Ink

Eco-Sol Ink

Flexes so it won't crack.

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Eco-sol is old-school, in the best way — it's got that same-era feel as the ink in your grandfather's HP Deskjet 500C. The ink on its own won't win any durability contests. But because it actually soaks into the vinyl instead of sitting on top of it, it flexes and moves with the material instead of fighting it. Over a curve, over a hot-to-cold swing, out in direct sun for years — it bends instead of cracking. Pair it with a real laminate and it'll outlast just about everything else on the sticker.

Good to know

The spec sheet version, and what it actually means once it's baked in the sun for a few summers.

Where we use it

This is what Ultradurable Stickers are printed on.

Paired with laminate, every single time. That combination is the entire reason "ultradurable" is the name.

The rating

Roland rates it for up to 3 years outdoors, unlaminated.

That's the ink holding up a surface entirely on its own, no topcoat. Laminate it and add another 3 years, until the UV resistance in the laminate itself breaks down and starts working on the ink. More on our laminates: here.

Why it bends

It bonds into the vinyl instead of sitting on top of it, so it moves with the material instead of against it.

Wrap it around a curve, cycle it through a hot windshield and a cold morning — the print flexes right along with the vinyl instead of splitting at the surface. That same soaked-in bond is why it resists fading, too: there's no thin layer of exposed surface ink left to bake in the sun.

Straight off the printer

Scratch, water, and UV resistant the moment it's dry.

Handles like a finished product right off the roll, not something that needs a day to cure before we can touch it.

The trade-off

The ink itself is the softer part of this combo. Laminate is what makes it basically permanent.

On its own, it's a serious relationship — solid for years. Laminate it, like we do on every Ultradurable order, and you've gone from serious relationship to marital.