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  1. What is this banner framing system?

    We're stumped on this one. Each banner edge has a keder/sail type edge that fits into a track piece which looks to hook into the portion on the wall. The track on the wall has many grooves that I'm guessing you use to ratchet down the track with the banner/keder edging. Problem is, we've...
  2. Best pricing for over 10' banners?

    Please PM or email this, I am just curious as to who you guys have found around the country (midwest would be the best) that has the best square pricing for large banners over 10'? Thanks,
  3. Bucket Truck sign holder

    For those of you with normal bucket trucks...with the white fiberglass type bucket on the end...has anyone seen or come up with a good way to put a board/sign holder attachment on the bucket itself to hold things? We've seen them on other rigs where they are made for the rigs but can't seem to...
  4. Who has a Mimaki CG-FX plotter?

    Looking to find people who run Mimaki CG-FX plotters? We have a few and really haven't had any issues with them until recently. We were going to plot Gill Sans font, about 1" tall on Oracal 851 cast vinyl using a 45 degree blade and .30 offset and slow speed and 80 on pressure. Problem is...
  5. Wholesale neon signs?

    Anyone know of good places to get neon signs made for like pizza chains, restaurants...the kind they hang in the windows? We have a customer looking for a decent amount of them, custom to their logo but can't seem to find anyone to get back to me? Also, would love to find someone dealing with...
  6. Entire Sign Package, need advice

    Hello all, We are bidding on a entire sign package for a school which consists of mainly nice custom post and panel signage, blade signs, big letters, etc. We don't do this in-house but we can handle the installation. What companies would you recommend that could do this entire thing and ship...
  7. Elevator Doors

    For those of you who have wrapped elevator doors, what type of material have you found to work great. We have a few stainless doors where the graphic will be up for a couple months and tons of kids will probably be touching it/hitting it etc. And when you wrap them, anything particular you...
  8. wraptor

    Pretty cool idea http://thewraptor.com/enter.php
  9. Taking Graphics off plexi when cold or hot

    We've got a 100 panels of graphics to take off of plexi ice rink panels and the question is whether to use heat to take them off or let them get cold outside first. They've been sitting on there for a year during summer, etc. These are full color, laminated 3x8 graphics. The ones we've been...
  10. Studs on aluminum street signs

    Hey all, Quick because honestly we've never had to do this before. Customer wants to put studs on the back of aluminum .080 blanks like street signs. How or who should we contact about this...I've contacted several welders and none of them can do this so curious if there is a stud welder...
  11. Snap Xpressions

    Hey all, Anyone know how to become a vendor/distributor for Snap Xpressions displays, can't seem to find any info? Thanks,
  12. Need some shop shirts

    Hey all, Need to get a couple shop shirts/clothing made and looking for a couple company's that can work with us. Probably looking at 5-10 items of clothing from shirts to cold weather gear, etc. Thanks,
  13. Learn something new everyday

    So talking to a long time...long time tech in the field of the UV machines and previous and he said they actually use isopropyl to clean stubborn heads and have even used goo gone several times for severe ones. Anyone ever use isopropyl to clean their UV heads or heard of this?
  14. JV5 bulk inks

    Just a heads up to JV5 and JV3 users, we have recently started using inks from Image Technologies and are pretty frickin happy. Basically if you call them up, they will give you one cartridge for free to test out and then 50% off your first order of cartridges, full set. Per the customer's...
  15. Why Do They Keep Making These Toys!

    I swear, things like this keep making my bank account hurt http://www.gandinnovations.com/videos_hal.asp
  16. AccuCure 60 UV liquid laminator

    Question for those of you who have the AccuCure UV liquid coaters or any other similar machines http://www.neschenbrands.com/websites/sealbrands/neschen.nsf/htmlalias/lcsaccucure60uv&80uv so we don't have to waste too much time finding out settings for materials, anyone willing to tell us...
  17. UV Ink Profiling?

    Does anyone have a good contact, really good contact or knowledge of how to properly profile inks for UV printers? Thank you,
  18. Fingerprints on UV prints

    Was at a show recently and someone was talking about oils, fingerprints, etc on flatbed prints and we were discussing how we get rid of them. Curious to see what others do...of course we all wear gloves here but we normally clean everything that is not foamcore related with denatured...
  19. Have your ever checked your inks?

    Apologize for posting this in two places, but didn't know which was better: We are the kind of shop that really wants to make sure everything is going right and we are getting the most for our money, so everytime we have to replace inks in our machines, we take apart the cartridges to see what...
  20. Cutting magnet material plotter

    Hey all, Anyone have any experience cutting magnet material with your plotter? We have a Mimaki CG-160FX and was just going to use our 0005 blade with .75 offset from clean cut blades but didn't know if there was a specific way to do it or not? Thanks,
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