Decorating with Fireproof Vinyl. Protect your decorations and comply with regulations.
We have talked over time about different varieties of vinyl products that we have, their advantages and applications, but we must also take precautions and protect our decoration from adversities such as fires with the materials we work with, that is why we are here, to explain this type of approved fireproof vinyl perfect for small and large format printing with solvent, latex and UV inks. At Oedim we have Decorative Vinyls with certified fireproof protection and respectful with the environment , do you want to know what certificates apply? Here we explain it to you!
We all know or have used decorative vinyls for our decoration at some point, so its decorative application in both homes and businesses is well known, an option to take into account since it is economical, pretty and simple. If you still do not know what Decorative Vinyls are, we invite you to go through our previous article where list of telegram users in hong kong their advantages and application are explained clearly and concisely to finally convince you to use Decorative Vinyls in your home.
In this article we will explain the clear reason why we must apply a fireproof treatment to our vinyl decoration. What types of certificates apply to vinyl and their official approvals.
As we have already mentioned, these decorative vinyls have an exclusive fireproof treatment , that is, with fire resistance in case there is an incendiary mishap with the material, it will respond in an extraordinary way with high resistance against fires . A useful and perfect solution to avoid unforeseen incendiary events. But, what approvals are issued on materials with fireproof properties? Keep reading, we detail them here in a clear and concise way!
FR (Flame Retard) approval
With this treatment, your fireproof vinyl will have a retardant action in contact with fire , that is, if your vinyl for any reason comes into contact with fire, it will respond to the fire in a delayed manner, which will give us time to extinguish it and prevent its expansion. These materials usually have the nomenclature FR in their name or characteristics, Flame Retardant or Flame Retardant.
M classification approval.
In this approval for fireproof materials such as decorative vinyls in our case, they are classified according to their fire resistance in stress tests , thus following a greater or lesser range of fire resistance.
M0 Vinyl. NON-combustible material in the event of a thermal reaction.
M1 Vinyl. Combustible but non-flammable material. It does not continue to burn when the heat source on it disappears.
M2 Vinyl. Material with low flammability rating.
M3 Vinyl. Material with medium flammability rating.
M4 Vinyl. Material with high flammability rating.
An advantage that can save our decoration.
The great -and obvious- advantage that these decorative vinyls have over other common ones is their fireproof treatment , thus increasing the resistance of these materials against mishaps caused by contact with fire. Just one advantage, but the most important one that can help us to calm fires by means of dangerous sources such as vinyls.