office logo

[carsdwl11]

anyone know the best way to put my business logo in my office floor? I was thinking a white or ? color floor then a vinyl sticker that is cleared in the floor.
if someone has advise or pics that would be great


also how smooth does the concrete have to be??????

 

[bop_pa]

A vinyl logo would probably be the best idea. I would go to the local printers and see if they can make you one. If not, if there is a vinyl graphics company in your area they could print you off some pretty big ones if you needed. Then clear over it. But Ive never personally done it, but it sounds logical.

 

[carsdwl11]

the guy who letters my trucks will make any thing I want. I'm just trying to figure it out before I spend the time and money just to see it messed up.

got any good clears or will one like in the kits work?

 

[kartracer23]

What you need are floor decals. I don't think I'd try to clear over a standard decal. These are the ones that you see in groceries, malls & retails stores. They hold up very well.

Don't let anyone talk you into just using a standard decal - it will (a) fail, and (b) be very slick. These are a special material.

Here's the company I sell. Minimum is 12 or 25 qty., depending on size.

http://www1.gill-line.com/gillweb/PDetail.jsp?key=CPLR-6JTMUA&s=

BTW-This is the company that invented the Bumper Sticker.

I've never looked, but there may be places you can get one or two at a time - just make sure they're floor decals.

 

[jocool1585]

True floor decals are what you need. Those things are tough. I've had some done on a 3M product that would stick to asphalt, concrete, etc. and stay in perfect condition over a ton of foot traffic (think sidewalk in NYC).

 

['the epoxy floor guy']

PM me,

I will GIVE you for FREE our floor logo kit.

I want your opinion on how the video and materials are perceived by a 'DIYer'

Absolutely FREE No Strings.

Let me know the Height and Width. (22" one dim MAX other dim up to 60ish)

Let me know what color you want (one color)

ALSO give me your Email address or go to my Blog and Email me the File with the Logo Image. Please make as LARGE a file as possible, I can use ANY type. .png is prefered by not req'd

 

[CFA]

Hi Cars
You can clear coat over a vinyl logo but you have to make sure the clear coat is solvent free and does not react with the logo material. If the clear coat affects the logo material, then you must first coat the logo with a solvent free coating and then coat the whole floor. I think it gives a nice 3D look as well.

 

[sammerdog]

Just a thought - you could also approach Cintas (or your locally owned uniform company), and have them make up a set of heavy duty welcome mats with your logos emblazoned on them. Like they use in your local bank's entry way. Safer than a slippery floor, and if you move or change your logo - no big deal.

Cintas can either rent them to you and wash them weekly, bi-weekly, monthly... or sell them to you outright. Looks like you already have camera-ready art work, so start-up charges would me minimal.

 

[Seamless Floor Coatings]

Presure sensetive materials work the best thats all we use and have never had a failure. your Top coat will play a big part in this as well.

 

[MikeN]

Yup... we do floor graphics (and doors, wall mural, etc) pretty often. If it's a full color design, we would print it then put a high density laminate over the graphic before sending to you. Holds up great in retail areas (foot traffic, etc). You *could* always seal it afterwards depending on the floor, length of use required, etc.

If you have a color logo you are considering... shoot me a PM and we can discuss.

 

[Dave88LX]

ALSO give me your Email address or go to my Blog and Email me the File with the Logo Image. Please make as LARGE a file as possible, I can use ANY type. .png is prefered by not req'd

Just curious, what makes .png the preferred file type? I'm starting to see them become more common.

 

[AlphaGarage]

Just curious, what makes .png the preferred file type? I'm starting to see them become more common.

Your question contains part of the answer - PNG is becoming more common, which makes it preferred.

Beyond that PNG is lossless, which means it retains all its info, as opposed to jpeg and some others, which loss info each time it's modified and saved, sometimes even if it's not modifed.

PNG also has advanced capabilities for transparency, so you can have shades of shadow instead of just shadow on or off. It can also have more subtle variations in color info.

All that plus it's an open source type license, so the standard is free to use.

It's becoming very popular for web images, and even in the printing industry.

 

['the epoxy floor guy']

Here is a "logo" we did recently.

This is CHIPS put into the clear.

I have considered the 'sticker' thing but was concerned about adhesion. It sounds like others have tried it with GOOD LUCK.

If you want more pics check out my Flickr.com page:http://flickr.com/photos/amazinggaragefloors.com

 

[Dave88LX]

Good looking logo. Was that done off a template, or, what was the process?

 

[Dreamindiesel]

I like it! I will be in touch soon.

 

[carsdwl11]

sorry for the late reply.... im in ky where all the damage is and its been crazy so the office took a back seat for a little while. the logo was created by a local design guy that I didnt know. I sponsored a big clients racing go- kart in order to get a rather large gov contract job. i didnt even know about it till I am driving down a street and see it platered on the side of an enclosed trailer (almost wrecked trying to look). its been downhill from there i have it plastered on from new born clothes to trucks and trailers.

 

['the epoxy floor guy']

Good looking logo. Was that done off a template, or, what was the process?

we use a stencil process.

this takes 2 stencils because two main colors touch.

the yellow 'swoosh' and some of the accents are done by "eye"

This is about 4' x 5'

It took about 3 hours MOSTLY dry time.

"work" time less than 45 minutes

I will have a "detailed" how to video SOON

 

[Wardrum]

No doubt that the professionals can provide what you are looking for but, if you don't want to use one of them, you can do it yourself too. Here are a couple of pics of the designs in the "clean" area of my shop floor. I have had them down about 3 years now and they are holding up well under foot and tire traffic. A local sign company made them up for me, I put them down on a white epoxy (U-Coat-It) floor and covered them with 2 coats of clear.



In case you're wondering, the spots on the red stripe in the middle picture are reflections off the chrome on the car.