slice&dice 2,450 Posted June 8, 2012 OK, here's the rundown on the USCutter promotional Banner Variety Pack Starter Kit that is offered along with any cutting unit at time of purchase (6 rolls 24" x 5 yards for $129.99) ------- When the box arrived, it contained specialized material that is very clever, all you have to do is cut it, weed it, and the banner is done. The material itself IS THE BANNER. For instance, using the Red/Yellow combination, you can either have a red background banner with yellow text by weeding out the cut letters; or obtain a yellow background banner with red text, by weeding away the red covering vinyl and leaving the (red) cut letters behind. The backing of the Insta-Banner is a thin sheet of polypropylene, which is sufficiently strong to be a banner. In other words, instead of paper backing that you peel away, the backing remains as an integral component. Anyway, I just competed my first job using this stuff, and the client loved it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AbsoluteAirbrush 33 Posted June 8, 2012 Thanks for the info! I was curious as to how that would work... I'll give it a whirl! LOL Alan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodger 527 Posted June 8, 2012 That is cool & I look forward to trying that . .. Is that retail or wholesale ?? :laugh: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,450 Posted June 8, 2012 Hmmmmmmm, you will have to be a bit of a detective to find this material listed on USCUTTER website!!! Typing in "instabanner" produces no results with the search function, but looking around in Banner Material (rolls) you see a thing called GreenStar Two-Color. There's a video there, showing how it works. http://www.uscutter.com/index/page/product/product_id/1602/category_id/27/product_name/GreenStar+Two+Color+Vinyl+Banner%2C+24%22+x+25+Yard+Roll Lots of pretty color combinations!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OWJones 1,981 Posted June 8, 2012 Did you punch holes and add grommets? If not, how did you hang it? I got the impression it was pretty thin material and I wasn't sure how you would go about stringing it up... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,450 Posted June 8, 2012 Did you punch holes and add grommets? If not, how did you hang it? I got the impression it was pretty thin material and I wasn't sure how you would go about stringing it up... Yes, it is extremely thin, but very strong. Grommets are one way to do it. Banner clips would also work, or BannerMates or Banner tabs (plastic) http://www.hangups.com/BannerMates.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AbsoluteAirbrush 33 Posted June 9, 2012 Hmmmmmmm, you will have to be a bit of a detective to find this material listed on USCUTTER website!!! Typing in "instabanner" produces no results with the search function, but looking around in Banner Material (rolls) you see a thing called GreenStar Two-Color. There's a video there, showing how it works. http://www.uscutter....+x+25+Yard+Roll Lots of pretty color combinations!!! Yes, it is hard to find on the website but if you google it, it comes right up! LOL Where's that webmaster? LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vinylmotivations 143 Posted June 9, 2012 My questions is, what keeps, say, the centers of letters or the edges from getting peeled up when the material "weeds" away so easily??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,450 Posted June 10, 2012 My questions is, what keeps, say, the centers of letters or the edges from getting peeled up when the material "weeds" away so easily??? Ahhhh, well, my friend THAT is the secret of this stuff. It's like MAGIC, and I have no idea how they managed to create something like this, that weeds effortlessly, but doesn't peel away from the backing by itself. You have to see it to believe it, and once you try it, you'll be slapping your forehead "Wow, how simple, why didn't anyone think of this before?" I did another one today for a graduation party, and the customer handed me $40 and said -- "Awesome job" (the entire graphic for this banner actually was on a special CD that GreenStar puts into in the sample kit, filled with cutter-ready example artwork for banners, all I did was load it into SignBlazer, and hit CUT) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zarto 0 Posted October 30, 2012 I just bought some of the instabanner a couple of weeks ago. It really is easy to weed and the remaining vinyl sticks well to the backing. The backing is thin, but I was able to grommet it and hang it from the ceiling. I didn't even have to adjust the blade pressure on my cutter (i normally cut oracal 651 on a 24" TS series cutter). I won't recommend hanging one outside in any kind of wind, but for inside use, this is the way to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites