Spot Colour versus Full Colour Labels

Always have lots of questions from customers regarding this. It is very easy to be drawn to full colour prints even if you want a regular written label or block colour to include on your product.

Indeed, full colour (CMYK) has dropped significantly in price in recent years and allows you to include images to promote products but it is also important to choose the best option to support your business (as you can tell we are passionate about print:)).

If you have a specific message you want to send to clients/customers keep it simple, single or two colours will make an impact. The advantage of using limited colours (Spot colours) is that they dry instantly and they are made up of one colour so when we print a black we print a one colour solid black (or red, or blue etc) which will last outside in the sun and rain for at least 7 years (if required). If you opt for a full colour black (don't get me wrong, this is good as well) it is printed in 4 colours (CMYK) and to the normal eye will appear the same in depth and colour, you also have the advantage in full colour of matching shades of colours etc but that's another blog. Full colour takes longer to dry, that's the main difference.

The other advantage of spot colour is that it allows us to print in White and Metallics. This is very useful if you want a transparent/clear label with white text on it or you want to promote a luxury product using mirror gold or silver. The opportunities are endless.

If you require any further information call: 0800 29 22 860

Aurum92 new website

Blogging is not my thing as you can clearly see from the frequency of my posts :) I'm pretty good on facebook but appalling here.

Anyway some news, we have changed the name of our website to make it more clear about what we actually do online. We are now Stickers and Clings, we still offer the same funky flower, star and fun stickers but we have also included (starting to populate) our business range of stickers.

We manufacture and sell labels for business from small numbers up to 100,000's to companies all over the world in spot and full colour format as well as producing window clings for retailers in spot and full colour.

We process many orders over the website but the vast majority are taken over the phone especially when individual advice is required about graphic design or where the label will be used.

Why not give us a call on 0800 29 22 860 to discuss your requirements.

It's been a long time

I never seem to find the time to update our blog. When we first thought about putting this together we looked at similar companies and they way they used to do this.

I look at our friends and competitors and I can see we are not the only ones who have let this lapse :)

We've spent a great deal of time updating our website, www.aurum92.co.uk and we've also started using facebook a lot to promote our stickers, I guess the advantage of this is that it updates our twitter account at the same time:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aurum92-Stickers-and-Decals/241742259832?fref=nf

Still have quite a bit of work to do on the website as we have changed our logo and some of our adverts still carry the old id, getting there slowly.

In terms of updates and additions, we've simplified our choices in our index and added sub-categories that cover our most popular stickers.

We now offer a Ventureshield paint protection film service to cover all types of car paintwork. Traditionally fited to supercars but we have fitted more of this to Fords and Vauxhalls than anything else. I've even put it on my smart car!

We are also in the process of developing some stickers for education professionals here in Wales. As you would expect these are bi-lingual and at this point in time have a focus on the literacy and numeracy framework so loved by Estyn and the Welsh Government. Keep a close eye on these as they will be suitable for both primary and secondary schools.

Labels for your business are also very popular at the moment, we get a lot of walk in trade but I can't seem to crack the best way of presenting this on our website, still thinking about it but if you want a quote just email us directly.

Signing off now but will be back soon.

Aurum92

Powered by fairydust stickers overview

Powered by Fairydust Stickers for your car.

There are many suppliers of these stickers offering a wide range of designs in various colours. Here are a few tips to help you with your choice.

1. Decide whether or not you want a vinyl cut sticker or a printed sticker. A vinyl sticker is supplied in three parts which include: backing paper, the cut vinyl (attached to the backing paper) and application tape used to lift the vinyl away from the backing paper in one piece. A printed sticker is normally printed onto clear, it is generally easier to fit but more often than not does not look as professional as a vinyl cut sticker.

2. Make sure you select the right size and format. Do you want the sticker to be on the inside or the outside of the car? Many of our customers request stickers for the inside. The advantages for this are: it cannot be peeled off, many people think it will be more durable whereas in reality a good quality (more on this later) vinyl will last a good 5-7 years on the outside of any vehicle. If you want a sticker for the inside make sure you order a reverse cut. However I always recommend an external vinyl if you are fitting it yourself. Internal stickers can be very difficult to lineup and to make sure they are straight. External are much easier to fit, they lay flat on windows which make it easier to ensure they are fitted correctly.

3. Vinyl quality and size. There are lots of cheap powered by fairydust stickers available online. Remember you are fitting this to your pride and joy. If it seems to good to be true it normally is. If you apply a cheap vinyl to car paintwork then you run the risk of the vinyl shrinking and fading overtime, it peeling away or worst case scenario it removes some of your paint or the paintwork is a different colour when you try to remove it, not good. In terms of size make sure you measure up before you order and check to make sure it is sent in one piece. These stickers should be sent in a postal tube to avoid damaging them in transit. I have seen many suppliers fold these and push them into an envelope.

4. Applying your powered by fairydust stickers - most suppliers will include fitting instructions but to summarise make sure the surface is clean and free of grease and dirt, take the sticker and apply masking tape to the top of the sticker sticking the sticker to the surface of the car (or any surface you choose to use). The masking tape should act as a hinge, lift the sticker away from the surface and peel away the backing paper, you should now be left with the vinyl sticker and the application tape over the top of it which is hinged by the masking tape. Push the whole sticker down onto the surface and rub with your hand/rag or application tool (an old credit card is good for this), make sure the vinyl is attached then slowly peel away the application tape. I normally start in the top left corner and peel at 45 degrees, take your time. When you are ready to remove just warm up the vinyl with hot water or a hairdryer and peel off.

5. There are lots of designs available using the Curlz or Jokerman font. Enjoy!

Its been a while since I've posted here. A long while actually and if truth be told I forgot all about the importance of keeping this up to date.

So why am I posting? Well I've just uploaded a load of new flower stickers to our website and of course to Amazon, same price on both sites.

I'm busy playing about with our Christmas website trying to get this into some sort of shape for September. Can't believe where the last six months have gone ???

Mini 1275GT Restoration - Complete Pages

I bought this car specifically because it was an original car with original 1275 stripes on it, hopefully you can see that when we produce specific decals we make sure that they are right. I was able to make exact replicas from the original stripes. I kept this car for a number of years after quite an extensive restoration which included new sills, drivers front floor pan, new rear inner arches (which were a nightmare to change). New A panels and new front wings and a new roof repair panel. I sold this on fleebay for the reserve price of 1275 (bargain). 

The pictures below were of the finished car and used to list it for sale. I love these cars and I'm aiming to build a 'brand new' one in the near future hopefully.

An image of the new inner arches. The car was in pretty good condition in some areas as can be seen from this image.

The 'famous' three pod dashboard fitted to all 1275's

I avoided fitting spot lights to the front of this car but I quite like these, a brand new set of yokos and weller wheels were fitted as well.

The interior was okay, I managed to save the seats but the drivers seat  really did need recovering.

The wheel arches were replaced, primed and painted in body colour. This was surprisingly easy to do.

New wing mirrors, the internal roll cage was good to fit but did make it awkward getting in and out of the car. It was also a nightmare to fit as well as costing over £300.

I only fitted the half cage in the car, lucky really as this was tough but it did seem to strengthen the car up when cornering.

I was never keen on these fog lights but they had to be fitted because of the year of the car so I decided to go for the 205 GTi look.

I didn't do anything to this engine except fit the uprated engine stabliser bar.

Found Older pics of the Spitfire Restoration

These were initial photographs taken of the car before any major work. The last restoration took place in 1990 and included a body off restoration. The car when bought was only 10 years old and was bought at the height of the classic car market. The initial restoration included a new set of outriggers, bonnet hinge boxes and the main crossmember at the front of the chassis. This was then coated in Finnegans No1 and top coated in the body colour and wax oyled. Fortunately the chassis is still in good condition but many of the panels have rusted out again. Below shows some of the repairs needed. The hardtop in the picture was totally rusted through and a replacement was sourced a number of years ago from SpitBitz.

General suspension layout was okay but needed some work. I decided to replace everything and strip back all the components for reconditioning. Everything needed painting. The shock absorbers fitted here were actually bought from a British Leyland franchise in 89 believe it or not and were original parts. Again these are to be replaced with adjustable shocks and lowered springs. I also did not want to remove the engine and box as I recently replaced both with a reconditioned gearbox and a new unleaded engine bought from John Kipping before he emigrated.

Below you can also see the chassis with the turret removed and the original radiator in place. I had already welded the new sill on as you can see.

The bonnet was given to a fellow member of the TSSC and a new one was purchased, below you can also see the oil cooler in place and the bonnet turrets.

The O/S bonnet turret which has rusted through and will be replaced. When I originally fitted these this one was slightly out so I always had major problems with lining up the bonnet. I can now rectify this.

Triumph Spitfire Restoration

Classic British Sports Cars were the main reason I moved into designing and making vinyl stickers. I originally bought a MIni 1275GT in 1988 and this was the first car I 'attempted' to restore and the only part that was unavailable was the 1275GT stripes - www.mini1275gtstripes.co.uk
Anyway onto the Spitfire. The car pictured was my second car, bought in 1989, restored whilst I was in college and used until 1995 when an Austin Maxi ploughed into the back of it. Semi-restored, i.e rear end repaired but then taken off the road in 1997 and it's still undergoing a home restoration.
The plan is to put the car back on the road for the summer of 2011 so it's all systems go. We are also developing the Spitfire 1500 bonnet and boot lid decals ready for application on completion. I hope you enjoy the pics below, I'll keep posting them to keep you up to date with progress:

As you can see the car is Orange and is a 1979 car, wish I had a camera phone earlier on so some of the work has been missed. The above photo shows the rusty passenger floor. This was a new floor fitted in 1990 but had rusted out again (don't you just love these cars). I have already replaced the floor and sills on the drivers side.

A bit too much fresh air here, I tried to cut a few corners by repairing the existing floor which meant that I had already fitted new sills. For an MOT in 1996 I had to have a little bit of welding done to the floor and on closer inspection the guy who did it must have used armour plating as the plate must have been 3mm thick. Another reason to leave the old floor in place. Anyway I eventually came to my senses and decided to do it properly. However not the easiest thing to do with the sill still in place and it took nearly three days to cut out this floor and replace with the new one. Another one of life's lessons - there are no shortcuts.

New B post fitted as well from steelcraft along with new crossmembers on both sides.

Snow Flake Car or Window Stickers

These are very popular items currently although with the real stuff floating down everyones enthusiasm for snow has slightly dwindled, available to buy from both our stores:

www.aurum92.co.uk

www.christmasstickerfactory.co.uk

Two different photos below, one showing how we fitted these to our smart car and the other showing our car as it stands today!

Hello - I now have a Blog

I hope with this Blog that I can keep all my customers old and new up to date with the many new stickers that we are developing and manufacturing and the new websites we have created to support all of our customers.