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Etched, Frosted Vinyl Window Panels and Decals

James Scheck
by James Scheck 6 months ago
 

Frosting or etching offers a delightfully elegant finish and gives your windows the appearance of being sandblasted. These are particularly pleasant and understated for period properties.

Like decals, you can choose the areas you want to be frosted, etched and/or cut-out with the final product supplied pre-cut on backing paper.

Contents

  1. Decals or panels
  2. File supply

Filecheck WARNING

This product is not supported by FileCheck so status 021 will not be available. Your artwork will need to be self-validated following the advice in this guide.

Decals or panels

Window Panels are rectangular and have shapes cut out of them, similar to the MGF logo on the left.

Window Decals are cut-to-shape, similar to the MGF circle and logo on the right.

File supply

Shaped, etched and frosted window stickers are easy to set up - you just supply a mask of the area to be frosted. See below for extra details:

Colour use

Any areas that require frosted vinyl should have a 100% Magenta fill with additional areas to be discarded left blank or white. Do not include any other colours in your artwork.

File Type

You need to supply .PDF files which can be produced from all the major graphics packages.

Fonts

Please convert all fonts to outlines.

Design detail

It is important that all edges are defined within the artwork and that any strokes and fonts have been outlined. Do not place duplicate lines, text or shapes that sit on top of each other.

Imposition

Designs can sometimes be abstract and there is an option to face or reverse apply the vinyl. Your finishing notes will tell Production how to impose the job:
 

Finishing options

Option a) Etch on face: Etching on the face means the back of the graphic sticks to the glass, or

Option b) Etch on reverse: Etching on the reverse means the front of the graphic sticks to the glass.

Critical process change

Please note that all artwork for this range needs to be uploaded as right-reading.

Click here for more information.

 
 
 
 

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