Vinyl labels

Custom vinyl labels – waterproof, durable and built to last anywhere

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  • Durable vinyl wine bottle labels with barcodes on rolls

Our custom vinyl labels are long-lasting, flexible, and designed to stick securely to almost any smooth surface. Professionally printed on high-quality vinyl, they are tearproof, weather-resistant, fully waterproof with protective lamination, and resistant to oils, chemicals, and scratches — making them perfect for both indoor and outdoor use.

This makes them ideal for personalised product packaging, branded signage, and other applications that face rough handling, moisture, or temperature changes. Our precision vinyl label printing process ensures a crisp, high-resolution finish every time.

Use our online calculator to create your vinyl labels and see the range of sizes, shapes, and colours available, along with an instant price.

  • Product Info

    Why choose vinyl stickers and labels?

    Vinyl labels are, as their name suggests, labels made from vinyl; a plastic material. Most labels in the world are printed on one of two materials: plastic compounds like vinyl, or paper. Both materials have their own strengths and weaknesses.

    Our vinyl stickers and labels are printed on clear, white or metallic vinyl material, using our HP Indigo 6000 digital printing equipment and inks for optimum quality and clarity. They are then backed with permanent or temporary adhesive, depending on the label’s intended use. We normally recommend using our permanent adhesive, as the temporary adhesive is designed for short-term use and will not stay on products indefinitely.

    Your labels and stickers can also be laminated with a gloss or matt finish. This lamination makes the vinyl even more long-lasting, as well as waterproof, scratch resistant, heat resistant and impervious to oils and chemicals. This is why our waterproof labels and candle labels are both made from laminated vinyl.

    Custom vinyl stickers and labels are slightly more expensive than paper, but that extra spending comes with significant advantages. Laminated polypropylene vinyl labels can be utilised just about anywhere without needing to worry about any damage happening to the label or print job.

    Where our labels work best

    These personalised vinyl labels’ greatest strengths lie in their durability, flexibility and versatility. They are true multi-purpose labels that will suit most of your labelling needs.

    In product labelling, their ability to stand up to hot, cold or wet environments with ease makes them a fantastic option. Products kept in kitchens, bathrooms and similar places can stay in showers or freezers without the label loosening or becoming waterlogged. Their flexibility also makes them easy to stick on items with odd shapes, like bevelled bottles and rounded jars.

    On product or inventory packaging, our vinyl labels make great barcodes, asset labels and sequentially numbered stickers. Vinyl’s resistance to oils, chemicals and scratching means these labels can be regularly handled without the printwork being lost to wear and tear. You can use a fine-tip permanent marker directly on the labels if you need to add any extra information, too.

    Similarly, areas that get consistently cleaned or picked at are little match for a vinyl label with a permanent adhesive. In restaurants, for instance, our labels can be stuck directly onto tables as QR codes and table numbers. No matter how often they are touched, spilled on or drenched with multipurpose spray, the labels will hold on and stay intact.

    You can even use large vinyl sticker printing to make permanent adhesive signs in places like warehouses. Poster-sized vinyl stickers are perfect for adding health and safety information, detailed instructions or signposts to floors, walls or ceilings. Regular footfall and exposure to harsh cleaning chemicals will not make the ink on these vinyl labels run or cause them to peel. 

    Vinyl labels are durable, flexible and resistant to adverse conditions, making them fantastic for a diverse range of applications. To order your own, start by getting an instant price with our online calculator.

  • Delivery

    Delivery Information

    We aim to print, finish, and dispatch within 1 day of PDF proof approval. All UK mainland deliveries are sent via DPD or Royal Mail on a next working day service, with a convenient 1-hour delivery window communicated via text or email. Saturday delivery and express printing are available upon request (additional fees apply). Free mainland UK shipping is included; international delivery charges are calculated at checkout. Plain packaging and client direct shipping are available.

