Do you think vinyl material that is used for prints can be used as a canvas for oil paints?

I work at a print shop and we use big roles of vinyl to make banners and stuff. I'm an artist so I always take home all the left over paper and vinyl and everything that people make mistakes on so I can use it to paint on. I'm going to use it anyways, but I'm just curious if anyone has tried it?Do you think vinyl material that is used for prints can be used as a canvas for oil paints?
Canvas is a support for a painting. The paint is piled onto it. Canvas first was used for a support because it was much lighter than wood that used to be the most popular. It made it easy to transport large canvases from place to place. As well as not warping.





All types of materials have been used as a support. Including canvas, wood, metal, cardboard and paper.





If you prepare the surface correctly, then this material probably could be used as a support.





Preparing the surface properly would include doing things like applying rabbitskin glue over the support to seal the fibers from the damaging acids of the medium of the oil paint.





Of course, if you are not concerned with how long your paintings last you don't have to worry.





There are many instances of paintings on paper being layed down on wood later on in their life span to preserve them.





So go ahead and try it, just prepare properly. And remember, it is only a support for the paint that is piled on top of it. Think of the word support and what it means. To hold up something. Like legs that support a table.Do you think vinyl material that is used for prints can be used as a canvas for oil paints?
The solvents and mediums used with oils would tend to break down the vinyl. Acrylics might work, but also might be likely to peel off, unless you could thin them with a medium that would also make them flexible.