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  1. Suggestions Wall mural vinyl substitutions....

    Not sure what kind of wall you are working with. But for exterior, Grimco's Multigrip is a really awesome product with years of removability. For interior, we just used General Formulations' Wallmark 226HTR - both high tack and removable (at least for the first year) - this stuff laid well...
  2. Best squeegee for large wall graphics

    Just did 3 like this yesterday. A felt squeegee works best. Fold 4 or more inches of wax paper back at the top of the graphic, crease sharply, and hinge at top using the exposed section to anchor. We usually have two guys on this and use a level on the side for alignment. Agree with...
  3. Viable Alternatives to SIGNS365?

    Firesprint is on here and does this.
  4. Suggestions Looking for flat bed printer suggestions

    We had a CET and bought a new FluidColor about a year ago (R84F Turbo). Can't say enough good about the FluidColor and about their training. The company started out reconditioning machines and have taken that experience to beef up certain areas of the equipment. We have CMYK and White and opted...
  5. uv printer

    196"wide X 78"Long X 56" high. In your workspace you will need another 2' all the way around the machine minimum. This is for one that prints to 4'x8'
  6. uv printer

    The Issues I spoke of are not for one single brand. We have had a CET before the FluidColor. Both are based off the HandTop framework. There are many others that start with a HandTop frame as well. - Yes, vacuum holds material down, but if it is not flat it will not print clearly. We have...
  7. uv printer

    To add: No need for transfer tape or time to assemble vinyl, most sign panels are done once printer is done. They can be fast and add ability to your shop. We make multi layer glass signs - like the glass on pinball machines - print directly onto wood, canvas frames, magnetic, PET banner...
  8. Anyone know of any Environmentally friendly print or cad cut vinyls out there?

    EcoSolvent Inks, direct printing onto substrate. Can't say vinyl is all that easy on the environment or "green". I thought I remembered hearing about a newish board that uses recycled materials - can't remember if it was a foamcore type or a PVC.
  9. Is my pricing too high for printed vinyl?

    Wrap cast vinyl $0.97 per square foot - $1.02 per square foot. Add 15% for waste (leading edge, no one prints all the way to the edge...) and you are at about $1.15. Now add ink cost - let's say $0.30. So $1.45 per square foot pure material cost without laminate or labor, overhead, depreciation...
  10. Is my pricing too high for printed vinyl?

    I am wondering what this customer does for a living - I assume they do not race for a living or the expense would be less of an issue. So let's say they are a mechanic. If you take your car to them and tell them the price is too high will they lower it? Problem is they do not value your time as...
  11. Preferred Premask?

    Same here. We keep 3M SCPS-55 premasking tape around for large format Etch films we apply to windows. But our house application tape is Conform RLA 4075 High Tack.
  12. What is Signs365?

    One of a few quick turnaround industry-industry printers. They are good for large orders of banners, coroplast signs etc. Nice thing about them is it gives you the ability to bid on larger jobs than you can do within time frame or in house. There are other such businesses, like Firesprint who...
  13. Question BEST colour change wrap vinyl for double step recesses (Hyundai iLoad)

    We use Arlon SLX CastWrap for things like this. Have not used the others mentioned, so can't give a comparison. But the Arlon is slideable, low initial tack, and requires post form heating to fully activate the adhesive.
  14. Meeting with corporate buyers

    Always good to meet in person - usually opens up more business. Phone, website, Facebook all work well - no need for printed binder (you are paperless, trendy)...
  15. remembering choices

    I'm in Flexi 19. At the bottom right is the default for stroke and fill. You can set them to no stroke and black fill and your preferred text style easily. In the lower right corner of Flexi is the default settings for stroke and fill - click on stroke then in the flyout window Fill/Stroke...
  16. Vinyl by the yard

    Rvinyl sells by the yard
  17. Edward Jones

    A lot of large corporations take 60-90 days to pay. That is assuming the invoice reaches the correct person. Their operating capital essentially becomes a zero percentage loan that is never ending, only needs to be managed. You can huff and puff, but all that is likely to do is slow it down...
  18. Question Going rate on color change wrap

    Chettah Wrap is a material designed by Frank Fellers (of Fellers.com, the Cowboy hat) and made in the USA. I don't see it on their site now - Fellers was recently bought out, so may be that Cheetah is his new business. We have always loved working with Avery, Arlon and 3M wrap vinyls - not so...
  19. UltraBoard alternative?

    Cutting Ultraboard - use a straight edge, use a sharp blade (I use an Xacto), first cut use next to no pressure as it is a scoring cut, second pass a little weight, but start with blade on table so the edge will ride onto the material, third pass full weight and should go all the way through. Be...
  20. Printing White Under CMYK

    You can trap the white. You can do it manually by creating a file for it or in your RIP or Print software (many offer this feature). We use Onyx on a FluidColor printer which uses TopHand print software and we can do it there. Other than that, time for a calibration on your printer.
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