP, exhibits, displays and more.
Just Click on a pattern to see how these products look --- as you move toward the right you will see a complete family of both decorative as well as outdoor durable products as indicated on the image. You can request actual 4X6 Sample Cards of VinylEfx from your R Tape Distributor. If you don’t have a Distributor contact us and we will be happy to send up to 4 different samples to you. Just let us know the patterns you would like to receive.
About Vinylefx ® Films
Metallized special effects films have always been popular for decorating racecars, billboards, and short-term promotional signage. With Vinylefx® films sign makers can give their designs a competitive edge. The distinctive look of these eye-catching films adds value to their designs, so their signs will command higher selling prices and profits!
Some sign makers, though, have shied away from specialty films, because in older generations of products, many films lacked long-term durability and were difficult to cut and apply.
The good news is that the newer generation of Vinylefx® films feature several remarkable improvements, which should provide wary buyers with reason enough to give these products a second look. Fade-resistant colorants and UV inhibitors extend the outdoor life of our Durable series of films. Improved release liners greatly minimize tunneling during plotter cutting. And more forgiving adhesives make repositioning during graphics application much easier.
VinylEfx ® Features & Benefits
- Compared to cold-embossed polyesters Vinylefx® films are hot-embossed, which produces deeper, better defined patterns.
- Unlike polyesters, R Tape Vinylefx® are just as easy to cut, weed and apply as an intermediate vinyl.
- Vinylefx® are printable using a variety of screen print inks, thermal transfer systems, and solvent and ecosolvent ink jet printers.
- The Vinylefx® films can be computer-cut, steel rule die cut, thermal die cut, embossed and domed.
- For demanding applications such as truck and boat graphics, the Vinylefx® Durable Series films provide a superior alternative to the expensive simulated gold-leaf films.
Some Tips on Using VinylEfx ® Films
Before printing on Vinylefx® films, carefully read the “Printing, Cutting & Installations” that come with every roll of film. Before going into production, Test, Don’t Guess.
- If you decide to airbrush on Vinylefx® films, test the compatibility of the paint system with the vinyl. Before airbrushing, wipe down the film to clean any oils or other contaminates. That’s also good advice before printing on these films. To ensure paint or ink adhesion, give the surface some tooth by roughing up the vinyl with a grey Scotchbrite pad. The pad does not sand away any film, but just scratches the surface. After abrading the film with the Scotchbrite pad, wipe the surface again with isopropyl alcohol. After airbrushing, protect your work by spraying it with clear coat.
- If printed graphics are subjected to gasoline spillage or abrasion, protect your work with an overlaminate.
- After you complete your application, always protect the edges by edge sealing. As added protection, clear coating the entire graphics is added insurance.
- Try overlaying Vinylefx® on top of a cast vinyl. Using the cast film as a base layer can also aid in the removal of the film, when it comes time for it.
- Cut a ¼” (6mm) border around eco-solvent or solvent inkjet printed images to help prevent edge curl. Cutting into the printed graphic could cause edge lifting.