Review the archived FLEXcon Classics Plus 20106 sheet for clear polyester construction, ink and sheet-processing notes, test data, and current-status checks. This resource is for manufacturers evaluating custom nameplates, labels, overlays, or related identification components. Use it to prepare your project questions, then talk with our team about the requirements that apply to your part.
FLEXcon Classics Plus 20106 is represented in the U.S. Nameplate archive by a two-page product-information sheet for a clear polyester pressure-sensitive construction. The sheet describes a printable clear film, permanent acrylic adhesive, and layflat release liner intended for sheet processing. It does not show an explicit issue date.
The PDF is best used as a legacy technical reference. Its layer dimensions, test data, temperature fields, life statement, and recognition language describe the supplier document, not a current U.S. Nameplate specification. Confirm the exact product and latest documentation before choosing it for a custom decal or another identification part.
The archived sheet calls 20106 an ink-receptive clear polyester film. Unlike an opaque white or metallic face, a clear face allows the application surface to influence the finished appearance. Background color, texture, gloss, and contrast therefore belong in the artwork review.
Define which areas remain transparent, which inks must be opaque, and whether a white layer or other backing treatment is contemplated. Review the design on the actual or representative background at finished size. A transparent construction used on painted metal can look different from the same construction over plastic or a metal nameplate.
For the face-film row, the archived nominal is 2.0 mil (51 microns), accompanied by a 10% plus-or-minus figure. The adhesive row gives 25-28 microns, equivalent to 1.0-1.1 mil, and states a 0.1-mil variation. FLEXcon’s liner entry is 175 microns (6.9 mil) with its own 10% range.
These values identify the historical construction. They do not authorize a substitute with similar nominal thickness, and they should not be entered on a new drawing until a current source confirms them.
FLEXcon describes the material as intended to be printed and die cut in sheets, hand dispensed, and hand applied. It also says the film’s stiffness and thickness support manual or automatic processing. That workflow is a supplier description, not proof that every press, ink, cutting setup, or applicator will accept the material.
For a current program, identify sheet size, feed direction, print method, cure conditions, cut geometry, waste-removal plan, and liner handling. Relevant U.S. Nameplate capabilities may include screen printing and die or digital cutting, subject to project review.
The archived page says the ink-receptive surface is compatible with most standard non-polyester-based screen-process and offset inks. It immediately recommends testing ink adhesion with the specific ink chemistry. That recommendation is more useful than treating the broad compatibility sentence as a guarantee.
A print trial should use the intended ink, cure, film lot, artwork coverage, and any protective layer. Evaluate adhesion, blocking, color, opacity, edge quality, and the effects of subsequent lamination or cutting. A passing ink test does not establish adhesive suitability on the customer’s mounting surface.
The supplier sheet attributes curl resistance to the moisture-resistant liner and says die cutting and guillotine operations can run with minimal adhesive buildup. Those are historical product descriptions. Converters should still assess liner flatness, adhesive ooze, cut depth, edge lift, matrix removal, and stack behavior on their actual equipment.
Finished-part geometry matters as much as the web or sheet. Small corners, narrow bridges, close print-to-cut registration, and liner-split details can change how an otherwise printable stock behaves.
First inspect the printed material against a neutral light background. This exposes ink density, pinholes, contamination, and unintended transparent areas. Then place the same proof on a representative finished substrate. The second view shows how background color, texture, seams, and shadows change the design.
Record which view controls each acceptance point. Color may be judged on the installed background, while print defects may be easier to see off-part. If the mounting surface varies by model, include every approved background or define a controlled backing layer rather than assuming one proof represents the family.
The sheet reports no shrinkage observed after a 24-hour dwell on aluminum followed by 24 hours at 160 F under its applied-shrinkage description. Chemical resistance under ASTM D896 is listed as excellent for basic cleaners, gasoline, and water and fair-to-good for toluene.
Peel values under a modified ASTM D903 method after a 72-hour dwell are shown as 60 ounces per inch on stainless steel, 71 on acrylic, and 54 on glass. Expected shear is listed as 75 hours under the stated ASTM D3654 setup, and tack is 550 grams per square centimeter under ASTM D2979.
These results belong with their specimens, dwell times, methods, and archived formulation. They are not universal values for other surfaces, cleaners, temperatures, or finished parts. The spread among three surfaces is itself a reminder that substrate-specific testing is necessary.
Four old planning fields appear together: exterior life is shown as two years; service limits run from -40 F through 302 F; application begins at a reported minimum of 50 F; and the storage entry gives two years under 70 F and 50% relative humidity. FLEXcon’s footer classifies its descriptive and typical-performance information as guidance rather than a specification or warranty.
Do not copy these numbers into a current acceptance requirement without the latest sheet and a project-specific review. Actual exposure can include sunlight, cleaning, edge contact, flexing, substrate movement, and ink behavior that the isolated material fields do not resolve.
The first page describes 20106 as UL-recognized for indoor and outdoor use with occasional exposure to water and lubricating oil and cites FLEXcon file MH10170 (N). This is recognition language from an undated archived document. It does not establish current status, approved construction, printing system, surface, temperature, or end-use conditions.
If recognition is a project requirement, obtain the current file information and verify that the complete printed and applied construction is within scope. U.S. Nameplate’s quality information and the customer’s own compliance review serve different purposes; neither turns an old supplier statement into current authorization.
A useful request identifies the exact face appearance, finished dimensions, print colors, transparent areas, substrate, surface preparation, application conditions, exposure, quantity, delivery format, and any recognition requirement. If the part carries changing product data, distinguish that need from fixed artwork and consider whether a serial plate or rating plate serves a different role.
Submit the controlled requirements through the request consultation path. The archived 20106 sheet can help organize questions, but current supplier documentation and representative testing should decide whether any proposed construction advances.
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