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I once got three emails the same day, same exact "almost english" body message wanting design work for a new business, all had different email addresses and contacts. Either multiple scammers trying this, too lazy to change anything, or just one that's completely and utterly incompetent. :roflmao:

A lot of paints are formulated to repel dirt, unfortunately they repel most vinyl too. When you get requests for stuff like this, you need something aggressive, and need to do an adhesion test. If you see any issues, knowing how to paint them on is a good additional skill to have to give...

I do remember those. My parents used Guardian, they quit selling them when I was little, slowly got replaced as I was growing up. It all sat in boxes in the attic till my older sister got her first place, and they became her first set of cookware. She probably still has them in storage. Cool...

The 2012 guide is probably the same one I have on file. It's a little outdated, but it looks like they use the same striping scheme with the exception of the red 911, so you'll be able to design it to whatever vehicle is used if they don't have an updated one. Which they probably don't. You'll...

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Yup. just like anything else.

I'd go with C, quick, easy, collect, and go have lunch. Colored ACM, you'll get different results with different manufacturers, some is pretty cheap and will either fade sooner, or dark colors that get hotter in the sun will try to warp it. Stick with good stuff, and there's usually no issues...

Thank so much everyone. Being refurbished, all new heads, a very clean machine, and being fairly local, it was a tempting deal for the price as an addition. Being past it's service life is what was making me leery, especially with HP who's rather notorious for no parts availability after EOL ...

I grew up in a body shop, my teething rings were bondo spreaders... Matthews paint is the bomb for this stuff, but my little brain instantly goes to what body shops use for filling/ pre-finishing supplies, primers, etc. :)

Hit up a auto parts store that sells automotive paints. Whatever brands they carry, they'll have best options for easy to work fillers, spot putties, high build polyester and epoxy primers, etc. Most will set up a jobber account for sign companies too, so you'll get better pricing than buying...

Not overly familiar with these, but I was offered a great deal on a tech refurbished one. All new print heads, has the roll to roll option, comes with extension tables, just need to do the white ink conversion. Opinions on quality??? Reliability??? PITA to convert to white? What's the good...

BWAHAHAHA!!!!! :roflmao: Yeah, people just don't get it that agents will say anything to sell/ lease. That statement alone is enough of a red flag to just decline.

Agree with White Haus, you shouldn't need them to laminate if prints are cured completely, unless you always have dirty greasy fingers. For handling substrates for flatbed printing where everything shows up, I always used lint free cotton inspection gloves. They're cheap, and disposable.

I'd talk em' into keeping it off the actual roof, do something on the end of the overhang above the window like this. It would be about the same size as the "coffee" part on the end wall, nice solid end truss to mount to, and not stick out far enough where wind will do anything. Since it's an...

Those booger welds that penetrated nothing make me sad to look at...

Used to run magnetic on a Roland, don't know if it would relate to an HP, but we usually had to use lots of passes. If you used a low pass setting it would feed it too much at once and the rollers would slip. I've also seen posts where people tape something over any metal feed/ exit parts that...

Seriously, I do wear joggers and slippers most of the time, and a company t-shirt of course. It's not to be defiant or anything, it's not sloppy stuff. I'm old, they sucked me back out of retirement, all I ask for is to be comfortable. :cool:

Epson makes inks for a lot of different manufacturers, probably most. Older Roland's, if you open the cartridges, the bags actually had Epson decals on them. They come out of the same factory, but use a different formulas and chemicals for each brand. Epson also makes print heads, they all look...

Think paint. Every brand has it's own proprietary formula, most can hit the same colors, some outlast others, but everyone has their own, and they'll never tell you what's all in it. MSDS sheets give some clues, but never list everything, unless it's all regulated, hazardous, or flammable...

To do a full flush on a Mimaki you'll need 8 flush cartridges (part# C-FL003-Z-22-1), These are used to flush to swap between ink-sets, like SS21 to ES3, and can be used for power cleaning lines/ heads. They included a set of 8 with the last Mimaki we bought for some reason. You replace all 8...