When you’re searching to buy the perfect banner material for a banner you might be designing, you might be a little surprised by the amount of options that are available to you. From the type of material they’re made from, to the weight of the material itself. Each of these offer different advantages, for different uses.

A very popular material is a scrim vinyl banner material. This is basically a material that is a mix of polyester and vinyl. The addition of the polyester mesh adds strength to the material, to help prevent against unwanted rips or tears. This material comes in ranges from 150 - 1,000 deniers. Deniers is what will determine the smoothness of your banner. Some, believe the higher the denier count, the stronger the material itself, but this will not always be the case. Many banner material suppliers will be able to help you further, with your specific needs to help you find which is right for what you’re currently needing the vinyl banner material for.

Polypropylene banner material is a little more on the light weight side and usually is tear resistant, but I wouldn't recommend testing that theory too often. This particular material is widely used by companies for trade shows; but can also be convenient for other event graphics, or point-of-purchase advertising. This is a great choice for any of your indoor events and many short term outdoor events. This material often has a self-adhesive property which makes is easy to mount on your display boards, foam-core board, or any other display method you might have.

The next question you might be having is, where do you purchase banner materials? The good news is these materials can be found pretty easily. Your local sign shops may be able to help you out, but they’re there to make the banner for you themselves, which might be the option that you’re actually looking for. But if you have a large format printer you’re wanting to put to work, then you can find wholesale banner material suppliers easily online.

Anything like this that you might be spending a little bit of money on, you want to make sure you’re getting the best product for your needs. It would be disastrous if you spent all that time and money only to find out the material you ended up getting was the wrong material for the job. So before you go purchasing your material, be sure to know exactly what conditions your banner will be around, just to help ensure the longevity of the banner in question.