NancyJohnson Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Had a quick search through the forums to try and find the best place to get a backdrop printed...search hasn't turned up much. We want a lightweight sheet 4x2m, black with white overprinting. I've found a place on Goog called PrintLit - a light poly sheet ('flag material') is £190 (incl. VAT) for this size. It's only going to be hung behind us while we play, so it's not going to get heavy use; so if its the quality of those printed flags so popular for adorning bedroom windows at times of the World Cup etc. it'll be fine. Any other places? Cheers P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I bought ours in 2012 from Band Banners (www.bandbanners.co.uk) for a 2m x 1m full colour fabric with eyelets for £174. They did a great job and it has been hard wearing and lasted us well. Depending on where you play some venues (especially theatres) require cloth drapes / banners to be fire retardant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I used VistaPrint. 2.5 metres by 0.8 metres, PVC, metal eyelets. Just the band name in a fancy font (bear claw font), black on white. £40 including postage. Cheap and cheerful, but it does the job without us needing to get precious about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Yep, ours is from Vistaprint, can't recall the details offhand but it's a decent size and cost about £35 I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I thnk ours is Vistaprint too. We had the artwork done by a graphic design student and it all worked out very economical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I keep seeing a company called BandScrimsUK on facebook a lot. Not affiliated in anyway and not sure on their pricing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Yeah, the Bandscrims thing has come up in conversation - our singer has another band and they've used them for these things to put over their amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 We used visionbackdrops.com (in Germany I think it was s couple of years ago), great service - 4m by 2m lightweight screen print was about £200 - fireproof as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Just an update. We finally decided on a 3x2m and put our swag with Printlit. It arrived today. While I'd say you definitely need to put in the time to design and submit the design in the correct format, I have to say that the end result is tiptop. Just need to find s new drummer, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Ta daa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 How much was that mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengistPod Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I made our one, thinking the printed ones were all too expensive for a bit of cloth with a bit of printing on. So I got a 4x2 metre bit of suitable black material, and big bits of red and white felt, off fleabay. Printed out the logo at the right size (on multiple bits of paper), traced onto the felt, cut out with scissors, stuck on the black background with glue, then the missus kindly volunteered to stitch it all on properly with her new-fangled sewing machine contraption. Added a line of that curtain-topping trim stuff at the top, too, to protect against drawing-pin rippage. It turned out damn good, and cost a total of about £40 (and a couple of days craftwork). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 [quote name='cetera' timestamp='1473342586' post='3129328'] How much was that mate? [/quote] Hey Gary It was £120, plus £10 shipping (UPS). Week turnaround. It folds up to the size of a think hardback book. I'm very pleased. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 [quote name='HengistPod' timestamp='1473343668' post='3129343'] I made our one, thinking the printed ones were all too expensive for a bit of cloth with a bit of printing on. [/quote] This is the way we were thinking, but ultimately you're paying them for their time expertise in doing the job. It's really well made and actually came out better than expected. I think the main thing is that you need to ensure you put the work in at the front end and the submitted image is decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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