Flex Banners in Dubai: The Material Most Outdoor Work Is Printed On
Flex is the heavy coated PVC that most outdoor printing in this city ends up on. It arrives as a roll, it takes solvent ink without complaint, and it holds colour through rain and a full summer of sun. Flex banners in Dubai are the default for site hoardings, shop openings, Ramadan greetings and sports days, and the reason is mostly that nothing else does all four jobs as cheaply.
Material: 440gsm Frontlit PVC · Finishing: Hemmed with eyelets · Turnaround: Standard — 2 working days
An estimator replies with a firm, VAT-inclusive price and a production date.From your file to the finished job.
Six steps happen between the brief and the finished job. Here they are, in the order they happen on our floor in Dubai South.
It Goes Through a Solvent Press
Solvent ink bites into the coating instead of sitting on top of it. That bond is what survives rain and UV. Water based ink on the same material would look identical in the workshop and start lifting within weeks outside.
The Surface Decides the Finish
Gloss flex looks richer and throws reflections, which is a problem on a sunlit frontage where half the banner disappears into glare. Matt flex reads evenly from every angle. For anything facing direct sun we steer you to matt without much hesitation.
Every Edge Gets Hemmed
The banner is hemmed all round and brass eyelets go in every fifty centimetres. That spacing is our standard outdoors and it is close enough that no single eyelet carries much load on its own.
Weight Is Part of the Spec
Flex comes in different weights. Light stock is fine for a short indoor run. Anything staying up for months wants the heavier grade, which resists stretching at the fixings and holds its shape through heat cycles.
Taking It Down
Flex rolls up and stores well, so seasonal banners come out year after year. Keep it rolled around a tube and out of direct sun between uses.
Washing It Beats Replacing It
Most flex banners taken down as faded are actually dirty. Dust settles into the matt surface evenly and dulls everything at once, which reads as fading. A hose and a soft brush along the run brings back most of the original density, and doing it twice a year roughly doubles how long a banner stays presentable.
Here is where we will talk you out of flex. On an exposed frontage, Sheikh Zayed Road or a rooftop, a solid banner behaves like a sail and pulls hard against every tie. Mesh costs slightly more and is the right answer in those positions.
Compare with mesh fence banners, eco tarpaulin banners, and all outdoor banners.
What you get.
- Material
- 440gsm Frontlit PVC · 510gsm Heavy Duty · Mesh PVC · Blockout double sided
- Finishing
- Hemmed with eyelets · Pole pockets top and bottom · Trim only
- Turnaround
- Standard — 2 working days · Same day (approve before 10am)
- Size
- Made to your width and height
- Proof
- A digital proof before anything prints
- Delivery
- All seven emirates, or collect from Dubai South
What every order includes
- A free prepress check on your file
- A digital proof before anything prints
- One VAT-inclusive quote with a production date
- Delivery to all seven emirates, or collection from Dubai South
Setting up your file.
- 01Work at full size or to scaleBuild the file at full size, or at a stated scale such as 1:10 when the canvas gets too big, and tell us the scale.
- 02Match resolution to distanceSomething read from a few metres away needs far less resolution than a business card. Around 100 dpi at full size is usually plenty.
- 03Tell us how it will be fixedHems, eyelets, pole pockets and frames take up material around the edge. Tell us the fixing and prepress allows for it.
- 04Send logos as vectorsAI, EPS, SVG or PDF keeps edges sharp at large sizes. Embed or outline the fonts.
Quick answers.
Matt for anything in direct sun. Gloss indoors or in shade.
Comfortably a year outdoors, longer on a sheltered frontage.
Every fifty centimetres, with one at each corner.