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  1. Vinyl Recommendation

    digtal print 3M ij80 VINYL ORACAL 751
  2. Looking for recommendations for a wholesale set of 8' and 4' channel letters

    https://www.letterfab.com hands down the best letter wholesale we have found
  3. Suggestions fixing banner on chain link fence

    aluminum wire for fences is what I use for longer term, they come baout 6" long
  4. 1 Shot red paint faded

    take all the one shot in your possession and trash it and switch to latex. One Shot is crap and does not last...on another note that sign is cool!
  5. What software are you using for Sigange Designing?

    flexi for the basic and illustrator for clean up and detailing
  6. Best File Set for vinyl

    exacto knife with #11 blades and aluminum ruler
  7. Does anyone know what the black coating is?

    looks like oikl based that was just applied to an unclean surface, fisheyes and dirt, horrible paint job
  8. self employment and banks

    Well one thing that led me to my comment was my banker told me "We try to understand self employment a little better than most institutions"....Obviously not! If they try to understand self employment a little better than other banks than I guess I was a little taken back that if you see the...
  9. self employment and banks

    what whole story? wth are you talking about? Im saying what I know
  10. self employment and banks

    also think of this they went back past 2 years and that bout when COVID was happening....Not a chance in hell. As I mentioned I have damn good cpa and why not keep most of my own money, it seems like the govt doesnt know how to manage money very well, lol
  11. How's crime / theft in your areas these days?

    good lord, now that is some ambition! I dont think I would have the energy to go thru all that! as far as crime I live in montgomery, al run by a dem that is obviously bought and paid for. Crime is rampant, neighboring towns are thriving and everyone is getting out of here and have been for...
  12. self employment and banks

    I have been in same home for 35 years, paid for. All vehicles paid for. No debt no overhead, been in business for 35 years. Great credit score. Money in bank and I am very grateful for that. NONE of it matters! Am building a new home in the country on 4 acres, the 4 acres is paid for. I...
  13. Painting routed acrylic letters

    we scuff letters with red scothcbrite and then prime with 2 part auto epoxy, and then paint latex. I like satin but if a customer wants gloss we can do that. We place letters upside down on trasfer tape and spray all sides and then flip letters over to do faces
  14. Looks like an installation nightmare...

    i think what would workk good on this install would be to cut a pattern out of .25" pvc and tape that on the wall and that way it would "hold" the letters while silicone set up!
  15. Matching PMS colors Signs365

    it wouldnt hurt my feelings if PMS just went away completely, way too many choices for people to pick from. 99% of the art from 365 is acceptable and is close enough. I do tell customers that I cannot gurantee the pms they are looking at but get close if they are that picky I gurantee you...
  16. My old squeegee and me

    now that is cool! Ive got about 4 squeegees and every now and then they have to be wetsanded and then restraightened on the edges. retire it and keep it!
  17. Grimco Buys GSG

    grimco is the walmart of the sign suppliers. When they bought alumapanel out of atalnta and bham it really hurt. alumapanel was a top notch compnay and then went to hell when grimco got it. no more customer cut aluminum
  18. Refurbishing a carved/routed sign

    I debated whether or not that is real gold, i was thinking if it was real gold why is it in such bad condition, if it has to replaced in gold it certainly will drive the price well over $1000 might wanna substitite a latex based gold metallic
  19. Refurbishing a carved/routed sign

    if you can do that in 2 or 3 hours Im impressed. I would take it down and take it into shop and sand and recoat with 2 part epoxy primed and then spray metallic gold and then roll the rest with foam roller later, I would also epoxy and spray the hardware just because, couple days of work and...
  20. Opinion Anyone use VRLA Tech computers?

    i use dell xps systems and tey are reasonbly priced and do a fine job. I buy used computers off ebay and have had no problem. no windows updates and my computer will last about 10 years. Aint no sense in spending thousand of bucks on something that has the same components (basically) to get the...
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