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Hi everyone, Station 51 Graphics is looking for experienced installers and other trade skills. We are located just south of Memphis, on Hwy 51 between Southaven and Horn Lake, MS. Apply below, or call our main line at 662-298-7251...

Some of their templates include the dimensions for glass / irregular surfaces, but PVO is inconsistent from template to template. For perf, your best bet is to include plenty of excess vinyl and trim to the edge. This means keeping text/ images toward the center of the piece so you have room to...

This scam came through on our website email portal this week. A google search for his name and address brought up Signs101. :thumb: Keith was so helpful and specific with his request, I knew he couldn't be a real customer.

Thanks all. After speaking to GFP, we found that the heat output was too great for the laminate when the dial was turned up past the minimum setting. Keeping the rollers around 80-90 degrees max fix has prevented a recurrence of the issue.

Thank you all for the responses. The license plate is a prepainted metal. The spraypaint is an acrylic automotive paint that was customized to match the color. The goal is to wait a week once we get the color rich enough on the plate.

Hi folks, Any experience with installing decals on spray painted surfaces? A customer has ordered a custom colored license plate to match a particular shade of red on the vehicle. We have a local shop that was able to aerosolize the matching paint. On this license plate, we a installing a...

Perhaps. Yes, the vinyl off gassed.

The lam peels on all sides. 8418G is listed by 3m as a compatible laminate for the 680cr, so am certainly frustrated at the failure.

Quick breakdown: we print on 3m IJ680CR (sometimes IJ180cv3) with an Epson ecosolvent printer, laminate with the 8418G laminate, cut with a Graphtec FC series machine, and pre mask with SCPS-2tape. We have seen repeated instances of the laminate peeling off edges of the vinyl a day after...