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  1. Need Help Vinyl on the awning sign

    Hi All: We have a customer want to have their new logo on the awning, this awning was provided by landlord. I went to the site to have a survey, the awning material is vinyl awning not fabric awning. i am looking for some advice to install the vinyl on this awning. First question: this awning...
  2. 3M Reflective Air Bubbles

    I think it may come from the sunshine, the sunshine heat the vinyl and make it soft and generate lots of bubble. we met this kind of issue before, we apply two side of a vehicle, one side facing the sun had lots of bubble, but the other side was good. we testing it in house and find use heat gun...
  3. Premium calendar vinyl or cast vinyl

    Hi All: I found Avery and Orafol has some premium calendared vinyl, they are still calendared vinyl but last longer and can be used for simply curve vehicle wraps, the cast vinyl seems all target for vehicle wraps only( at lease in my understanding). so i am wondering is there any one who use...
  4. Polycarbonate sign face broken??

    Hi All: We just had one project on going, this is a 5' by 12' sign cabinet, we will need to replace the sign face. i checked the sign face before i give the quote, it was polycarbonate 4.5mm, But the wired thing was that when we took it off and try to roll it up, it just broken to several...
  5. How to cut out the decal?

    Hi All: We had many small decal jobs every week, those are normally rectangle, we have tried many different ways to cut the decal after plotting, some times we just increase the pressure of the plotter to cut through the vinyl then pick up the decal, but we found out the plotter blade became...
  6. Do you clean the stucco after changing the channel letters

    Hi All: We have several customers want us to replace the previous channel letter with new letters, but the previous signs had been installed for long time, so when you remove it, the ghost stay in the stucco. it looks not very nice and normally customer would ask us to clean it even we told...
  7. PVC signs

    Thank you so much! i think i will need more patient on this VHB tape to fully bond to the PVC
  8. PVC signs

    Hi All: My customer is asking for several the PVC signs, however we will need to put the magnetic strip on the backside, i have noticed that PVC surface seems not ideal for adhesive, we tried VHB tape to mount the magnetic strip, but still can be peeled off by hand, any tricks or tips on how to...
  9. What software do you use to manage your business?

    I would suggest to use the corebridge, this platform is exactly design for sign business, most important, your software need to provide the data for your future directions, like what's the most popular product, who is your valued customer, how is your marketing works etc, my sales use it to take...
  10. Suggestions alternative to vista system display in Canada

    extensia signs, the pricing is little better than Vista
  11. Need Help Is coro-platics sign profitable?

    Sorry, My friend, Canadian normally call it coro, I will make it better next time, lol
  12. LED sign installation

    Hello everyone: We have a LED display panel project, however the supplier only supply the panel not include the supporting rack, i did checked other LED project in my town, it seems this is not standard way to support the LED panel, some of them just use L bar which looks not so good, some of...
  13. Need Help Is coro-platics sign profitable?

    Hello everyone, we are having more inquiry about 500- 1000 coroplatics sign, we never win any of them, the pricing goes down to $4-5 sign, we don't have flat head printer, only print on the vinyl and apply. the coro itself is cheap but the labor involved is high. if more than 100 signs, we will...
  14. How to pricing the rental equipment

    We are a new sign company and has no bucket truck, we have to rental the boom lift or scissor lift for installation, but those equipment we only need for 2-3 hours but the rental company charge for the whole day, i will have to add the rental cost into the installation. compare with other sign...
  15. Installing frosted vinyl orafol

    Use rapid tac II and use high quality frosted vinyl, do the testing before you go to customer site. we have done several project and each project apply more than 24 windows, we have to go customer site twice, one for installation and one to remove the masking tape and fix. when remove the...
  16. Need Help How to hang a LARGE banner?

    We have a similar project in hand and customer hired an engineering company to give the design, we have the confidence to have the right installation hardware. but only thing we don't confidence is the installation equipment, we will have to use 125 feet boom lift or build the swing stage to do...
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