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 three surfaces at once: a card you hand over, a keychain that leaves with them and a magnet that stays for months.
The clear acrylic print set is three transparent pieces built from one file: 30mil clear plastic cards for the handover, acrylic keychains for the takeaway and acrylic magnets for the long stay. All three print on see-through stock with a white ink underbase, so your logo and type stay solid while the areas you leave bare become real windows. Order them together and the set arrives sharing 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 order so the transparency and the white plate behave the same way across all three.
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. 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 transparent piece is a nice object. Three transparent 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.
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 for the least money per impression.
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
Almost every printed piece ends up in a drawer. A keychain does not, because it attaches itself to something a person carries every single day. Cut it in the shape of your product, your mascot or your logo silhouette and it stops being merchandise and starts being a small object somebody chose to keep.
Clear acrylic gives the shape depth that a flat printed tag never gets. Light passes through the unprinted areas and catches the cut edge, so the piece reads differently against a coat pocket than it does against a bag. 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 shape.
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, and most people never do. That is a long run of daily impressions from a single small print job.
Acrylic changes what a magnet feels like. Instead of the thin flexible sheet everyone recognises, you get a rigid piece with depth and a clean cut edge, and it holds its shape for years. 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. 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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Clear and acrylic pieces at 30mil
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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. Each one uses a see-through substrate and printed white ink to control what stays solid and what stays clear. 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 is a large part of why a clear card gets kept and shown to other people.
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 buys you the longest stretch of attention per dollar.
What artwork do I need to supply for clear and acrylic printing?
Vector art wherever possible, since laser cut shapes and small type both punish 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, acrylic keychains at $53.55, and 30mil clear plastic cards at $529.26 for their opening run. 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 and the whole set arrives sharing a single look. Configure any piece to see your live price.
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