What is the difference between Printed Vinyl Decals and Cut Vinyl Decals?

PRINTED VINYL is much easier to install and will closely resemble what you think of as a "peel and stick" sticker. Printed vinyl is basically what it sounds like, inks are used to print a design onto clear or white vinyl and because of that, printed vinyl can produce a decal that has many multiple colors. Printed wall decals are also ideal for gradients and shading, photographs, illustrated artwork, and when specific colors need to be maintained.

CUT VINYL takes a little more time and patience to install, but once installed it can appear to be hand painted. Cut vinyl decals have no background, the background that you see behind the cut vinyl design is what you install it onto. Cut vinyl decals are die-cut from pre-colored rolls of vinyl and because of that you are limited by color selection. We compare cut decals to cutting shapes out of construction paper. You have a single color to work with, and multiple colors can be layered during installation.

GREAT FOR VEHICLES, Walls / Windows and T-Shirts

Cut vinyl decals are made of a solid color vinyl that is sticky on one side, with a layer of masking tape on the front. This allows you to peel off the back, and position your decal on a window or smooth surface, apply pressure, then peel off the masking layer to reveal a completely free-floating design of any size or shape.

You choose a single color of vinyl material and we cut your vector design out of the vinyl. These cut vinyl decals are more expensive than custom stickers due to the manual labor required in production, but they have a great custom look of a printed design with no background.

We offer cut vinyl decals in black or white as standard colors, but we have a catalog of 60 colors listed on our website that you can custom order. If you have a unique color or finish request, contact us to see what we can get for you.

Cut Vinyl Decals require vector artwork (.ai, .eps, .svg), or we may be able to vectorize your design / logo for a small artwork fee. Please contact us to get started on a cut vinyl decal order