Question about painting a vinyl banner - MSTRS?

**klingon** · 17th April 2009, 14:28

I've been given one of those giant vinyl advertising banners that hang over a street. It's 1m high x 12m long! It's been sitting in a friend's garage for years (it says something like TVNZ Whitbread Festival 1990 on it). I'm a member of various voluntary groups and I can imagine all kinds of possible uses for a giant sign like that - outside clubrooms, along a fence to advertise a gala day, etc.

I initially thought it had vinyl stick-on lettering that I would be able to remove pretty easily but I've just dragged it out to give it a clean and discovered most of the lettering is painted on.

Is it worth trying to renovate it to re-use or should I just chuck it out with the inorganic collection? There's no way I want to start scrubbing the paint off with solvents - it would take me about 100 years and end up just being a big grey smudge. How about painting over the words with house paints? Any other ideas?

And before anyone starts with the jibes, yes I am under-employed at the moment.

Might as well use my spare hours cleaning out the garage and doing all those jobs I never thought I would get around to! (Anything except housework that is!

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**MSTRS:Me** · 17th April 2009, 17:38

Hmmmm...the lettering is painted on now, right? And it isn't flaking off from being rolled/folded up? Then it would seem entirely possible to paint out the whole thing. It will require a paint that is flexible and compatible with PVC. I don't know what that might be, so I suggest you talk to Signwriters Supplies. 0800 113 631

**hayd3n** · 17th April 2009, 17:50

pvc .

**klingon** · 17th April 2009, 18:50

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Hmmmm...the lettering is painted on now, right? And it isn't flaking off from being rolled/folded up? Then it would seem entirely possible to paint out the whole thing. It will require a paint that is flexible and compatible with PVC. I don't know what that might be, so I suggest you talk to Signwriters Supplies. 0800 113 631

Thanks! I'll give them a call.

Originally Posted by hayd3n

pvc .

Ummm... is that an answer? If so, what was the question?