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Good to hear I'm not alone in trying to make things work with low investment. So many people never start anything because they don't have the "required investment"... I'm on my way now to look at a used RS 65" heat assist. The price seems good and they're going to do a demo... but they replaced...

That's looking like at least the short term route for me too.

For sure, that is the way I'm leaning if I can't live with the outsourced shop delay or the cost is adding up too much (not like it's free to do it yourself, time is money). But the US Tech place is close to me so I can even go visit the showroom and purchase on-site. Thanks for the link!

No doubt about it. And the laminator shop I dropped off at today was 100% just that, which was reassuring. If it wasn't for the delay, my problem would be totally solved. I just wanted the option to serve clients instantly or repair a mistake immediately.

Thanks for all the input... I appreciate the time it takes to help me out. Here's an update... I took the second half of the wrap (the one that two copies now occupy the dumpster) to the local laminator shop. I was surprised to find that this was a full-on pure lamination operation. I dropped...

Thanks Wayne... I was looking at those on eBay earlier and wondering... good to hear from someone who's used one. Any thoughts on buying used laminators? Do these things tend to run forever or is it very possible to buy one that's just a 1000lb paper weight?

By the way, it's encouraging to hear that 1.5 years later you're growing and doing well and that business is good. It seems like lots of companies in the field do fairly well if they have good business acumen and hard work. You must have both!

Thanks NateF! That sounds a whole lot like my experience so far. I even spoke with Dale today myself and he was very helpful, but couldn't actually tell me the secret sauce solution. I talked to 3M (who I also talked to before going this route - at which time they said "yes, you can apply the...

Hi.. thanks for your reply and yes, I would find that odd. However I'm asking in the very place I learned about the Big Squeegee to begin with, so hopefully there are some masters out there. I guess the difference I'm seeing is compared to the torque wrench analogy is that if it weren't for the...

First post here... I've learned so much from this community already... thank you all. We're trying to do our first vehicle wrap and so far it's been VERY expensive. :-) I've ruined at least (at least) 200 sf of #3M IJ180 and the 8518 Overlam... ouch. After putting out the money for the new...