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Well it's really crazy, I ordered a few rolls of vinyl from stahls, and what did I get a backorder until November, we use a bunch of thermo-film so if your looking for white forget it, thought I would be smart and get ahead of the curve. Talk with a friend of mine that works in logistics, and he was telling me other countries are moving shipments with no problem, it's just our ports and unions blocking things up here. So with that anyone buying vinyl from another place that compare to stahls thermo-film, we might can get by with?
Quote from: 3Deep on October 19, 2021, 10:46:51 AMWell it's really crazy, I ordered a few rolls of vinyl from stahls, and what did I get a backorder until November, we use a bunch of thermo-film so if your looking for white forget it, thought I would be smart and get ahead of the curve. Talk with a friend of mine that works in logistics, and he was telling me other countries are moving shipments with no problem, it's just our ports and unions blocking things up here. So with that anyone buying vinyl from another place that compare to stahls thermo-film, we might can get by with?First off, I switched away from Thermo-Film as my standard years ago in favor of Thermo Flex from Specialty Materials and then Easy Weed from Siser. Both are a little thinner and feel more supple.Now, as for your statement of Unions being the cause of delays at the ports, is that what Fox news says? Any lengthy discussions on this subject will go to the cage, but from what I see and hear, this is not a union issue. In fact, The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents the dockworkers, said some time back that its members would work a third shift or on weekends, but the pileup of containers must first be fetched out of the port, so there is space to unload more from ships. This is simply, a lack of workers. crap happens during plagues! And, most of us and the rest of the world have relied on just in time delivery for years.
Quote from: Frog on October 19, 2021, 11:46:59 AMQuote from: 3Deep on October 19, 2021, 10:46:51 AMWell it's really crazy, I ordered a few rolls of vinyl from stahls, and what did I get a backorder until November, we use a bunch of thermo-film so if your looking for white forget it, thought I would be smart and get ahead of the curve. Talk with a friend of mine that works in logistics, and he was telling me other countries are moving shipments with no problem, it's just our ports and unions blocking things up here. So with that anyone buying vinyl from another place that compare to stahls thermo-film, we might can get by with?First off, I switched away from Thermo-Film as my standard years ago in favor of Thermo Flex from Specialty Materials and then Easy Weed from Siser. Both are a little thinner and feel more supple.Now, as for your statement of Unions being the cause of delays at the ports, is that what Fox news says? Any lengthy discussions on this subject will go to the cage, but from what I see and hear, this is not a union issue. In fact, The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents the dockworkers, said some time back that its members would work a third shift or on weekends, but the pileup of containers must first be fetched out of the port, so there is space to unload more from ships. This is simply, a lack of workers. crap happens during plagues! And, most of us and the rest of the world have relied on just in time delivery for years.No Frog I didn't hear this on Fox (henhouse) just from my old bud telling me this since he works in logistics, and I have not a clue to what the hold up is, just I'm not getting shipments, but I will check out thermo flex...I used some siser the other day and yes I found it kind of thin, but we have to do what we got to do to get the jobs out.
It's my understanding that there are a small handful of companies in the world that make HTV. Most of what you get is private labeled. If it has the same specs as the next guy it's likely the same stuff under a different name.
Specialty Adhesive Film CO, is a big manufacturer
Stahls thermo Film is a little tougher than the Siser Easy Weed, but that's because it's twice as thick! For fashion applications, thinner is desirable, and I have found it holds up fine for the level of athletic teams I get.
Quote from: Frog on October 19, 2021, 09:11:34 PMStahls thermo Film is a little tougher than the Siser Easy Weed, but that's because it's twice as thick! For fashion applications, thinner is desirable, and I have found it holds up fine for the level of athletic teams I get.This why I prefer stahls thermo-film it's thicker and I feel like it's more durable than others, we do lots of ball jerseys with names and numbers, but I will be trying other vinyl's now. Frog you might be on to something there about using the thin vinyl's on the dri-fit type stuff gives it a softer feel, Thanks