June 2, 2021 Reanne Duffy

Fish tank, that is. Your Final Vinyl gets to the corners of digital print’s application envelope with this unusual role for static cling vinyl…

 

There’s any amount of convenient descriptors that can be used to add a little colour and context to the names of signs and graphics producers. When it comes to Portishead and Clevedon based ‘Your Final Vinyl,’ ‘diversified and resourceful,’ seem appropriate.

 

The company is a popular destination with those looking for vehicle graphics, banners and other staple output expected of a well-equipped producer. Laser cut and engraved goodies feature too. Look just a little harder around Your Final Vinyl’s website though and it becomes obvious that Mark Armitage and team aren’t too reserved when it comes to exploring the far corners of the envelope for novel applications.

 

Customers who call for wraps might not be expecting them to be applied to a vehicle but rather a radio controlled aircraft. Those wanting labels could be using them to properly identify wiring traces supplying servo-actuators. Laser output comprises a bit of a feast - clocks and fuselage stands are on the menu.

 

Among Mark’s most recent deviations into the realms of the exotic are products of accident rather than design. Having decided his own aquarium at home could use a bit of additional scenery, Mark printed it and applied it to the back of his tank. It didn’t take long and it looked great. It didn’t take long before other aquarists were asking Mark for substantially the same thing and so a new product was born.

 

Word continued to spread via the social networks and interest rocked up from, of all places, Norway. The client wanted a backdrop for a tank he had commissioned and which was being custom built. The tank in question replicated a small section of ocean floor and would be home to marine species. At over 900 litre capacity, and 10 feet long, it’s a biggie. The customer is evidently really pleased with the job - none of the residents was available for comment.

 

Mark prints his stunning fish-tank graphics on Metamark MD-SC. MD-SC is highly plasticised and adheres to glazed surfaces without the involvement of an adhesive. It can be removed, repositioned, washed if needed and is so easy to apply, the end user can easily handle the job.

 

Modern materials and the technology to work with them are not confined in the least when they meet creative new applications. Looks like such ideas meet with engagement and capability at Your Final Vinyl. We wonder what’s next.