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  1. post heating question

    I post heat 100% of my wraps and i dont worry about the heat effecting the paint I try to post heat between 150 and 185deg f. But i always post heat entire job even flat surfaces just to be safe!
  2. Best Big Squeegee tool?

    Get yourself a box of normal 4" squeegees youll use em all on 24"x24" graphics before you use a big squeegee once...but if it works for you it works!
  3. Digital vinyl without tag and website on backing paper [PICTURE]

    General formulations is the only thing i use that has no water mark on the back, but i only use there cal vinyls....love there 203oap for yard signs and such.
  4. I need a color chart

    Pantone plus series books are good kinda pricy for a little book but they work great, come in a few diff finishes that cover about everything.
  5. Curious to what people are charging a sq ft for wraps in your area???

    Thanks for the responses guys and that's what we try to do we put out a quality wrap and in a timely manner and strive to do the best work we can i wont let **** go out my doors. And im not going to skimp on material or labor to reach a 8-10 dollar range on wraps guess it boils down to quality...
  6. Curious to what people are charging a sq ft for wraps in your area???

    I understand there will always be someone with less overhead and can really low-ball and estimate, but i want to at least be comp. on my pricing. wraps used to be our bread and butter doing two to three a week now were less than 3 a month. we have been working between 11 and 12 a sq ft for full...
  7. Curious to what people are charging a sq ft for wraps in your area???

    I was just curious as to what most people are charging per sq ft in there area for wraps. We seem to be getting under bid a lot more lately. I base all my wraps out of an estimator system and use 3m materials ex. 180cv3 and Ij40c for flat surfaces and so on. Just curious as to why i am losing...
  8. Rough Surface Painted Fiberglass Box Truck Wrap Help???

    I did four trucks with textured fiberglass on the sides like your talking about and we had the same problem with 1j40c a new guy i had working in the shop suggested we use Automark ive used it before and wasnt a big fan but for flat surfaces like box trucks its great it applies easy and wont i...
  9. can anyone blow this up and actually make out what it says?

    Im just going to say this those guys look like they new your facility, they keep looking at your camera they knew where all of them were they cut your power sounds to me like you may know these crooks man....just a guess i know everytime i have dealt with theft like this it has been someone you...
  10. Powder Coating

    Ya ive messed around with it best way to start is to just get yourself some cheaper equipment and buy a cheap range from somewhere start with smaller projects and just tinker. My dad used to run a trailer manufacturing company in louisiana and he had a huge baking oven and did tons of powder...
  11. Interesting towing rig...

    bahaha this is one of the better things ive see in awhile love it.
  12. moving my printer

    just make sure you lock your head down! tape the lid shut and a few other common sense things when moving something like your printer but the head is the main thing.
  13. Need a 7' Bowling PIn

    I would def i mean def check into Dimensional Innovations they are a company close to my shop in overland park, ks they do amazing work you will be hard pressed to find a company that does large structural and art signage as these guys i know it is out of your area but i would check into them...
  14. applying vinyl on magnets. please help!

    I run a couple mutoh valuejet 1614 and i direct print on carsafe mag material with them and lam the mag material afterwards.....we took an old 54" core and cut the lid off a 3m box, and taped it to the core to make a 10" or so flap off the core i load the mag material onto the printer like you...
  15. 3M IJ40C installation...

    use like a 24" squeegee with GLASS TAPE!! GLASS TAPE!!
  16. need wall mount or some type of cutter

    Im looking for a wall mounted or stand up panel cutter that will cut hard substrates such as dibond as well as non rigid substrates....i am aware of the kootoo but it didnt really sound like it would cut dibond and more rigid substrates. I obviously cut all my hard substrates with my table saw...
  17. new to sublimation need advice on right equipment

    i will post a few pics when i get a second of the gloves we have that have already been done and may b you guys can point me into the right direction I also have a decal that the company who did the gloves makes but they are out to europe somewhere and i cant reach them. It looks like some type...
  18. new to sublimation need advice on right equipment

    Thanks for the replies guys, The canvas is a thick cotton based canvas and its what the use for the floor of there fighting rings so it has to be durable what they have used in the past was some type of heat transfer...we are just trying to research other avenues because we have never had great...
  19. new to sublimation need advice on right equipment

    Hey everyone i run a large format printing company in kansas city ks. We recently have had a lot of orders coming in that need to be photo quality heat transfer I did some research and think that sublimation heat transfer printing is my best option. The prints need to go onto materials such as...
  20. do you use after market ink's

    Never....... did once it was a nightmare!!!!
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