Know The Difference Between Vinyl Graphics And Vinyl Decals Before Ordering Your Custom Car Sticker
Have You Ever Made An Ordering Mistake Based On Lack Of Industry Knowledge?
I have - and I don't have to tell you what a waste of money it is, either! Once I was shopping online for a portable garden container for my mother, and what I received was just a container that I could pick up and move instead of the container I thought came on wheels with a handle. Please don't ask me how I made this mistake, but it was very frustrating to get what I had indeed ordered without the proper knowledge.
At least I could send it back. What if I had ordered something customized, and the mistake had been mine? I guess I would have been stuck with it. To prevent you from making frustrating mistakes when ordering your customized car sticker, you need to know the difference between vinyl graphics and vinyl decals. Yes, there is a difference!
Why Car Graphics And Car Decals Are Often Confused
Most people would not know the difference between a vinyl car graphic and a vinyl car decal right off the bat, but they are different. First of all, car graphics and car decals are made of the same vinyl material, so it is easy to confuse the two. Secondly, they work the same way - just stick them to your car! Finally, 'graphic' is a term meaning 'image', so if you mean to order a car deacl and begin talking about the graphics, it is easy to see how you might end up with the wrong item.
What Is A Vinyl Car Graphic?
Vinyl graphics, whether used for a car or something else, refers simply to the technique of creating the sticker. Vinyl is cut into the shapes and letters to be used in your customized image and then laid out in that design. This is the type of car sticker used for shapes such as a logo or lettering that spells out a business or personal name.
Vinyl graphics give your car sticker an almost three-dimensional appearance. Real estate agents who want to distinguish their cars from the many other cars out there touting their real estate businesses often use these. I've seen an amazing vinyl car graphic for a real estatate agent that incorporates a palm tree with beautifully scripted, though legible, lettering.
For designs using multiple colors, the vinyl graphics can be layered and pre-spaced, so truly any design imaginable can be arranged an applied on your car with a custom vinyl car graphic.
What Is A Vinyl Car Decal?
Vinyl car decals are truly car stickers. Rather than cutting a design from vinyl and then arranging it on your car, an image is simply printed onto a piece of adhesive vinyl, which is then placed onto your vehicle. Thanks to the incredible quality of modern digital printing, all images printed onto a vinyl car decal maintain a high resolution, even when the size of the image is blown up.
People often opt for vinyl car decals over vinyl car graphics because of the ability to print digital photgraphs or other clip art types of images onto the adhesive vinyl. If you use a photograph, rest assured that the quality of your image will remain clear and intact once printed onto the vinyl. Car decals are also able to be printed in any color, so there are no limits with the images you can create with a vinyl car decal.
Vinyl car decals are easy to order, print and apply, as well.
So Now That You Know The Difference...
No matter which sign shop you use, when you go to order your custom car sticker, now you will be equipped with the correct industry knowledge to give your vinyl graphic or vinyl decal the exact look you have in mind. Both vinyl car graphics and vinyl car decals are easy, inexpensive ways to advertise a business or just add a little personality to your vehicle, so you've alread made a good decision in going with a custom car sticker.
So don't get stuck with the wrong tomato planter or car sticker and get just what you want today!