GF 242 OptiMark Cast Gloss Optically Clear UV Laminate Permanent Adhesive
GF 242 OptiMark Cast Gloss Optically Clear UV Laminate Permanent Adhesive
GF 242 OptiMark Cast Gloss Optically Clear UV Laminate Permanent Adhesive offers superior protection against UV light, moisture, and abrasions. This highly flexible laminate features a pressure sensitive vinyl with a permanent, solvent-based adhesive layer placed on a polyester liner. To ensure the best results, cold lamination is recommended, but if heat-assist is used, temperatures should not exceed 115°F. Suited for GF 280, 830, 270, 260 and 232, it provides superior clarity, gloss and quality.
Applications:
POP/Retail, Wall, Wrap, Window, Translucent, Fleet, General Signage, Indoor, Outdoor
- GF 242 not only works extremely well as a perforated vinyl over-laminate, it’s high gloss finish and optically clear adhesive produces vibrant graphics for vehicle wraps as well. Compatible print films include GF 230, GF 246 & GF 333.
- For best visual acuity & safety, GF recommends using optically clear laminates for vehicle and store front perforated graphics.
Recommended Digital Film:
- GF 830 GLOSS WHITE CAST VINYL
- GF 230 GLOSS WHITE VINYL
- GF 333 GLOSS WHITE VINYL
- GF 232 (50/50), GF 260 (60/40), GF 270 (70/30), & GF 280 (80/20) MATTE WHITE PERFORATED VINYLS
At a glance
Manufacturer-stated · General Formulations
Will it run on your machine?
Ink & printer compatibility
Same job, different number
Closest on the numbers
GF 242 OptiMark Cast Gloss Optically Clear UV Laminate Permanent Adhesive is 65 g/m². These are the nearest fabrics to it by basis weight out of the 7 in The Epic Performance Textile Collection that publish one.
- Thickness
- 0.22 mm
- Stock width
- 320 cm
- Light shading
- 41.0 %
- Thickness
- not published
- Stock width
- 320 cm
- Light shading
- not published
- Thickness
- 0.23 mm
- Stock width
- 320 cm
- Light shading
- 52.0 %
Nearest by basis weight only. Weight is not quality — a lighter fabric is the right answer for a tension frame and the wrong one for a hanging banner. The figures beside it are there so the choice is made on the property the job actually cares about.
From Epic’s own collection
Going into a frame or a light box?
Epic also makes six fabrics of its own, each with its test results published against the standard. Here is where they fit beside this one.
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Premium Light Box Fabric
Rio
Brilliant backlit. Built to perform.
Why it fitsRio prints on UV, latex and solvent as well as dye-sub transfer — so the printer you run this on can put the same job on fabric.
- 175 g/m²
- 320 cm wide
Dye-sub transferUVLatexSolvent
See the sheet Test yardage
Every Epic fabric has a full measured spec sheet and comes as three yards of test roll before you commit.
Compare all sixThe Epic collectionFrom the floor
What printers found
Nobody has reviewed this one yet.
Worth saying plainly rather than hiding the section. In the meantime every figure on this page is measured, published with its test method beside it, and is the thing we would rather be judged on.
See how the figures are measuredBefore you quote it
Questions about this fabric
Will it run on my press?
The print routes this fabric takes are listed above. If the one you own is not there, Rio takes UV, latex and eco-solvent and is the fabric in this collection to look at instead.
How much does it move under heat?
Transfer temperature and the measured shrinkage are in the technical table on this page, with the test method beside each figure. That is the number that decides whether the finished panel fits the frame.
What does this cost?
The figure on this page is a list reference. Roll goods are quoted against width, volume and freight, so add it to a quote request and a person will come back with the real number.
Can I try it first?
Ask for test yardage. Your press, your ink, your RIP — it answers what a data sheet cannot.
A figure is missing. Why?
Because it has not been measured yet, and we would rather say so than publish something plausible. Rows with no number say where they stand.