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  1. 3M Blue Tape alternative

    oh god, if for tape hinging i don't use blue painter's tape at all.... waste of $$$ and tends to release at the wrong times. disregard my posts, thought OP was referring to paint mask alternatives :( for general purpose masking/applying, we use the 3M Yellow Tape that comes in the contractor's...
  2. 3M Blue Tape alternative

    you pick your battles, but nuts & bolts add up... not trying to swap out bargain-bin crap vinyl here, or coro vs acrylic, but $5 vs $8/roll becomes hundreds/thousands to pad a departmental wishlist.
  3. 3M Blue Tape alternative

    Menard's green painter's tape is cheaper and performs just as well. 2" rolls at $5 vs. $8 for 3M blue. amazon has a house-brand of blue tape at <$5ea, haven't tried it though.
  4. Thread tap acrylic

    flat bottom tap or bust. you lose about 1/8"-3/16" of hole depth with those pointy-ones.
  5. JV3 can I print white ink?

    the only person i know of on these forums, had frankenstein'd a jv3 to print homemade clear inks and operate as a flatbed, was artbot. so i can confirm, that anything is possible with the Jv3 with some ingenuity.....buuuut that was a decade ago, and he hasn't been on these forums in about as...
  6. JV3 can I print white ink?

    white ink settles & you may have longterm issues with your lines & printhead getting gummed up. If you do make it work, you'll have to develop a process of stirring your ink supply regularly & also flushing out the entire channel when you don't expect to run white for more than a few days.
  7. High School outdoor sign ?

    if anything else, people want that "cover" to protect it from cheese fries. 2nd surface UV print on clear acrylic could do the trick too
  8. High School outdoor sign ?

    unless they wanna go super fancy with someting, typically these are just painted dibond panels or aluminum pans that are screwed/bolted to a wall with individual panels screwed/rivot'd onto the face that can be updated with vinyl graphics. ezpz. if desired, take it a step further with some...
  9. Anyone have a roll of Grimcos Briteline Cast Matte Lam - OLWC-MAT54? I cleared out N/A

    yet to confirm, but from appearance, and as odd as it sounds...smell, I've always assumed BL wrap vinyl was the same product as Arlon DPF 6000 & 3200series overlam.
  10. Printed Translucent Adhesive and old lightbox acrylic

    i've done it plenty for cheap-o tenant updates... buuuut its not a great fix. the yellow will cast-thru. daytime clean & new, but antique-old illumination appearance. sometimes a good scrub of rapid remover and then isopropyl alcohol will take out the harsh burnt-yellow and leave more of a...
  11. 4 month old Mimaki problems

    you can touch the head, as long as you realize how delicate it is. the goal is still to not touch the head, but rather scrub the vertical sides of it as part of regular "de-icicling" maintenance :)
  12. Need Help machine has stopped heating mimaki jv3

    pretty sure that this is the first thread on this forum with portuguese.... especially with an english subject header, but hopefully you're available to translate for us once espanol threads start stacking up. appreciate the edited post, Robson. cables & fuses, easily traced from fans & heater...
  13. Roll-to-roll Printer with 98" or 100" width

    grand format printer, is the term you're looking for
  14. Metallic Vinyl Stickers

    agreed, but most people on these kinda threads are small potatoes operation and don't have the space available in their office for another footprint. still, print&cut machines are "just good enough" BUT my two plotters that run alongside my printer are almost 20yrs old and still pumping out cuts...
  15. Cut-out Letters on wall

    zombie thread. thousands on videos available on youtube but i picked out one for ya.(linked with video for dimensional letter install)
  16. Arlon/Mactac Frosted Printed window films

    i would guess that if you tried, the water/soap will soften the adhesive and get streaky or simply remain within the egress channels and never stick. I'm always a fan of thinking outside of the box, but when they specifically say to not wet apply, then its most likely because someone previously...
  17. replacement OEM parts v 3rd party

    parts are parts, assuming you got the voltages/amps right. currently have a 120v fan i salvaged from an LED message center display exhausting the cabinet of my $100k CNC router , and another I bought at a MicroCenter for $40... else it was a $300 part from MultiCam. as far as printer parts, I...
  18. Horrifying and stuck on this logo

    i'd ask him to provide an example of what his "leather or brass effect" appears like in a 2color tshirt print. I know what leather looks like, and brass too, but feel like applying that to a screenprint would be impossible without the shading effects of additional colors or a halftone. edited...
  19. Printer to make helmet decals

    hot damn, this thread got me debating just pulling trigger on a 700/800W. Been wide format printing for two decades now, and have always wished I had white capability... even more and more with translucent prints. regarding your route to latex printing, you COULD still ditch the edge entirely...
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