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Thanks for the tips, I'll look for the ferrous paint. Before I can educate them I'll have to educated first.

Had a local salon call me today, theye can't get magnetic to stick to their wall. No s*>/ right. I go and check it out and it is 24" strips of magnetic with adhesive back. And the mural is to cling to the now magnetic wall? Any advice on this other than to run away

Check with your vendor to find out what works with the material and ink your using, while your on with them ask about printing training. Being new a relationship with a good vendor will be priceless

as the title says i'm bringing a sp540v out of storage, and the test print produces nothing. i put all 4 cleaning cartridges in. tried a medium and powerful cleaning. while in manual cleaning mode and the carriage to the left i was able to pull ink thru the lines, and changed the dampers? white...

we have a marina / bait&tackle store that currently has a piece of acrylic with vinyl fish names and a graph and white plywood behind it, he uses dry erase marker and it holds up in the rain fairly well, it was hit over the winter and shattered, does anyone have any advice or experience with...

been using it since jan 2013, my employees like it, it think it gives them an excuse to look busy.. i cant stand it, takes too long to process an order, kinda like the phone call, press 1 for... press 2 for.. just get to the point already! there needs to be some short cuts, takes too long to...

lots of great posts here, I guess its time for a gut check and either go hard like its fourth quarter or start looking for an alternative.

i definitly have a job not a business, and lately in this town its become a 14 hour a day business, probably why i'm so burned out. I have 2 great employees, pretty sure neither of them want the ownership responsibility. although the run the place while i'm not there well.

sometimes it just gets to be too much, and i want out! anyone ever sell a sign shop before or have any advice for dos and donts

I'm looking for design software to convert ai or eps files in to RFL? files, i'm currently working with Harbor sales, for routing and would like a little more control in the routing process, and to see how are design will route. Harbor mentioned art cam but seem to be limited in their knowledge...

Marlen, i admit, i'm not the best trainer, and i assume many things to be common sense, especially for college grads or trade school students. Z signs, no the actual production shouldnt be the majority of the project job, but when it takes a guy 3.5 hours to do lay down a 1 color little...

the help i'm using in the shop is starting with little to no experience. if anyone in the lower DE area, has some good leads on shop help, a PM would be much appreciated, maybe Signs 101 could all layout, cut, weed, apply the same file, like an Eye chart or something and put in thier average...

is there any kind of basic sign proficiency test,( timed cutting, weeding, taping, applying national average) i can give new employees. to see if they can keep up with what pace, i'm a small shop and have done almost all the work myself up untill recently, now i feel like everyone that comes in...

if you do the chrome route, make sure you put it over vinyl, especially if your going to be doing the removal when it fails, i have had some last a little longer when clearcoated or laminated

i feel your pain, i'd love to start all over, all the things i would do different. For the logos above, neither one tells me anything about you other that quick designs. Looks like your going for the one and done customer. Think about your new location, your new customers, how and why they are...

pictures help, but sounds like polystyrene (sp?)

what is normally done with the area between the hood and windshield, I was planning on wrapping it but with all the vent holes, i'm not looking forward to it?

cant come to work with out at least one of the dogs, the only problem i have is how to keep the dog hair off the cuter & printer, and signs, desk, vinyl the list goes on. although app tape does work as a good lint roller

your not going to find an average price, price varies greatly from area to area, as well as the material your using, your best option is to join the premium section. or find a subcontractor that will work with you untill you get the hang of it(pricing).

build a big moat around your house, i cant find it now but there was a guy down south who dug a moat around his house, piled the dirt and sand up wrapped in plastic, hooked a pump to his pto on the tractor and pumped out the seepage, for the most part it worked, who need sand for bags when you...