To overcome the graphics adhesion challenge of slick materials, like glass, plexiglass, metals and Formica, LexJet introduces LexJet PVC-Free Cling – White.
The new printable polypropylene material not only sticks to super-smooth surfaces, it’s also repositionable, removable and re-usable. LexJet PVC-Free Cling features the latest micro-adhesion technology to ensure easy application and removal.
“The AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Bowl game at AT&T Stadium was our first opportunity to use this great new product. We had previously been using a static cling vinyl on the interior windows and doors. We wanted to give the new product a try so we used it in one of the main entrance areas. The product prints beautifully, and is very easy to apply,” says Jeff Teasley, E.H. Teasley & Co. Inc., Dallas. “This product will also enable us to remove some of the prints and take them to other parts of the building and install them again at a different location if needed. They remove very easily but still retain a lot of tack on them, unlike a static cling.”
LexJet PVC-Free Cling is compatible with solvent, low-solvent and UV-curable inks. It is water- and fade-resistant and will not shrink or wrinkle. It’s also environmentally-friendly, free of phthalates, glycol-ether, formaldehyde and PVC, and can be cleaned using common household cleaners.
“LexJet PVC-Free Cling provides our customers with everything they’ve asked for in a PVC-free film for smooth-surface application: excellent adhesion yet repositionable and reusable, contour-cut capable, bubble-free during application, and dimensionally stable so it doesn’t shrink and peel off when the temperature changes,” says Jaimie Mask, LexJet product manager.
LexJet PVC-Free Cling – White is now available from LexJet’s delivery network in 54″ x 100′ and 60″ x 100′ rolls. To find out more and to order, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538.
“We spent the first two years trying to find something that would adhere to the concrete walls. We tested a material during the summer before the initial opening of the stadium and that material seemed to work perfectly, but when we applied the vinyl a week before the game, in the winter months, the ambient temperature of the concrete had dropped considerably. The next day, we received a call from the Cotton Bowl folks telling us that a majority of our stickers had fallen off the walls. After all of our testing we were very surprised. We found a way to fix the signs that failed, but it made the project much more difficult and time-consuming,” says Jeff Teasley, owner of E.H. Teasley & Co. “In 2011 we were lucky to find PhotoTex. It’s a lighter weight material, and the adhesion properties are so much better than what we used for the prior game. To make sure we were on the right track before the game installation, we took it to a business near us with stucco-type walls. The graphic stayed up there for months in all of the outdoor elements. Seeing this, we felt confident that Photo Tex would do the job. Now we could sleep at night.”
The graphics were printed on the company’s superwide solvent printers, which included a quantity of 352 four foot by four foot die-cut helmets and logos cut on a Zund cutter. These graphics lined the various levels of the stadium, the tunnels where the teams enter the field, as well as the lobbies of the host hotels. The hotel elevators were also branded with Photo Tex