[hellocatfood]

I'm making a series of decals that will be made of up different coloured pieces of vinyl. To do this I need to be able to transfer cut bits of vinyl onto another non-stick sheet.



Does anyone know of a place to purchase the waxy backing paper that you get with rolls of vinyl?

 

[webmaster]

Wouldn't regular parchment paper, or even wax paper, work?

 

[hellocatfood]

I've tried a few different brands of wax paper and they're no waxy enough. After the vinyl is left on the backing paper in a week or so the vinyl can rip up the paper.

Is there a substitute that's just a waxy?

 

[bwdesigns]

why cant you keep you bottom layer of vinyl on its original carrier? and cut it into a piece around. I think i am misunderstanding the question.

 

[ChefScott]

Google is your friend:

making layered vinyl decals

That should give you enough info on how to do what you want.

 

[hellocatfood]

Google is your friend:

making layered vinyl decals

That should give you enough info on how to do what you want.

Oh wow that's really helpful.

I'm still on the lookout for wax backing paper, but thanks still.

 

[ChefScott]

The backing paper for vinyl is either silicone, clay or polyethylene coated and not wax.

One way would be to buy a really cheap roll of vinyl and peel the vinyl off and you'll have a roll of release paper. You can get a roll 24" x 10 yards for $16 (Signwarehouse EnduraGloss vinyl which is on #78 clay coated release paper)

Or do a search for silicone, clay or polyethylene coated release paper.

 

[hellocatfood]

The backing paper for vinyl is either silicone, clay or polyethylene coated and not wax.

This is exactly what I was after! Thanks so much


(y'know when you know what you're looking for but don't know how to describe it? That explains my difficulty in finding out it was silicone, not wax paper)

 

[hellocatfood]

The backing paper for vinyl is either silicone, clay or polyethylene coated and not wax.

One way would be to buy a really cheap roll of vinyl and peel the vinyl off and you'll have a roll of release paper. You can get a roll 24" x 10 yards for $16 (Signwarehouse EnduraGloss vinyl which is on #78 clay coated release paper)

Or do a search for silicone, clay or polyethylene coated release paper.

So it turns out that's not 100% what I'm after but it's very close. So far the silicone/clay release paper that I'm seeing is for the catering industry and isn't non-stick enough.


After further investigation it looks like what I'm trying to find is silicone-coated glassine release paper, such as this one Natural and Silicone Coated and High Quality Glassine Release Paper for Release Liner and Label Industry in Roll Manufacturers and Suppliers - Factory Wholesale - Xinfeng Group


Various places offer recycling facilities, e.g: Mid UK Recycling | Label & Packaging Waste Recycling


But none seem to sell, at least not to the public


Anyone know of outlets, preferably in the UK, that sell this paper to the public?

 

[ChefScott]

buy a really cheap roll of vinyl and peel the vinyl off and you'll have a roll of release paper

Still seems like the best way to go if all you need is the release paper.