Clear Acrylic Print Set: 3 See-Through Pieces People Keep
Transparent stock does something paper cannot. It makes a person stop, hold the piece up and look through it before they read a word. This set puts that reaction on the card you hand over, then adds a keychain that leaves with them and a magnet that stays for months.
The clear acrylic print set is three pieces built from one file: 30mil clear plastic cards for the handover, acrylic keychains for the takeaway and acrylic magnets for the long stay. The clear cards take an optional white ink underbase, so your logo and type stay solid while the areas you leave bare become real windows, the keychains print full color on both sides, and the magnets print full color under a Hi-Gloss UV coating. Order them together and the set shares one look.
The picks
Keychains at 25, magnets at 2, plastic cards at 500
Start here. These are the three products the set is built from, each priced live on its own page. Configure quantity, size and finish on any of them, or take the whole set in one checkout.
Design and print help
One mark that still reads on a clear surface
The set only works if a card, a keychain and a magnet look like they came from the same studio. The card is 2.125 x 3.375 inches and the keychain image area is only 1.38 x 1.97 inches, so test the mark at keychain size first. On the card you choose white ink on the front or on both sides; on the keychain you choose the same art on both faces or different art on each. These tools keep the artwork, the color and the white ink decisions consistent from the first piece to the last.
How they work together
Each piece owns a different stretch of attention
One clear piece is a nice object. Three pieces cover the whole arc: the moment you meet someone, the weeks the takeaway rides around in their pocket, and the months your name sits on their fridge door. The cards have a 15 business day turnaround, the keychains 5 and the magnets 4, so place the card order first and let the other two follow.
Handed over in person or slipped into packaging, the clear card does the work a paper card cannot. It gets held up to the light before it gets read.
A keychain leaves the room on someone else keys and keeps showing up. It is the piece that travels furthest.
Fridge doors, lockers and metal shelving hold a magnet for months. This is the piece that keeps your name in front of a household long after the launch.
1. 30mil clear plastic cards: the introduction people hold up to the light
A clear card interrupts the normal exchange. Someone reaches out expecting paper, gets something rigid and transparent instead, and stops to look at it. That pause is the only real advantage a business card has left, and 30mil transparent plastic buys it without a single gimmick in the layout.
Build the file in two layers in your head. Everything that must stay readable gets a white underbase behind it: the logo, the name, the phone number, any small type. Everything you want to disappear stays bare. Our guide to 30mil plastic card materials explains how the gauge behaves in a wallet, and the clear printing collection shows what else runs on the same transparent stock.
Keep the clear window away from the edges and away from your smallest text. A card that is transparent everywhere reads as unfinished. A card with one deliberate transparent shape reads as designed.
2. Acrylic keychains: the piece that leaves with them and keeps working
Many printed pieces end up in a drawer. A keychain avoids that, because it attaches itself to something a person carries every single day. Print your product, your mascot or your logo on it, the same art on both sides or a different design on each, and it stops being merchandise and starts being a small object somebody chose to keep.
The rigid acrylic tag, 43 x 65.5 mm with a 1.38 x 1.97 inch image area, gives the art more weight than a flat printed tag, from 25 keychains for $53.55. If you are working out how the object should represent the brand at all, product branding strategies is the right thing to read before you draw the art.
Two practical notes. Give the keyring hole real clearance from the artwork, and keep any text large enough to survive at thumbnail size, because nobody studies a keychain up close.
3. Acrylic magnets: months of quiet attention on a metal surface
A magnet is the only piece in this set with no expiry. Once it is on a fridge door, a locker or a metal filing cabinet, it stays there until someone actively decides to take it down. That is a long run of daily impressions from a single small print job.
Acrylic magnets here are printed magnetic signs on 30mil magnet stock with a Hi-Gloss UV coating, in 18 sizes from 9 x 9 to 24 x 36 inches, from $47.50 for two 9 x 9 magnets. They grip a steel door, a fridge or a filing cabinet and lift off without leaving a mark. Save the date announcements, opening dates and service reminders all suit it, and these save the date ideas show the kind of moment it fits. For the softer, peel and stick side of transparent printing, see clear labels printing.
Put the information that stays true on the magnet and leave the campaign copy for the flyer. A date, a name and a number age well. This week special offer does not.
