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Send the file to print. In the Edge dialog screen select Print Options (the 123 Icon or F11) Select settings (top center) It should be on default "Normal" set it to Dark.

I did this the same was an artist stretches a canvas on a wood frame.

There are many variables in choosing a substrate. But you can check out Aluminum Composite panel (Dibond) to start

Try selecting darker in the settings and a double hit of white is often needed

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Real Estate agents are notorious for being cheap. That combined with the direct marketing they get from their franchise and the big suppliers at discounted prices makes it a difficult market to service. We have done signs for a number of local independent brokers. And we do the sign work that...

Where are you? Look on one of the big employment sites what similar experience in similar businesses pays in your area.

What Marlene said

Do you have much experience using oil based paints. For what you are doing it doesn't sound like you need lettering brushes, just good quality brushes for oil paint. There is a technique to going back and stroking the paint just enough to smooth it out without ruining the finish with brush...

I don't either, but it doesn't help when the editor of the oldest and largest sign trade magazine propagates the same false information.

I hope the customer has the size right and did a day/night 2 layer translucent print.

During a recent discussion on what is and is not legal when it comes to using trademark/copyrighted designs I remembered seeing this in one of the trade magazines. Couldn't find it then, but just came across it again, from Signs of The times September 2017 about the Best in Show winner of the...

I agree, but I try to put the responsibility of the decision on the body shop/client.

Customer already has a "decal" to apply? Do you know what this "decal" is?

Could you just use a white foil instead of process foils?

No interest in trying to sell a commodity type product online. And trying to sell a custom product online seems problematic.

We usually use a coro template for a rough install, but the plywood may be better in this case. And a nice set of fresh bits, start small. And a straight edge/level so the faces end up on the same plane.

When I was first doing full size paper patterns for pouncing I would have three or four difference color pencils so my corrections wouldn't get confusing. I swear I waste more time on sketches now that everyone expects to see scale color proofs of even a parking sign. Back then a quick scratch...

20 minutes design time per sign? That makes about as much sense as $20 per sign. I agree with Rick about the repetitive design trap, good or bad.

No way, your next sign will be "No Public Restrooms"