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Software: Flexi.

So I learned to make 2 color decals, using registration marks, cutting out two colors of the same size, lining up the registration marks, etc.

My only problem is this. If I am making a decal that is 12" x12" and the 2nd color is simply a 4" square block of text,

I still end up cutting out that 2nd color as large as the first in order to have registration marks.

This is both costly and in-efficient when I make 100 of these decals.

What I've done more recently is just use a light table to lay the 2nd layer, but then I end up with two layers of masking on my design, which isn't a very sell able item when it doesn't look clean.

Do I have to waste the vinyl on that second layer?
Or is there a good trick that I am missing.

Normally I would just lay the 2nd layer if it were a solid piece of vinyl with an x-acto and no masking, since there is no intersecting layers of vinyl.

This particular design is text and I need to use masking, therefore not losing proper letter registration.

The easy answer would be to place the second layer with masking and a light table, but I want to stray away from the 2 piece of masking issue.

Any thoughts by the guru's would be great.

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what i do is just line it up like you are and just slowly peel the transfer tape off, and then re-apply the transfer tape to the decal. a little tricky at first to get the tape off without the decal pulling up, but when u get the hang of it, it goes fast

 

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