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Decals, Labels & Promo
The small stuff. Stickers that end up on hard hats and tailgates, labels that have to survive a pressure washer, and reflective markings that have to be read at night. Small doesn't mean simple — most of these live somewhere harsh.
What's covered
Small format, hard service.
Promotional branded stickers
Company giveaways, event handouts, tailgate stickers. Cheap per unit, and they end up everywhere.
Hi-vis & reflective decals
Markings that have to be read at night or in weather, on trucks, trailers, gates and equipment.
Utility & warning labels
Safety, hazard and instructional markings built to stay legible where it counts.
Instrument panel & informative decals
Control markings, switch panels and operating instructions. Small text that has to stay sharp and stay stuck.
Dealer & event promotional decals
Short-run work with short deadlines — lot graphics, event branding, promotional runs.
Industrial equipment labelling
Asset tags, machine identification and serial marking for equipment that gets moved, washed and worked hard.
Materials
Where it lives decides what it's made of.
A sticker handed out at the rodeo and a warning label on a hydraulic pump are the same size and nothing alike. The difference is the laminate and the adhesive, and it's the difference between two years and ten.
Standard laminated
Giveaways and general usePrinted vinyl with a standard overlaminate. Handles weather and UV, keeps its colour, and costs little enough to hand out by the box.
- Several years outdoors
- Fine on vehicles, gear and glass
- Gloss or matte finish
- The right answer for promotional runs
Heavy duty & reflective
Equipment, safety and complianceThicker overlaminates for abrasion, or reflective film where the marking has to be seen in headlights. Specified to the exposure, not to a price.
- Stands up to washing and abrasion
- Reflective grades where visibility matters
- Small text stays legible
- Specified for chemical and UV exposure
If a label is going somewhere it'll get pressure washed, tell us at quoting. It's a different laminate and a different adhesive, and it's a cheap decision to make up front — and an expensive one to discover in six months.
Contour cutting, sheeted sets, individually cut decals or on a roll — how they're supplied is part of the spec too, and it makes a real difference to how long they take to apply if you're doing hundreds.
What it costs
Quantity does most of the work here.
Small format is the one place where ordering more genuinely does cost much less per unit. The setup, the file prep and the coordination are the same whether you're making twenty or five hundred.
- QuantityThe single biggest lever. If you'll want more within the year, ordering them together is nearly always cheaper than two runs.
- Size and cutRectangles are cheapest. Contour cutting to a shape adds a step, and intricate outlines add more.
- Material and laminateStandard, heavy duty or reflective — set by where the decal ends up, not by preference.
- How they're suppliedIndividually cut, on sheets or on a roll. Matters most when you're applying them in volume.
There's a practical floor on any job — design time, file setup, coordinating production and freight don't shrink just because the decal is small. Below a certain size the economics stop working, and we'll tell you rather than quietly doing it badly.
Reflective chevron work — a small-format job where the material grade is set by the standard, not the budget.
How the job runs
Four steps, and one of them is yours.
Tell us where it ends up
On a truck, a machine, a hard hat, outdoors, under washing. That answer sets the material before anything else happens.
Design & proof
Artwork built at final size so small text stays legible. Design is a paid step and shows on your quote — small format is where a rebuilt logo earns its keep.
Production
Approved artwork goes into production on the specified material and laminate, cut how you need it supplied, then ships to Bridge Lake.
Collect or install
Most decal runs get picked up. Anything going onto equipment or a fleet, we'll apply if you'd rather it was done properly.
Timeline Small format is less involved than panel work, but it's the same production queue and the same freight into the Cariboo — so it's still a real timeline rather than an afternoon. Reflective grades can add lead time. If it's tied to an event or a delivery date, say so early.
Recent work
Small format, out working.
Questions we get asked
The ones that come up every time.
Is there a minimum order?
Not a hard one, but there's a practical floor. Every job carries design time, file setup and coordination whether it's ten decals or a thousand, so very small runs can cost more per sticker than feels reasonable. We'll be straight about that and often suggest a quantity where the numbers start making sense.
Can you match labels we already have?
Usually. Send a clean photo with something for scale, or better, an unused original. If it's a regulated or manufacturer label, tell us — some have specific requirements we should match rather than approximate.
How long do they last outdoors?
Standard laminated decals give you several years. Reflective and heavy duty go longer. What shortens all of them is abrasion and harsh chemicals — a decal on a machine that gets degreased weekly has a harder life than one on a tailgate.
Will they survive a pressure washer?
With the right laminate and proper application, yes — but keep the wand back from the edges and off a direct angle. Most decal failure from washing starts at an edge that was hit square on at close range.
Do you keep the artwork for reorders?
Yes. Reorders come out identical to the first run, which matters more than people expect when you're replacing a few damaged labels on a machine rather than the whole set.
Can you do reflective that meets a standard?
Yes, and we'll specify the grade the standard requires rather than the cheapest film that looks similar. If your application is regulated, tell us what it has to meet and we'll spec to it.