Need a bit of wisdom

[Badgerboy]

My daughter asked me to make a couple of corn hole boards for her impending wedding day.  She intends to have guests sign the back side as a sort of guest book.After staining I applied these vinyl applicae she made on her cricket. Now comes the finish which is intended to be poly. I am concerned about the poly adherence to the vinyl. Does anyone have any experience or wisdom with this process?  Thank you. 

[Sycamore67]

Like many other finishing issues, it is best to do some tests.  Try different finishing on test pieces with a decal.

[new2woodwrk]

I have lots of experience with Poly but not with covering vinyl. IMO as @Sycamore67 suggests, test on a few pieces of similar wood and vinyl and texture

 

 

[Badgerboy]

Well after a good deal of reading it seems poly or even varnish over vinyl is not a problem. The consensus is to spray to eliminate brushing issues with all the edges from the lettering.  

[Eplfan2011]

I make my wife the occasional yard sign with the cricut, I usually throw on a few coats of waterborne poly.

[Roberta Moreton]

When putting poly over colored pieces I always use water based. Regular poly will tint the colors with a yellow effect.  I learned this in my decorative painting days.  I even painted “throw rugs” on the floor.  Never had a problem, and many people wiped their feet on them.