  • Artwork Guide

    We recommend the following guidelines if you’re uploading your own designs:

    • Files: Flattened PDF or JPEG (recommended) or EPS, AI, PSD
    • Resolution: 300dpi
    • Bleed: 3mm
    • Safe Area: 3mm
    • Colour: CMYK

    For more in-depth technical guidelines, please click here .

    Not sure about these specs? You can upload what you have, and with our Artwork Check Guarantee, we’ll manually review the artwork and inform you if any adjustments are required. Alternatively, our graphics department can edit your artwork and apply these fixes for you upon request, and then send you a proof for approval before printing.

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Vinyl Labels Specifications

Property Details
Material Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film (High-quality vinyl)
Adhesive Permanent / Temporary
Laminate Gloss PP or Matt PP
Weight Approx. 115g/m²
Thickness Approx. 120µm
Adhesive Material Acrylic
Adhesive Strength (Permanent) High
Min. Application Temp. 0°C
Service Temp. -30°C to 80°C (up to 95°C short term)
Weather Resistance 1–2 years
Waterproof Yes, with lamination
Chemical Resistance Yes
Scratch Resistant Yes, with lamination
UV Resistant Yes, with lamination
Tearproof Yes
Freezer Safe Yes
Regulations REACH and RoHS compliant

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

To apply a self-adhesive vinyl sticker, we recommend working slowly and carefully to avoid air bubbles or mis-alignment. Remove the backing paper and stick one edge of the label onto its desired place. Continue to smooth the label down, little by little, until it fully adheres to the surface.

Absolutely, Plastic and metal are low-energy surfaces, which means they are not normally good at keeping things like labels on. But the standard permanent adhesive on the back of our labels is made to stick firmly onto any common plastic or metal items.

Our vinyl labels are available on sheets, individual singles, or on rolls, depending on how you need them delivered. You can also choose kiss-cut labels, which are cut through the vinyl but not the backing for easy peeling and application. All orders are custom-made and supplied directly from our UK production facility with fast turnaround. You can select a glossy or matt finish.

Vinyl labels are more expensive than paper, can be harder to recycle, and use plastic-based materials. For some eco-conscious brands, paper labels may be a better choice, though they won’t match vinyl’s durability.

Vinyl labels are made from a durable BOPP plastic film that naturally resists water, unlike paper labels which absorb moisture and can smudge, tear, or peel. When paired with a gloss or matte lamination, vinyl labels become fully waterproof — protecting the print and adhesive from splashes, full submersion, oils, chemicals, and UV light. This makes them ideal for products stored in fridges, freezers, bathrooms, or outdoor environments, where paper labels would quickly break down.

Not necessarily. Paper labels are less expensive, more eco-friendly and can add a unique touch of class to products. Vinyl labels, meanwhile, are much stronger, more customisable and can withstand extreme conditions. Which label material is better will depend on which specifications are most important to you.

While vinyl labels are extremely durable and versatile, they’re typically not recyclable due to the plastic compounds and adhesives used. However, choosing labels with a temporary adhesive can allow easier removal and better recycling of packaging. For environmentally conscious alternatives, paper labels might be preferred, despite offering lower durability and weather resistance compared to vinyl.

Vinyl refers to the plastic material the label is made from, while a decal is a design or image that’s transferred onto a surface, often using vinyl as the base. All decals are printed designs, but not all vinyl labels are decals.

Vinyl labels are durable, waterproof, heat- and chemical-resistant, and work on curved or smooth surfaces indoors and outdoors. However, they are usually more expensive than paper, harder to recycle, and made from plastic-based materials, which may not suit all eco-friendly requirements.

Serving the UK for over 12 years, we’ve built a team of print experts backed by the latest printing technology in our factory here in Doncaster. It allows us to meet orders of any size with the highest standards of professional printing.

We have ISO accreditations (Cert No. 20115 - ISO 9001 & ISO 14001), are a British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) platinum member, and won the Medium Business of the Year award at the 2023 Doncaster Business Awards.


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