Specs and pricing
Anchor the set: 30mil clear plastic card specs and live pricing
The clear card sets the standard the other two pieces follow, from the gauge in your hand to the way white ink sits under the artwork. Three ink setups decide the look: full color with no white, so the whole design stays translucent; CMYK plus white on the front; or CMYK plus white on both sides, for art that reads from either face. Every card is 2.125 x 3.375 inches with 1/8 inch rounded corners, and a magnetic stripe or barcode numbering can be added for loyalty use. Check the specs, then price a run at the quantity you actually need.
| Quantity | Price Per Unit | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | $1.06 | $529.26 |
| 1,000 | 63.0¢ | $630.31 |
| 2,000 | 56.8¢ | $1,135.55 |
| 2,500 | 53.0¢ | $1,325.02 |
| 3,000 | 50.5¢ | $1,514.49 |
| 3,500 | 48.7¢ | $1,703.96 |
| 4,000 | 47.3¢ | $1,893.44 |
| 4,500 | 45.6¢ | $2,051.33 |
Wally explains the clear acrylic set
Three transparent pieces, one white ink plan
Wally treats clear printing as a layering job. Decide what has to stay readable and give it a white backing, then leave one deliberate area bare so light passes straight through. Apply the same decision to the card, the keychain and the magnet and the three pieces read as a family. Start with the piece that matches your next handover, then add the other two.
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Explore more
Where to go next
The clear and acrylic collections hold every transparent product we print, and the two categories cover acrylic prints and clear labels. The reading covers plastic card gauges, product branding and save the date ideas, and the Jukebox comparison helps if you are shopping around for clear stickers.
By the numbers
One set, printed on stock people look through
Common Questions
Common questions about the clear acrylic print set
What is the clear acrylic print set?
It is a three piece set built around transparent stock: 30mil clear plastic cards, acrylic keychains and acrylic magnets. The clear card uses a see-through substrate with optional white ink to control what stays solid and what stays clear, the keychain is a rigid acrylic tag printed on both sides, and the magnet is a printed 30mil magnet sign. Ordered together, they give a brand a card to hand over, a takeaway that travels and a piece that stays put.
Why does clear stock need white ink?
Ink on a transparent surface behaves like a stained glass window. Colors dim and text goes soft against whatever is behind the piece. Printing a white layer under the artwork gives those areas an opaque backing so they read cleanly on any background, while the areas you deliberately leave without white stay fully transparent and become the window effect people notice.
How thick is a 30mil clear plastic card?
Thirty thousandths of an inch, the same gauge as a standard credit card. That thickness is what makes the card feel like an object rather than a printed sheet. It stays flat in a wallet, it does not curl in a pocket, and the rigidity gives people a reason to keep it and show it around.
Can I combine transparent areas with solid areas on the same piece?
Yes, and that contrast is the whole point. Set your logo, your name and any small type over a white underbase so they hold, then clear a shape or a band with no white at all. The eye goes straight to the transparent zone because everything around it is solid. Keep the clear area away from your smallest text.
Which piece should I print first if the budget is tight?
Start with whichever piece matches your next real handover moment. If you meet people face to face, print the clear cards. If you exhibit or ship orders, the acrylic keychain rides along with almost no weight. If your audience has a fridge, a filing cabinet or a toolbox, the magnet can stay in view the longest.
What artwork do I need to supply for clear and acrylic printing?
Vector art wherever possible, since small type punishes low resolution files. Keep type well inside the safe area, avoid hairline strokes under half a point, and flag which elements should sit on white and which should stay transparent. Our online designer marks the safe area for you if you would rather not set the file up in Illustrator.
How much does the full clear acrylic print set cost?
Every piece is priced live on its own product page, so the total depends on the quantity, size and options you pick for each one. Acrylic magnets start at $47.50 for two 9 x 9 magnets, acrylic keychains at $53.55 for 25, and 30mil clear plastic cards at $529.26 for 500. Configure each product to see your exact price before you commit.
Get Started
Acrylic keychains start at 25 for $53.55
Order the clear cards, acrylic keychains and acrylic magnets from one place, in one checkout, with one look. Configure any piece to see your live price.
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