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rapid remover does pretty well at taking sharpie off laminate without burning the overlam.

if by transluscent, you mean clear with image printed on it, you would need the ability to print white. if white transluscent is good-enough, as your printer only uses CMYK, then go with any eco-solvent receptive transluscent white vinyl recommended by your supplier.

Grimco's Briteline Wrapcast

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idk, i'm just sayin' what i saw and i didn't get "sign grade" mdf and i'm sure most people don't when they're slapping sets together either. everyone knows that you don't expect much outta untreated mdf in wet environments.

oh i got ya, i just didn't know off the top of my head cause i just pickup as needed whatever they got :) looked it up: its Famowood Glazecoat

i just get whatever they have at HomeDepot. Its right next to the polyurethane tins in the spraypaint aisle (i've also heard people use polyurethane, but it may as well just be a clearcoat. The self-leveling bartop epoxy makes it nearly bulletproof.) the one set I never coated, got left...

that's all i've ever done. farmer's markets are always sellilng blank boards already built, and I sheet apply my vinyl and then bartop epoxy over the whole thing to seal it.

seems like a wrap contract should just be a flat-rate, with a deadline. take it, counter, or leave it. we recently got $10k for a wrap that was due in a week, and I worked 15hr days to make it happen. Heard through the grapevine that a handful of shops passed-up on the job because a week to...

dust dust EVERYWHERE! we only use the roller table to laminate small stuff we don't want to waste time webbing our laminator in the cleaner office room. the ceiling is usually the culprit in the shop, constantly raining dust when air disturbs it. Releasing liners from laminate generates a LOT...

I've taped-on tails plenty of times Other times, i'll just deselect portions of my print&cut, to only cut the front-end first before rotating my page and outputting the remainder of my cuts.

Can't speak for Signlab specifically, but i haven't had any issues yet running compatibility mode on older versions of software designed for windows 7. HIGHLY recommend using the googles to find the steps to making windows11 look like windows 7 and removing all the extra crap microsoft is...

Briteline WrapCast from Grimco is rebranded Arlon. unconfirmed, but they smell/feel identical and achieve the exact same finishes. I haven't had any delamination issues with either, but it definitely makes sense if you're laminating to dissimilar media.

your upcut bit for aluminum may still work, if you can just simply route with enamel side face-down. you can always protect the face with some transfer mask if sliding-around your finished surface on a router table feels sketchy.

huge fan of leaving a ~1/2" border around my graphics, can loosely-trim after masking. this adds a square box to measure/level-to, & keeps the perimeter of the transfer mask from lifting up from the liner during handling.

yeah, wet applying sheet-laminated perf will do that. Uneven pockets of trapped moisture/surfactant. You can even get wicked deformities by unevenly stretching the product as you're attempting to simply dry-apply without transfer mask to help keep a bit more rigid as you're working your...

big fan of white>grey on glass. it just looks right. we use Briteline white trans vinyl for this application. white face&back, clear adhesive, decent pricepoint.

no budget? a proper plaque is out, unless you want to work for free :) you can always pour your own monument: some hdu foam lettering screwed into the bottom of a melamine box sprayed with mold release, and a very fine mix of crete poured in. Use an impact hammer drill to slap the sides of...

printed if you can hit the green color. or printed on green vinyl, with a printer that has white ink option. or print&cut on green vinyl, with white lettering contour-cut out if applied to a white substrate.

ya, paper-backed perf. lamex brand i believe. I roll on wet, and then re-roll with a dry/clean roller to spread&smooth. it really is a PITA and worthy of a liquid laminator if you're doing it on the regular, or if that's even possible considering how much the process floods the material and...