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I mean this in the most delicate way possible, but this is a scare piece. The article doesn't mention where they got those figures from. The close up on the signs shows that they are clearly made from the cheapest thin corrugated material possible to probably keep costs down. Lastly, even if...

We never have it to that extent and so quickly, but for us it's a combination of heater setting and humidity. Try turning down your heat settings and possibly check out a dehumidifier.

We have that problem with a new brand of PVC - never had a backer in the 7 years I've been here, now there is a clear backer with no graphics on it. Best part, it's hard to get off. Unlike aluminum and composite where we can scratch at it to get the backer started, do that to PVC and you might...

Simple jpg sent out in e-mail with descriptions (fun fact about adobe pdf's, Flexi Sign Pro can still import in all vector artwork regardless of locks. We've had a few proofs stolen and produced elsewhere so we stopped sending out pdf's)

Hey guys! It's the slow season and the owners are upgrading our old warn out awning for a mounted 4x16 foot rectangular sign with new overhead lights. We're brain storming how to mount it to the building because we don't want to go with the standard 2x4's and drilling through multiple spots of...

Not sure, but a quick google search labels polyester as an adhesiveness window cling. If this is the case, then it's possible a window cling fits the job better due to the easier application and re-usability/moveable. If they are close to any picky fingers it's also easier to fix a peeling...

Agree with Fred Weiss - gold foil on white. Personally, we've had multiple issues with foils properly heating to specialty vinyls, less so when it's the other way around.

I would say this boils down to trust and a personal ability to delegate (our store manager has trouble pulling himself away from work, yet is always surprised when the business runs fine while he's out.) I work in a 5 person company (myself included.) No one is allowed a vacation during summer...

This is purely for curiosity's sake - I was wondering why you might choose to use a vehicle template over taking pictures and measurements of the vehicle itself? For my company, we rely solely on taking various measurements and proportionally resizing pictures in Flexi; however, we don't touch...

So, super not helpful for your current job, but if you do quite a few stripes like this, I'd look into investing in a Gerber plotter. We have the Gerber GSx Plus that runs 15" rolls of vinyl - the plotter and rolls are designs with punched holes along the edges so the roll never tracks or gets...

This is turning into the bane of my existence... A client has created 52 individually designed name plates in PowerPoint and we can not get these to import over to either CoralDraw or Flexi. We have tried: - copy and paste the page or slide directly out of PP to Coral or Flexi: there are png's...

Any ideas what this is? (not Goudy Handtooled or Algerian, so out of ideas haha)

Jigsaw is easy to use and cuts through like butter, just be sure to sand the edges after. (If cost is an issue, check whether the hardware stores around you offers rental options. I live in an area where most any construction tool can be rented.) Also, sorry you've gotten some shamefully snarky...

Roll it - though careful, some items like tradeshow material can delaminate if they are rolled with laminate facing in. When shipping or storing, we roll everything laminate facing out just to be safe.

Not sure on the fix for the currently zapped plotter, but we live in a very dry area and have just made a habit of touching a non-electronic metal before touching the equipments' control panels (like touching the metal roll bar that feeds vinyl to either the graphtec or printers.) We don't touch...

Not entirely sure on the 3641, but we use the 3640 from Oracal sparingly (don't know why, to be honest) but our go-to for medium grade vinyl is 3M IJ35c (we've also been using 3M Controltac 40c as a step up from the 35c, but been having a lot of issues with it peeling on vehicles or glass lately.)

Illustrator is awesome if you are going to take the time to recreate detailed vector logos (though, I personally found it hard to learn and its intricacy isn't needed for anything that my company works with) Flexi is my absolute fave and what we dominantly work out of - it's perfect for quick...

If there is ever question on the legalities, always best just to default to asking for permission. In our area, the school board is super lax and the individual schools are all pretty happy to see proud students displaying their logo, so no permission needed. In most cases, many of the schools...

We have had laminate fail before so we let it set overnight for 16-24 hours. Our experience - only customers who are willing to put up a fight will come back with a complaint, the rest will leave your business without a word and you'll never know what you did wrong. Even if chances of failure...

Another 3rd party ink question! Our shop owner is debating between Triangle or STS inks Triangle has some good reviews backing it and three of our distributors caries it. STS Inks, I can't for the life of me find reviews on (mostly I think Signs101 doesn't like the search criteria, ha) but...