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I had a law enforcement officer call in today. He has a Ford F-150 aluminum body truck. Does off duty "POLICE" work in his personal vechicle and wants "removable and reusable" non-magnetic graphics option. I have tried iDot a few times for a couple of my customers but they did not like the...

We use CorelDraw and do contour cuts on a Summa S2-T140. There is a plugin within Summa Go Sign that we loaded into CorelDraw that will add registration marks with the click of a button on the toolbar. Try this link to determine what software you may need to do this...

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Gemini does plaques. I did one for a memorial bench with them awhile back, stainless steel plate and the text was engraved.

Had a customer come in today and he indicated that he had purchased this material on Amazon and wants us to install it. I have never heard of it, don't know anything about it and I am wondering what type of product it is. Looked it up on Amazon, saw some reviews and videos. It looks like it...

I had to fill out a lengthy application which was reviewed by the bank that was underwriting the service. They also reviewed my website and it was listed as a service we provided at that time. Regardless, this is just one more thing that does not make sense.

We use Traveler's. We do vehicle graphics/spot and/or fleet graphics. To date we have not had any issues. Along similar lines, I was turned down by a company providing credit card processing services because of the fact that we did permitting at the time. What?? I still don't understand that...

My crew is on a job currently removing cast vinyl graphics on the windows of a restaurant we installed 3 years ago. All the vinyl is off but the adhesive left behind is a mess. They are using Rapid Tac Rapid Remover, then once the adhesive is wiped up coming over that with Windex, then lastly...

I have found it is usually all about the bottom dollar. I get calls frequently from people wanting the lowest price or wanting something TODAY! I get it, we all want to save money. What really gets me fired up is the customer who once worked in the sign industry (supposedly) 15 - 20 years ago...

I've used these guys for round blanks - https://signmaster.com/

Thanks everyone for all the pointers. Marketing is not my strength but I am trying to learn what I can. I do know that what worked 20 years, even 10 years ago, doesn't necessarily work today. I am going to give these ideas a shot and see what happens. Once again, thanks.

All good points everyone. I have a couple of younger folks working with me and I was trying to get their ideas for increasing sales and this was one they came up with. I personally do not care for social media and think it is a big time suck, but unfortunately a necessary evil these days. I have...

I have been in the business for 11 years and I know I still have a lot to learn, especially about marketing, which is why I come here to learn from the more experienced veterans in the industry. I am the creative in the business, I am looking for ways to generate more business because I don't...

UPDATE: I appreciate all the feedback from everyone. This has been a learning experience. We had a waiver done up, our installer had taken a 3M class and knew how to do this work, we just wanted to be sure we were protected. We presented it to the customer along with our estimate and have never...

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Anyone have a template or suggestions of what I should include in an installation waiver for a customer who is supplying the graphics to us for installation. This is going to be 3M vinyl for textured surfaces. They have provided the spec sheets on the graphics and we have invested in tools to do...

That's kind of what we had determined based on what we found online. Good idea about the waiver, hadn't thought of that. Much appreciated.

We are preparing for a concrete block wall wrap job. The material being used is 3M IJ8624, supplied by the customer. It is for a school and the wall has been treated with an anti-graffiti coating. Experience has proven that this makes adhesion difficult with standard vinyl. I had a colleague...

We are preparing to do a cinder block wall installation with customer supplied graphics. It is in a high school and the wall has an anti-graffiti coating on it. I have been told by a supplier that a primer is required for best results but they could not supply me with a product name. Do any of...

Is there a French teacher at your local high school? They might be willing to help out.