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  1. Bas Relief Plaque Policy Issue/Screw-Up

    At first I thought you were talking about a $1K dispute, so it's $80.00? I'd eat it. Trying to get a bureaucracy to change a PO will be painful and they may be gone as a future customer, but if you make it painless for them they will be back. I've had these experiences with municipalities and if...
  2. What is Signs365?

    They are good for certain products, but there are some others that have more personalized service like Wyld GFI in New Jersey
  3. One man shop growing pains

    Do you like making signs? If you do keep looking for an assistant, eventually you will find someone who enjoys the wide variety of work involved in a small sign shop. And at the same time raise your prices, it's how capitalism work, supply and demand. If you're not losing bids you're too cheap...
  4. Permits for Window Signage

    "Around here it was the police department pushing for the limited window coverage because they want to be able to see into the store in the case of some nefarious activity going on in the store." Another BS excuse, so you cant cover a window with signs, but you can put blinds, or the backs of...
  5. Permits for Window Signage

    They tried to restrict it here, but it was unenforceable. What if a store has a bunch of advertising posters that cover more than 50%, are they going to make them get a permit?
  6. Add shine to sign foam??

    I agree with the design suggestions. There are several ways to add "shine". The acrylic would work with studs. The epoxy suggestion is interesting, I've seen tuturials on it but never tried one. You could use real gold film, I'd suggest the Florentine texture., that combined with resin for the...
  7. Crane Below Bucket, Why??

    We had a used Hi Ranger that came from a utility company. It had a jib. With it one man could install transformers. Might look for something like that
  8. Thoughts on wall printers?

    I haven't done a direct screen on a wall in at least 20 years. Hated it then and wouldn't want to start again now, never liked screen printing of any kind. Maybe it's changed but the inks & solvents were nasty. But, it isn't really hard, it's just that you only get one shot to get it right. And...
  9. Suggestions Lexan Sprocket Punch-Outs Causing Intermittent Streaks Through Prints

    I don't think it's those circles of lex, I get them too and never caused a problem. I think they would make a bigger mess and some noise if they got stuck on the roller. Sounds more like some other contaminant. When we got our Edge the salesman also installed & trained us. He was adamant about...
  10. Thoughts on wall printers?

    depps, you do have a good point about those client who insist on lettering without vinyl. We have dealt with them, only a couple of museums that I can think of. And I have done the screenprint on a wall, its sucks, you only get one shot. It would be a really small market and unless you are in an...
  11. Need Help Where to buy aluminum sign blanks like this?

    Yep, if it's only a few a jigsaw is all you need.
  12. Thoughts on wall printers?

    I see issues...two guys to haul and set up a machine to print a mural that would take one guy an hour to install. Then there's durability, laminated murals have a layer of protection that direct paint wouldn't. Then like d fleming said, what happens if the machine has a hiccup? Repaint the wall...
  13. Supply Chain Issues

    My suggestion would have been to try an auto paint supplier but sounds like that's a dead end too.
  14. Super Bowl

    Don't really care, just hoping for a good game. More looking forward to going to the US Eastern Ski Jumping Championships earlier in the day.
  15. fat heads

    Depends on size, shipping could be pricey. Wyld GFI does coro printing and cutting, I would talk to them.
  16. Any recommendations for a good vendor of sandblasted signs?

    https://www.hansonsign.com/dimensional-signs/
  17. Okay, what's it gonna take to..............................................

    "cheaper?" cheaper as in cheap, not more economically.
  18. Arlon discontinuing 15"

    Just discovered Arlon dropped 15" punched material. We used a lot with our Edge. Their gold metallic was especially nice, brighter than 3M. It sucks when you spend 20+ years with a product, build repeat business with it and it gets dumped. Not the first time and won't be the last but its a PITA...
  19. Gold foil printing on adhesive vinyl

    We do it with a Gerber Edge.
  20. Okay, what's it gonna take to..............................................

    Yea, it seems like 90% of the posts are printer/software or how to do something cheaper.
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