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  1. Tips for a pattern on a windy day

    we spray glue to coro for most projects, regardless of wind conditions. half the time, our sales staff or installers don't realize how ridiculously textured/uneven the mounting surface is and coroplast patterns save HOURS of dilly dally. just make sure to save the coroplast for the next...
  2. News This is about my 10th year doing this...............................

    need to be more inclusive.... Cow Pies Matter!
  3. This is getting weird now..

    :popcorn:
  4. News So Long Latex 792 and LX610 Inks...

    inks aren't the issue, as there are a few 3rd party manufacturers such as SAM ink printheads & maintenance kits, however, I have yet to find a source then again, i haven't really been looking since I still have a backup set of each printhead and two of each ink cartridge and my 26500 has been...
  5. How do I destroy this sign?

    does that make this an assault-thread Gino?
  6. Avenir'esque, but at a loss. SansSerif help!

    lots of similiar fonts, but never a proper variation of the "M" any ideas?
  7. All it's missing is the circus music...

    interesting to see a guy who championed segregation playing the racist card over and over and over again. my takeaway from this debate, is that I hate politicians even more now.... long gone are the days of tactful banter and veiled snubs, and debates on ACTUAL policy. Start buying stock in...
  8. Why do you call lexel silicone?

    i still LOVE silicone, aside from functionality my main draw is that I can get tubes for under $4, whereas Lexel/PowerGrab tubes are $7-10ea. obviously it doesn't work in every single situation, as we have different solutions for different situations, but I'd say we go through about 1000 tubes...
  9. Matthews Paint

    does it HAVE TO be matthews? for something that small, could be worth just getting a spray bomb of acrylic poly satin metallic silver. We stock that matthews color, as it is the base for a LOT of our color formulas, but I've touched up plenty of signs with that finish with those little...
  10. Night-time "human directionals": need help starting my empire :)

    bummer with EL tech, is the half life of the phosphor.... lotta work to make some cool stuff, just to have the effect go dim after a few months.
  11. Suggestions Issues with peeling vinyl on signs

    even though IJ35 is "cheap", I'd still put it in the 5yr category (as do many suppliers) failure in the 1-2year range would be result of heavy ink limits on a cut line or too much tension on your lamination web that causes the calendared overlaminate to stretch prior to it applying to the...
  12. jv33 bible.

    that's the maintenance manual, the original link posted was for the service manual that contained all the top-secret alignment procedures and service modes.
  13. Cut Vinyl vs Printed Vinyl...

    i rarely laminate coroplast signs. 4x8 sheets get printed as a whole, applied as a whole, and cut apart & stacked. customers want cheap, so why add $20 per sheet to laminate when they gotta last just long enough for the city to collect them & throw in the dumpster after election season? if I...
  14. blade starting position

    most vinyl plotters have an option before/during loading, that designates your media as "roll" or "leaf" prior to scanning. Sounds like you switched to leaf-mode, as it is trying to scan the full length of your media, whereas roll-mode just assumes a certain long-length and doesn't attempt to...
  15. Discussion Think Tank for sign makers. I wonder if there might be any interest. I am open for discussion.

    ways to get the government to subsidize sign shops ....aaaaand go!
  16. Suggestions Fluorescent/Vivid Orange (Color) Printed

    niiiiiice prints! if I were to be a client demanding my artwork printed as fluorescent colors...you would NOT disappoint! Printer ink sets just keep getting better & better!
  17. Suggest 3M Vinyl and Laminate for Ultra smooth decals

    Ultra Matte overlaminate is awesome, and smooth, BUT it makes your images look like they were drawn with crayon.
  18. Suggestions Fluorescent/Vivid Orange (Color) Printed

    yeah if you're just running CMYK you won't hit anything near fluorescent colors. even lm/lc won't help much either, which is why some printers are incorporating Orange ink in their sets to hit some of those brighter-colors....and still can't even print fluorescents. depending on the design, I...
  19. (Latex 560/570) Which direction do you spool your takeup?

    i ALWAYS take-up my prints graphic-side-in, as to negate any handling issues to the laminator or rolling-out on the table BUT i always roll graphic-side-out after laminating or weed&masking, as to train the vinyl & keep mask from tunneling.
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