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  1. What to do about a failed install?

    https://www.graphic-express.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/736x460/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/3/m310-h_1.jpg If you had dimensions you could probably recreate it from this. I'll disagree with those who said you can't wet apply a 1/4" stripe. I've done it before, but in this...
  2. Niche Market - I had an idea, what do you think?

    In our town the sign ordinance prohibits that specific activity.
  3. Touching up prints.

    We use Sharpie on white specks in a black area. Only if it's something that someone is going to handle/see up close. On a big banner or sign it's immaterial.
  4. Onyx 12 Refreshing Non Stop

    Too many old jobs stored in the folder maybe. Delete them.
  5. What to do about a failed install?

    You can't even trust reviews. The ones for the supplier I referenced were all so glowing they had to have been written by the vendor's shills.
  6. Partial Blockout flexface or awning. Suggestions?

    Look at the awning pictures towards the bottom of this page: https://cooleygroup.com/product/cooley-brite/ The Baskin Robbins one has a black awning. And just below that is a "Request a Sample" button.
  7. Need Help I have angry customers :(

    It's been a long time since I used an online shopping cart, but 11-12 years ago when we did, the regular shopping cart at Go Daddy had all the order management and CRM you would need. You could log in and see all your orders listed and when you invoiced/received payment, shipped, etc. it updated...
  8. What to do about a failed install?

    Gino, don't assume that just because it is offered for sale online that it is going to work and if it doesn't that it's the installer's fault. The most recent job that we did which involved ebay car graphics was on a 1968 Camaro. It belonged to a guy whose offshore race boats we had done for a...
  9. Question Large graphic - help!

    Paneled graphics have been done since vinyl for signs came out, and it looks fine. The overlap can be 1/4" or 1/2" and if you install it well, people will not notice it unless they are really close and looking for it.
  10. Partial Blockout flexface or awning. Suggestions?

    Regular black eradicable flex should work for that, as long as the white letters don't have to be blockout. I can't imagine that black blockout lets much light pass through the black areas. That would kind of defeat the purpose of black.
  11. What to do about a failed install?

    The first thing I do when someone brings me a mail order graphic is tell them I don't guarantee that we can install it perfectly and that I will not replace a graphic we didn't make. I've found most of them are crap, and usually they don't fit either. But you're already past that. So in this...
  12. What would cause laminate to separate from vinyl during install?

    Had you already stretched and heated to get it down the first time, so that when you pulled it up you were stretching it even more? If so, it's like when you go to pull up old laminated vinyl (that was installed a long time ago). Because it takes so much force to pull it up, you stretch the...
  13. Vinyl to use for stickers like at StickerMule?

    We use the term decal for self adhesive labels, printed or not, die or contour cut or not. It does not refer to the old water-release labels we used to put on model cars. If the decals (stickers) are just going to be stuck on notebooks et al and are not meant for signage or any official purpose...
  14. Color matching

    How about ThermoFlex Plus Tiffany Blue or Dark Tiffany?
  15. Font ID

    Serpentine Bold Italic (stretched taller) for the other
  16. Thickness of acrylic displays in high school code?

    I think the thinnest I'd go is 3/8", but 1/2" has a better "look". If you do 1/4", it works, but there is sag, plus if they are in reach, they are too bendable. Thicker than 1/2" and weight becomes a problem.
  17. Where can I find these icons?

    If you are looking for clipart, the term usually used for those is pictogram. So search explosion pictogram, key and lock pictogram, etc.
  18. Scammers have changed tactics for sign people

    The area code is meaningless on caller ID now; they spoof those. Our "your Google listing may be out of date" calls all have what look like local numbers on caller ID now. And the ones about credit card processing new rates from new law/regulation" calls do it too. So this caller just wanted...
  19. Anyone have Corel 21 and willing to convert a file for me?

    You already emailed it to someone. Did that not work out? We use Corel Draw 2019. Our email address is thesignsource@sbcglobal.net
  20. IJ180 CV3 - Issues & Comparable Vinyls

    It depends on what they use to do the powder coating. Powder coat is a plastic powder that is melted into a coating. Depending on what plastic and what additives they use, it can be LSE, just like latex house paint that has additives to make crayon and grease stains wipe off easily.
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