Calendered Vinyl Decals

Advantage Signs are Graphics are experts in the design, creation, and installation of custom calendered vinyl decals, labels, and stickers. If your business is in need of any vinyl-based marketing materials like equipment decals, company logo stickers, or warning labels, and more: Advantage Signs and Graphics is standing by to assist you with getting the perfect decal made.

Does your business need quality and affordable calendered vinyl decals? Look no further!

Is calendered vinyl the right material for my decal, label, or sticker?

The first thing is that calendered vinyl wants to stay flat. This is because calendered vinyl begins it life as vinyl in a flat state as a semi - solid. Pressure and heat is what gives calendered vinyl its even thinner, flatter shape, and these properties together make the calendered materials excel at staying flat for a very long time. The process of calendaring vinyl is more efficient AND economical than casting vinyl.

What does calendered mean?

Calendering is the process of running heated PVC (in a dough-like state) through sets of rollers. This in turn cools the vinyl, flattens it, and then strengthens the material into rigid sheets at the desired thickness. This is a more efficient and economical way to produce vinyl as the process involves no solvent, no casting mold, and has a lower energy cost to produce. The cylindrical rollers of the calendering machine give the technique its name, because "calender" is the Greek word for "cylinder".

1) Cylindrical Rollers

2) Doughy, un-formed material to be calendered

3) Material passes between rollers and is flattened

4) Material has been successfully calendered and output to rollers

Pros and Cons of cast vinyl decals and labels

Like any material, there are going to be pros and cons of why you should choose a certain vinyl. Calendered is one of our most popular and economical vinyl materials to choose from.

Perfect for flat surfaces

A more economical vinyl film.

Calendering is a more efficient and economical way of producing vinyl. The process involves no solvent, no casting mold, and has a lower energy cost to produce. The result of this, however, is a decal that has a shorter lifespan than that of cast vinyl. This makes calendered vinyl perfect for small decals and short-term applications like transit vehicle advertisements on buses and trams.

Calendered vinyl is great for flat surfaces because it is a thicker vinyl that has been made to stay flat. For this reason, you would not want to choose this vinyl if you need it to bend and form to a surface, like the contour of a vehicle. Calendered vinyl is perfect for flat surface applications like windows, walls, doors, and trailer graphics.