What’s the difference between Calendared vinyl and Cast vinyl?
There are two main types of vinyl name for their manufacturing process. ‘Calendared vinyl are less expensive while the premium ‘cast’ vinyl tend to cost a little more. We’ll try to explain the difference without going into too much detail: Calendared Vinyl Calendared vinyl is suitable for simple, flat signage, longer-term indoor and shorter-term outdoor usage. The Calendared production process is less expensive than cast vinyl (see below), but it also produces a vinyl that’s thicker, less flexible material and has a shorter life span than Cast vinyl – about three to five years, depending on what it’s used for. This method produces vinyl’s with two significant properties: 1) It wants to shrink back to its original state, and 2) it’s not flexible enough to be used on surfaces that aren’t flat. Used for longer-term signs this vinyl will shrink. How much it shrinks depends on how it’s used. Indoor applications will shrink less than outdoor applications, where weather and sun exposure will af
