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I'm looking for some silver retro-reflective vinyl to do some motorcycle helmet stickers. Right now I am coming up empty. Does it exist?

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"Retroreflective sheeting is flexible retroreflective material primarily used to increase the nighttime conspicuity of traffic signs, high-visibility clothing, and other items so they are safely and effectively visible in the light of an approaching driver's headlamps. They are also used as a material to increase the scanning range of barcodes in factory settings. The sheeting consists of retroreflective glass beads, microprisms, or encapsulated lenses sealed onto a fabric or plastic substrate. Many different colors and degrees of reflection intensity are provided by numerous manufacturers for various applications. As with any retroreflector, sheeting glows brightly when there is a small angle between the observer's eye and the light source directed toward the sheeting, but appears nonreflective when viewed from other directions." ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroreflective_sheeting

 

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Here is an example of Retro-refective vinyl, but they don't have silver, they have white, but not silver http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&toolid=10039&campid=5336346070&customid=Search+US&item=252510538897&vectorid=229466&lgeo=1 

 

 

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Apparently, no silver.

(3m ScotchCal and Avery are two of the biggest manufacturers in the industry, and they don't make it)

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I did some Googling and the only retrorefective I came up with is this printable vinyl on Alibaba https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/commercial-silver-printable-retro-reflective-vinyl_1001136376.html

I could have sworn our ambulances had silver retroreflective in the graphics but for the life of me I can't find any on line either.

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That Specification says "White" --  typical Chinese listing, they put in all sorts of keywords that have nothing to do with the actual products.

Specifications

commercial silver printable retro reflective vinyl:
1.Non-tearable
2.1.24*47.5m
3.can be inkjet printed
4. white

Colors: white,yellow, red, green, blue and black

 

No silver.

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