Abacas Studios                                                                      Self Adhesive Labels and Stickers
How to apply our vinyl stickers.

Our vinyl stickers can be applied dry or wet.

Small stickers are normally applied dry. Just peel them off the sheet and stick them down. To apply wet, see below*
Clear stickers may be applied wet. The advantage is that there will be no air bubbles and they dry crystal clear.

Larger stickers, whether white or clear are better and more easily applied wet.

How to apply our vinyl stickers wet:
ie say a 600x600mm sticker on Perspex

1/
Mix up a solution. Half fill a 2 litre plastic 'Coke' bottle with cold tap water. Add a small squirt of Fairy dish washing up liquid (or similar). Shake the bottle really hard, so that the water goes slightly green and the top half of the bottle is filled with suds.

2/ Put the Perspex on a bench. Place the sticker face down on the Perspex. Peel the backing sheet away, leaving the adhesive on the sticker exposed. Pour the solution on to the adhesive. Work it in to the adhesive using your fingers and palm of your hand. The wetter the better.

3/ Turn the sticker over on to the Perspex. Pour more of the solution on to the face of the print. Using the palm of your hand and fingers gently ease as much of the fluid that's on the adhesive side, out to the edges, so that the sticker lays flat.

4/ Place the backing sheet on to the face of the print. Use a squeegee (that we can supply) to squeeze the remaining fluid out, working from the centre.

5/ Dry the surface with a towel. Be careful not to damage the face of the print.

* To apply smaller stickers, pour some of the fluid into a tray and dip the sticker into it.

When the print dries out, the adhesion will be strong, just as if it had been applied dry.