20 Sheets

So, we - a group of us - play various games centred around skirmishing and battles. These are primarily cyberpunk based, though once in a while we foray into a different genre. One thing that I find takes up the most time is painting buildings and street furniture (bus stops, underground entrances etc) first with a colour scheme and then painting graffiti or other art onto them to "dirty" them up a bit. I've tried the water slide decals for ink jet and while they work, they're limiting in that you can't easily remove them should you want to. Mind, the same applies to pain to be honest, and that's another thing that I find annoying. Once something has been decorated for a game system, that's it. If you want to use it in something else you have to try to ignore what's been done to it. Or, print another one. Then my daughter - who has enjoyed stickers since she was a small person asked me why I don't use stickers. I confess I laughed a little bit and mentioned how nobody makes them. Yes, she says with that expression which means I am going to get a lecture. In short it was "why don't you make your own". Good question, because I don't know how. Logic applies. I need a relatively fine sticky vinyl. My first thoughts (and attempt) was to use a plain white sticky back vinyl from the hardware store. While this worked up to a point, removing the sticker left a bit of a mess behind and it either lifted the paint off the model, or destroyed the paint on the vinyl. Then while browsing through Amazon looking for another pack of decal sheets I stumbled on these. Vinyl sheets for an ink jet. It's no great loss to try them out, and what is the point in having an expensive photo printer if I can't use it for other stuff? So, I ordered a pack, even if it doesn't work out for what I want, I can always print a bunch of stuff for my daughter - who claims one is never too old to play with stickers. I have to say I was very surprised, and very pleased at how well this actually worked. I got a bunch of "cyberpunk" posters, adverts and other assorted things, sized them for the buildings and advertising panels that litter the models, and then cut them out and stuck them to the various places I wanted them. The longest part of the whole task was cutting things out. Some of the graffiti is rather complex. The vinyl peels off without damaging the underlying model, and without leaving a nasty sticky residue. You don't even need to varnish the stickers like must be done with the decal sheets. They have a glossy slightly sticky surface that the ink adheres to very well. I haven't tested these to see if they survive immersion in a liquid but honestly I don't see that happening for me. So, happy days. I have re-discovered the joys of playing with stickers. The nice thing about this is that I can easily find images I want to use, edit them in GIMP to create the flyer/poster/whatever I want. Then add those images to an A4 sheet in GIMP and slowly fill that sheet until I have enough to warrant sending to the printer. This takes a great deal LESS time than painting things onto the buildings and bill-boards. It also means I can remove them and change them for something else over time. Or, completely re-design things for a different game - and do so without taking weeks to prepare. I may however, simply print a second model of the buildings I want for our other games and paint them differently to individualise the game board rather than having replication of colour schemes. Which means simply printing a different sheet and attaching those. No further work necessary. And weeks worth of time saved that I can use for more productive things - like actually doing some of the odd-jobs around the house that I have been ignoring. You only get 20 sheets to a pack, which is a shame as I could certainly use more and would pay for larger packs without hesitation. This product has saved me so much time it has pretty much paid for itself. This product is about as close to perfect as I've encountered. It can be used to create sticker books to keep young people entertained on rainy weekends, you can use it to decorate plain tiles, cover books or any other task you can imagine for stickers. I just rather wish I had discovered this a few years ago, it might have saved me a year or two in time. I will definitely buy this product again when I need some more vinyl. This is so easy to use it's ridiculous. Great product, good price and it works flawlessly without fuss.

I use these to apply to bin bags to differentiate from flytipping and to hopefully raise awareness of the litter problems in the UK. These stick really well to the plastic bags and hold up despite the rain. The print quality was perfect, in fact I can't understand the negative reviews, unless other people aren't changing to the recommended glossy settings or don't have the photo quality printer. Highly recommend for this use case :) PLEASE put your rubbish in a bin, preferably at home.

I found this product to be almost perfect for what I wanted. I was trying to create album-type stickers - like those in the Panini football albums and these sheets give you a lovely, glossy photo reproduction on a nice, thin sticky-backed paper; just what I wanted! The only reason that it doesn't get five stars is that my HP Envy printer had trouble feeding the sheets when put in the right way up. Eventually I had to put them in upside down and then print duplex with one blank page coming out first. Even then it could take me two or three paper jams before I got it through. Can't complain too much though, as with a bit of patience I got exactly what I wanted it for.

Ink dried quickly, quality of paper good, no smudging, thickness ok.

I'm thrilled with this Printable Glossy Self Adhesive Vinyl Sticker paper. It's easy to use with my printer, and the print quality is excellent. The adhesive is strong yet easy to apply. Ideal for crafting, labelling, and adding a professional touch to DIY projects. Highly recommended!

Print quality was decent though I think there are better photo papers. Easy enough to peel backing off though would benefit having 'crack back' type backing to make it much easier and avoid mashing up the edges. Only downside is it's super thick and plasticy and my printer didn't like it. In fact after doing the first six sheets it gave up and the printer won't touch it or any other paper. It's a heavy duty printer that seems to have been busted by this product. Grrrr

I was looking at making some artwork into stickers so I bought this and the Glossy Vinyl from Evergreen Goods. Both similar prices, and both perform very similar however, this one is a bit thicker than the evergreen which i like. Theres also a slight frosted glass style effect on the paper? it's hard to explain but you can see how in the direct light you can see some texture (the paper itself is very smooth however) Left is the PPD and right is the Evergreen goods.

Even after a week of acclimatising this paper it continues to curl up making it useless. I can only assume this is because of the way it has been stored prior to delivery. I requested assistance via the product support link which took me to the PPD website and after over 10 days I have not yet received a reply. Poor product and poor customer service.

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First off, I will say this paper can take some messing around with, so be prepared to lose a couple sheets if it's your first time. I got this paper to use with my Cricut, and because of the gloss, the censor can have a bit of trouble picking up the guidelines. This is because the paper is very reflective. The Cricut is more designed to work with matte items when printing. I set my printer to high quality to take care of this. High quality uses more ink and makes the guideline darker. Make sure to let it dry 5 minutes before putting it into your Cricut or silhouette machine. Also, because this is vinyl, I set the pressure very high to cut ALL the way through to get die cut stickers. Play around with it if you're not sure. At first, I tried to print these with a standard printer, but it sort of "chugs" the paper because it's quite thick. I already have a poster/large printer, so I was able to use that since it can handle heavier papers. Check if your printer can handle this paper before buying! Overall, I'm extremely satisfied because the paper is a good price, and the stickers are very high quality (and waterproof!)

No conocía éste producto y, tenía ciertas dudas sobre cómo quedaría la imagen impresa sobre el vinilo pero quedé, asombrado por la nitidez y el color resultantes. Soy modelista y para mi, fue un hallazgo, del cual, quedé muy satisfecho por su calidad y fácil manejo. Una buena compra sin duda alguna.

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By far the best paper I’ve ordered yet. The thickness is perfect. Easy to peel. No smudging. Seems to be waterproof. I bought them for our company logo stickers and cut them out on my cutter. My husband gives them out for guys to put on their hard hats. His has been on his hard hat for 6 months + and still looks good!