What your design looks like in PVC rubber

PVC is moulded rubber, not thread. Edges come out sharper than any stitched patch, but every colour is a separate poured area, so the design gets flattened into clean, deliberate shapes.

Design a patch free

AI patch design of a bald eagle in flight over a purple-to-orange gradient sunset, with fine feather detail

The same bald eagle design produced as a PVC rubber patch — sharp moulded edges, flat colour areas, waterproof finish

Your designPVC

Your design versus PVC comparison slider

Drag the handle to compare. Rendered for illustration — every real order is proofed and approved before production.

What comes through

Edges are sharper and more exact than anything thread can do
Colours are mixed to spec and stay dead flat across the whole run
Raised 3D areas can add depth the preview did not even show

What changes

Photographic shading and gradients become flat colour zones
Fine internal detail is merged into the nearest shape — each area needs a wall between it and its neighbour
The finished patch has a rubber sheen the preview does not show

PVC / Rubber limits, in numbers

These are the physical floors of the process. Anything in a design below them is thickened, merged or dropped — which is the single biggest reason a produced patch differs from a preview.

Colours

Practical max ~8

Each is a separately poured area.

Smallest legible text

About 0.2"

Raised text needs more room than flat.

Thinnest line

About 0.8mm

Thinner walls will not release from the mould.

Gradients

Not available

Flat zones only — by design.

What this means for your designPVC needs a mould cut before a single patch exists, which is why the minimum is 100 and why samples are not offered. Expect a proof of the flattened artwork before tooling starts.

Common questions

Will my pvc / rubber patch look exactly like the AI design?

PVC is moulded rubber, not thread. Edges come out sharper than any stitched patch, but every colour is a separate poured area, so the design gets flattened into clean, deliberate shapes. Our team redraws every design for production and you approve that artwork before anything is manufactured.