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I have a job coming up that will go on the side of a racing sailboat.  It's a somewhat complex design with a lot of thin pieces on it.  All black.  Should I go with Oracal 751 or better?

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I've had excellent results with Orafol 751 and 951 on Marine installations.

They're both Cast Vinyls with the exact same adhesive.

The 951 is rated @ 8-10 years and the 751 @ 7 - 8 years, depending upon color and sheen.

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5 minutes ago, Trawler said:

Can you print on the 951? 

If so, will the SG400 work?

you CAN print on 951 with a solvent printer but I would look at the proper printable vinyl for marine application along with the right laminate - I priced some once for my printer and a roll of each was around $1750.00 - - - didn't makes sense for us as that is not something we did a lot of. - 

2nd part the sg400 is a dye based sublimation ink - for any vinyl printing takes a special vinyl and pretty sure no marine grade available for that - you need to spend about another $15,000 to get into the lower end printer/laminator for that market

 

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