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How to Choose a Stencil Making Company: A B2B Buyer's Guide to Capabilities, Proofs, QC and Lead Times (Video)

This 60-second video sums up the buying guide. The full article covers the details and sources.

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  1. 0:00Choosing a stencil maker? The stencil is rarely the costly part.
  2. 0:05The real cost is a fixed date and a booked crew. Get six things in writing: film specs, smallest line and island, proof, inspection, packing, and separate lead times.
  3. 0:16'Adhesive vinyl' isn't a spec. Ask for film and thickness, tack class, peel data with its method, and reuse basis. Shifting figures are a flag.
  4. 0:27Audit the proof: true scale, bridges and seams marked, a version matching the cut file, approved in writing. Inspect against it. Ask for real cut photos, not renders.
  5. 0:39Send your hardest artwork and ask what they'd thicken, simplify or bridge, and whether letters use bridges or transfer tape. No comments means no review.
  6. 0:50Test your hardest detail: edges, bleed, residue, lift.
  7. 0:55Send artwork, surface and deadline for a proof and written quote.

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