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  1. Window perf question

    Do you find that the perf shrinks when you Butt over time leaving a gap? perhaps edge tape over this butt - might be more of an eyesore...
  2. Help Fabricating Floating Acrylic Section

    Hello 101. Looking for some insight on how you would mount/fabricate these letters. This is for Indoor retail. Simple ACP backer with VHB taped gloss black acrylic letters. The green swoop is thin - client is OK if we thicken up the stroke a bit bit it’s still very thin and the spark at the top...
  3. HP Latex 310 Major Issues

    Swap your heater with a new one. Common issue with the 310. It’s a very easy fix and certainly well within basic capabilities with no special tools or post calibration required. Part should be in the $300 range. Save the extra cash and treat your employees to a nice lunch on Friday.
  4. Floating Acrylic Panels

    Just posted about this. Here is what we did. 3/8 clear acrylic Optically clear vinyl printed reverse. Back with a true blockout white. we used general formulation mounting adhesive to mount a piece of ACP onto the blockout vinyl covering a good chunk on the back of the acrylic. We then used...
  5. Spike Laser Measuring Tool and Sign Surveys

    We got one for a song and a dance from another shop. They really aren’t that good for the reasons listed above. 2” to big on a sign face is a trip back to the shop and an unhappy day. We have indeed used it for estimation purposes for large wall graphics but the accuracy just isn’t there for our...
  6. Best use for a laminator

    You can always try your luck on top...
  7. French Cleat - Second Surface Acrylic

    What did you use to mount the PVC onto the vinyl backed acrylic?
  8. French Cleat - Second Surface Acrylic

    I hear yea about the pulling of the vinyl. That was my concern. Thoughts on backing a piece of ACP with mounting adhesive and attaching the cleats to that with construction adhesive? Great Idea about mounting directly to the PVC. We can mount to 1/2” and route keyholes into the piece just shy...
  9. French Cleat - Second Surface Acrylic

    Looking for some recommendations. We would like to adhere some 3/4” Baltic birch French cleats to the backside of some second surface acrylic. We first laser cut 9mm clear cast acrylic. We then reverse print on clear the graphic and back it with a blockout white vinyl. This all gets mounted...
  10. Need Help Notching patterns

    Forgo all the manual labour.... we laser cut acrylic for all our dimensional letters. We simply load some 3mm cardboard into the bed and laser that out with the letters. We can then check we have all the letters and package in the cardboard for very easy install with no hunting for letters -...
  11. Vinyl Posters Cold Weather Install on Windows

    We have had luck with Phototex that we liquid laminate. For temporary work - we send it out with no liquid if only for less the 2 weeks. Clients appreciate the removal as they commonly do it (really just grab a corner and pull) which’s saves them the cost of sending us back. Polar is what I...
  12. Suggestions blank rolled label supplier in Canada

    Spicers in Vaughan? Ask for Mike at Cash and Carry.
  13. Need Help Double sided foam tape with plastic backer?

    I’m on board with your installer. We use a Canadian suppler in our shop and for less then 20 Canuck a stan loonies we get 3/4” VHB that has the same lb/sq in as 3m grey VHB. They also offer it in optically clear when we do glass mounts. For the exact reason he complains about we have gone to...
  14. tiny bubbles?

    http://www.generalformulations.com/getattachment/5963ebcf-0cfa-411b-acf1-ef41253b99a7/Silvering-in-Laminates.aspx Looks like slivering to me. Increase pressure (within reason) and slow your speed down. If you have heat assist turn it on before lamination. My shop is in Toronto - when the cold...
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