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I remember a local sign painter: he was like the old Model T: you could have your sign in any color as long as it was white, and any color lettering as long as it was red or black. He couldn't be bothered to stock all those cans of 1-Shot and didn't want to confuse his customers by offering them...

We have found that our customers want to use us because they trust us and know our quality. They know they can probably get it cheaper if they go to every shop in town. They pay us because they don't have time to shop around and they can't afford to get a bad product. Glad we don't have to deal...

Old Paint is right. Shredding and using as package padding is a great reuse idea. better than those damned peanuts. I hate those things. C

We used to do some plaster casting when I was in college..... :} Welcome.C

Pencil and paper, black sharpie or graphic pen, scanner...

A note from a pro: Drop the apostrophe... http://news.aol.com/weird-news/article/english-town-gets-rid-of-apostrophes/323881?cid=46 Congrats on birth of son. C

If you are dongle free, they ping you monthly to upgrade and verify. If you want to purchase a dongle, I'm sure they'd be happy to send you one. When I got 8.1 I was told that I have to register the computer that I am using-so if I want to switch to my laptop, I have to go online before it will...

Don't laugh...I worked for a shop forman who made us save the letters we pulled up from signblast stencils to save for use at a future time....That lasted about a day until we had a major shop uprising. unbelievable. C

Brother of Peter Max the artist? C

Well, at least OP has a place to put his pencil (the other one, I mean). c

Don't be discouraged. Be open and honest, search through the posts before you ask the same question that is asked several times a day, and don't tell us that you want to do your own work so you can avoid paying a professional. :) This is a crusty, but talented bunch with an accumulated wealth...

This has been enlightening. I'm a computer no-brain. My main concern is that I am able to get drivers for the equipment that I run. I hate throwing (recycling) out perfectly useable stuff just because it's incompatible with the new OS... I like the idea of a touch screen-am looking to purchase...

I've been holding off until Vista is replaced...my main question is whether it'll take huge memory as Vista does, and will it work with my peripherals or should I just keep my XP computer forever (or buy a Mac)? I don't need any bells or whistles-no gaming, don't do video-just need a machine...

I've been playing with my new Epson V500 Photo scanner all day....day off, of course. It's addictive. Just learning how to do use it-restoring my sister's wedding photos. It has descreening capability which is great if you have to scan halftones. It gets rid of the moire pattern pretty well. At...

I'm always surprised that folks who come onto the site wanting to undercut or replace professionals by doing their own work (and asking those same professionals to show them how to do it) are offended by the snarky responses that they get. Would you walk into a sign shop, in person, and ask the...

Just a friendly heads up: This forum is by and for the people who you don't want to pay for the lettering on your vehicles, so don't be surprised if you get some sarcastic and/or hostile responses to your query. C

Welcome from Bawlamer: go Ravens. Carol

When I was in high school I was on the sign committee-we did all the posters and such for events, school elections, etc. Also, painted a 2 x 3 hanging plywood panel for the local town Christmas display and won $125. (back in 1970, this was big bucks). I was on the scenery painting crew for our...

I think additives are different for different manufacturers. We've stuck with Duron because we know what we are working with. Latex outlasts oil based paint, hands down. C

We switched to all latex to coat out signs years ago and have had no trouble. Avoid flat and go with gloss or semi gloss exterior. Don't be cheap, get paint with high color content (avoid neutral base if possible). Latex doesn't chalk like 1-shot. Let it cure completely before applying vinyl. We...