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Those directory signs with multiple tenants can be a challenge to make. We have done several types using individual aluminum composite panels or acrylic. We put threaded inserts in the substrate and then screws to attach each panel to the substrate. Extra panels are cut so that when a tenant...

Thanks for the replys. Oracal is my first choice for cut vinyl and I've been holding out hoping it will come in before I run out. But if it isn't available my second choice would be 3M. Last time I called my suppliers they couldn't tell me when ANY brand of cast black would be available.

I ordered a roll in March from US Cutter...still waiting. Have also looked: Grimco, Tubelite, Fellers, Glantz... When I check the websites it says the material is available but there is no way to tell when it will arrive in my hands. I'm looking for 24" rolls for cutting vinyl lettering. Any...

Looks like you have a nice sign in the making. One thing I have found working with HDU if you are using a V bit to carve the letters, the painting can be a nightmare. The background paint wants to crawl into the letters. The best thing to do would be to paint the HDU background before routing...

Looking for best practices on installing reverse lit channel letters onto a stone or masonry monument. Trying to quote installing 15 individual letters, stretching out about 16', on a new block/stone monument. Installing each letter is not the issue as we have installed non illuminated channel...

Was your first vinyl attempt using high performance cast vinyl? Did the letter edges cut sharp and clean on the plotter? I don't know why the edges would come up like they did. I would think a high performance vinyl would last longer than anything painted or clear coated unless you use something...

This will be viewed fairly close up as it hangs on a construction site fence by a sidewalk.

My print vendor requires either a jpg or pdf file. I don't print "in house".

I created a 6' x 90' banner in CorelDraw at 150 dpi full size. When I tried to export it as a jpg it automatically reduced the size of the banner to around 8' wide with a maximum resolution of 300. I imported that file in a new window and scaled it up to 90'. Needless to say it looked awful with...

When quoting interior office wall signs one thing I've found that works pretty good is to have the client tape an 8 1/2 x 11" regular sheet of paper to the wall where the sign will go. Stand back directly in front of the paper and photograph the wall. Email me the photo so I can scale it up on...

We applied ControlTac prints to a Polypropylene HD water tank on the bed of a truck for a pest control company. It's been several months ago that we installed the graphics. We got a call saying the prints are lifting. I've never put graphics on this type of surface before. They stuck down...

Looking for something with at least 3" high letters, possibly 4'x4' cabinet. Hoping to find a recommendation from other sign shops.

Looking for suppliers that sell locking cabinets with changeable letters. Home owners associations like to post messages as people leave the community. Thanks.

What do you use for a resource for this information? Is there a website or software available that can do engineering calculations? Keeping in mind if the sign blows down and causes damage or hurts someone and we get sued the first thing we will need to prove is that we did due diligence in...

Thanks for all the replies. After reading these posts I told my client I will not install the sign without having it approved by a structural engineer. I am offering to pay the cost of the engineer since it was poor judgement on my part to overlook the implications of the installation before I...

Looking for a sturdy and attractive way to connect aluminum sign posts to concrete pad or sidewalk. I have a 4'x6' x 6mm aluminum composite sign, single face, to be installed on two 4"x4"x .125 wall aluminum posts. Top of sign is 6' to grade. We have thought of angle brackets on the back side of...

The biggest advantage to using Stouse to make the labels is that I can send them an Excel sheet with all the wording contained on the sheet. I don't know what their process is for making the labels. Otherwise I would have to layout each individual label manually. As I mentioned there are many...

Need to supply my customer with about 1400 labels for outdoor equipment. Size 3" x 15" black background with 2" high reflective yellow letters. I have an Excel sheet with the text for each label in one cell, there are a lot of duplicates but too many labels to layout individually. Stouse can...

The local PC guy suggested Bitdefender. He suggested I sign up with him for a monthly contract, if I understand correctly $75 per computer. I can buy the software online for about $60 per year for 5 computers.

So it's time for a new anti virus program - any suggestions? Thanks.