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  1. Discussion Making Translucent Sign Faces / Need Advice

    if it was all 2nd surface originally and your client removed his own graphics...I would bet five dollhairs that its most likely scratched-up so bad that any vinyl you would lay 2nd-surface, would not look so hot when viewed through the face.
  2. Wrapping the blades on a swamp cooler..?

    those things blow, right? my first thought was mesh banner, but it might obstruct the airflow a bit. Just shootin' from the hip here. Or maybe instead of trying to cover the front of it, you could add mounts for a flag-banner or a wind cone/cube to utilize the airflow to flutter out. Ooooo...
  3. Need Help Mounting Acrylic Prints

    if your UV printer doesn't have white, would it be possiblet to just backspray with some white acrylic polyurethane?
  4. Help please! Paper stuck to back of wrap, and now not sticking

    yeah, those grey-adhesive controltac vinyls are ruined once you get them wet..... or at least definitely ruined once you wet & scrub.
  5. Need Help Black Acrylic

    :welcome::signs101smilie::welcome::signs101smilie: grimco or eplastics.com, if you're in a pinch and want to order online. else pretty much any glass shop, sign supply company, plastic supply company in your area has black acrylic readily available.
  6. Best way to do Day night or black during day white at night

    truest white at night and black in daytime? trick question really. black perf on white acrylic, day/night acrylic, etc.....they all have about the same level of "grey" when illuminated.
  7. Best led modules power supply?

    France and Sloan. sloan got a bad wrap from a bad batch on their manufacturing-end, BUT they owned it and credited us for every single power supply we pulled and replaced.
  8. Lighted sign...I think I can do this?

    +1 pigment fades & chalks, not the acrylic that is completely inert and won't yellow in the sunlight like polycarb does.
  9. Stadium Graphics... How would you do it?

    is concrete wall wrap vinyl an option? stuff sticks great, no drilling required.
  10. Opps...too high, think we ought to move it down

    hate to nitpick, but i think its too low now. actually i lied... i LOVE to nitpick other people's work.
  11. Lighted sign...I think I can do this?

    simple replacement. at those dimensions you can go with polycarb or acrylic. reference above to subtracting 1/4" from horizontal/vertical dimensions isn't so much for expansion but rather for the actual fit of the plastic.... as the frame itself is up to 1/8" thick material, so the insert...
  12. Contractor Woes - If its not in my quote am I liable for it?

    well, then hopefully the OP will keep this thread updated with the results... because I believe you're giving the OP false hope, given the information provided.
  13. Contractor Woes - If its not in my quote am I liable for it?

    specs are one thing, and can be tweaked to cover the intent, or adjusted along the way for approved upcharges, but missing items & quantities are another.... and the bids are almost always on the package, not just a few items on the list you decide to pick/choose. if you don't make it in-house...
  14. Aluminum laminate signage help

    :welcome::welcome::welcome:
  15. Contractor Woes - If its not in my quote am I liable for it?

    regarding the address lettering, if there were no specs for it then write up a quote for vinyl lettering & 1hr install for them to consider credit.... maybe even provide an additional quote with a +$$$ uptick for painted dimensional lettering that you could flip in a pinch to make it the right...
  16. Contractor Woes - If its not in my quote am I liable for it?

    had this happen a few times. gotta suck it up and make it right. Had a project for a new university dormatory, and was mind-boggled at how many signs a salesman had missed in our quote. easily $5k worth of product buried in their architectural documents & overlooked... but we won the bid, and...
  17. Powdercoating question

    overthinking it, i believe. but if you're really worried then roll-on some killz latex to the backside of your letters prior to install day.
  18. To Unwrap or Not Unwrap

    its a TRAP! doubt there's sinister intent, but literature is posturing to hang you on a new paint job if a lotta things don't go right.
  19. Cutting circular printed vinyl graphics (basic)

    +1 perf cut. tangle/feed issues aside, through-cutting will break-down the cutting strip on your plotter really really fast.
  20. Potentially being sued

    I've never installed wallpaper over old wallpaper... recipe for disaster.
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