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Put your design on every slat. Slats are 2" to 2.5" wide. Rippedsheets.com would send the 103200 slit to the width you want to print, perhaps several across the page. You would print, laminate, and then cut the 102526 laminate to the pre-slits in the 103200. After this, then you would apply the printed laminate to the primered window slats, one at a time.
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100741 Inkjet Printable Window Blinds - Ultimate Discount Window Blinds - Faux Wood Laminate Window Blinds - Custom Logo Photo Window Blinds
Rippedsheets.com offers window blind vinyl blank material that Rippedsheets.com cuts to fit your window slats from 3 Day Blinds, Lowes, Home Depot or other window blind supplier. Select a blind that has a string cut near or at the edge, not a slot in the middle of each blind. The best inkjet printable blinds can be made from window blinds that are not center punched. Rippedsheets.com makes the base material from 103200 Gloss White Vinyl Self Adhesive - Base Material for Plastic and Wood Laminates and Faux Wood, Plastic, Wall and Panel Coverings and the laminate from 102526 Protective Laminate for Inkjet Printable Surfaces in Wood and Plastics Applications and Faux Wood, Plastic, Wall and Panel Coverings. Also, Click for material prices Making custom designs for window blinds is complicated. A 13" x 19" or 17" x23" inkjet printer with archival inks, Adobe Photoshop, and a powerful computer will be required. Also, you will need an electric laminator with a minimum width of 13" to17" to laminate the 102526 to the 103200. Click for a tutorial.
Please give Rippedsheets.com the slat height and width so that we can create a sheet with the correct dimensions. You will inkjet print the images from one window blind slat to the other, on Rippedsheets.com diecut slat sheets from 103200. You will then electrically laminate the base 103200 material to the clear 102526 laminate. Turn the total lamination over and cut the laminations to the slat length and width with a knife, and then mount with hot air gun and squeegee. It is recommended that the blinds are pre-treated with 3M vinyl primer so they do not delaminate from the plastic blinds.
Looking for the correct window blinds? While both of the following companies are
unaffiliated with Rippedsheets.com, 3 Day Blinds sells the Solare Faux Wood Blinds they use for direct printing Disney Characters on. The slats are removable, and this is what you need to apply your graphics. Lowes Home Center sells Springs White Faux Wood Blinds that are very inexpensive and have the same removable slat characteristics (but are not perfectly smooth, but almost). Below is a photo of the open slat. Notice how it is cut to the outside, not in the center as a punch-out as in most blinds...this is what you are looking for:
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