What is a custom vinyl decal sticker?
There seems to be a lot of confusion with this and with popularity and ease of ordering improving in recent years the name has also got some new additions!
A vinyl decal is basically a design, text and numbers or shapes that is cut out of adhesive vinyl for application onto a wide range of surfaces. The pieces of the design are held together with a special transfer tape so that they can be lifted from the backing paper in one piece which ensures that the precision of the design maintained.
Think of your local delivery van with its name emblazoned on the side or a shop window with letters on the glass or even an excavator with a bright yellow name on the digger arm and your in the right area.
One of the key features of a vinyl decal is that there is no 'background' to the design so that the surface you are sticking it onto shows through. There is no sticker-type outline as vinyl decals are not printed but instead cut from the material (normally but we will cover that a bit later!).