I’m getting an old frame refinished and need to get some new stickers printed, preferably in vinyl. Anyone know of a good place to get this done? I’ve got the stickers in electronic format.

Gil at thecycleshed.co.uk.

Have a look in your Thomson local directory or check on Google. I got mine done at a local signs and graphics place. Too early to comment on longevity, but they look the badgers nadgers (in my clearly biased opinion!)

I can do stickers for you as cut vinyl as still tortoise has above or printed onto vinyl and cut.

Interested?

I would be IamSam, I’ve been wondering the same as the original poster.

Any sign shop, as stilltortoise says.

I was planning on trying my local printing shop but good to know that you can do cut vinyl IanSam – by that, I guess you mean there’s no clear sticker around the letters? i.e. the stickers are just the letters?

Sort of related: once applied to a resprayed/powdercoated frame, does anyone bother lacquering over the top of stickers?

My local sign shop did cut vinyl so each letter is an individual sticker, but with a removable backing that makes them easy to attach as one. Not botherer lacquering yet, but was thinking about it. I explained to the sign shop what it was for and they suggested cut vinyl would be ideal

Close up…

What sort of cost was it stilltortoise?

Thanks – those look very good in that close up. I might take a copy of your photo along to the local shop as an example, as that’s pretty much what I’m after.

My older Cotic Soul had similar style stickers for the “Soul” part (in a similar position to that too) that were unlacquered and they eventually wore off, hence me wondering about lacquering them on.

For that sort of thing cut vinyl is the way to go for sure, and should be cheap as chips.

£10 for both sides and I did get them to produce the image whilst I was in the office with them, so I suspect they clawed back some of that (minimal) design time in what is a touch steep for 2 stickers. If I did it again I’d get a lot more done since the cost would not be significantly more (maybe even a custom head sticker!?). I’d pay the same again though. My bike looks ace now it has some customisation on it (IMHO) 😀

PGreen, if you are interested then my email is in my profile.

a11y, yeap that’s it exactly but I can also print onto the same material so you can get more than one colour onto the same sticker. Vinyl should stay on pretty well, I have a sticker on the back of my seat tube that has been there since the bike was new but they will wear off if there are rubbed constantly.

personally wouldn’t bother with the faff of lacquering the stickers as it would be easier to just replace any damaged ones.

Iam Sam…..would consider my fine self and produce a few vinyl stickers for my new steed cumin….much appreciatted if u would consider myself!

Matt,

get in touch via the email in my profile and let me know what your after.

Strange naming your bike after a spice……….. may be I shall call my next bike mace.