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    Coloured clothing vinyl with white backing

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    I recently placed an order with MDP for some of their clothing vinyl. I ordered a selection of colours and when they arrived I noticed that some of them had a white back whilst others were the same colour both sides. I didn't think nothing of it until I pressed a t-shirt with red vinyl with white back. The red vinyl now has a white edge all around, this is very noticeable on dark colours. Has anyone else had this? Hope it makes sense....
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    I dont know why they make this vinyl. Nothing you can do about it except to use it on white t-shirts and never order the stuff again.

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    I've ordered red vinyl and other colours from them before and never had this. The frustrating thing is that I use very few white t-shirts and if I do they are always black vinyl.

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    I spoke with MDP who said that some of the bright colour vinyl has a white back to assist with blocking out the colour of t-shirt therefore its visible through the vinyl.

    It does make sense, I just need to check before ordering vinyl in future and be cautious with the colour of t-shirt I use.

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    I mainly use Superflex vinyl from Xpres unless something different is needed like flex etc, never had a problem with it and a good range of colours.

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    I've just got used to using the hotflex vinyl and would hate to change it right now. Im surprised how different brands of vinyl are with each other. Maybe I will look into the Xpres range....

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    Its worth a try, cuts well on a Roland GS-24 and equally as good on a Silhouette Cameo, I just cut it off the roll into 300mm wide strips.

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    That's another thing, what's the best way to reduce vinyl wastage? I cut my vinyl into A4 sheets, it fits into the cutter easily and I can also keep track of usage and waste. Does anyone do things differently?
    @matzy - is there any specific reason why you cut off strip's to the size you stated? Do you get little wastage?

    I find it easier to cut the vinyl for one order at a time, I'm sure I could use the vinyl more efficiently if I cut bits from other orders to prevent waste.

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    Hi Coops,

    When cutting on the Cameo Silhouette for smaller jobs I have found that a 300mm strip gives me the best output with least wastage, I design the cut to maximise as much of the strip as possible and if there is anything left the offcuts are always saved and reused. On the GX-24 it comes off the roll but if its only a small amount to cut quite often a portion of the width is wasted and again goes into the offcut pile.

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