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  1. Need Help Mimaki UCJV300-160 Headstrike issue

    I run some "semi-rigid" vinyl thru ours and found that it works best setting the vacuum to strong.
  2. Need Help Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 Zero VOC Interior Latex paint - no stick!

    I'm bumping this thread because we recently ran into this issue with the Sherwin Williams paint. We used General Formulations 226HTR and it's not sticking well. It's a high-tach product specifically for wall applications. Anyone find a product that sticks to the Sherwin Williams Promar 200...
  3. Do you make/improve designs for customers or only take 100% ready to print files ?

    If it needs a lot of work, we charge but we try to keep the expense minimal. If it's something simple like a specific font, I'll just do it.
  4. 3' x 12' Acrylic sign panel for a lighted sign

    I would use .150 white polycarbonate plastic. Comes off a roll so length isn't an issue. They are fixed widths, so you're gonna end up with some drop. Sometimes I order from a width much bigger than needed to have usable drop.
  5. Street pole banner disasters?

    Yeah, they have to light poles designed for the banners. Around here most of the street lights are owned by the utility company and leased by the municipality so you gotta have permission from a couple of sources.
  6. Tired of incompetence...................................................................

    I feel like I see a lot more typos in news articles and books than I used to. Seems to be a general decline IMO.
  7. Highlight from ISA

    Haha, I thought the same about no one from here going. I commented to my wife there was no discussion about it on S101. I didn't really notice that Mexican BBQ place until we were headed out Friday. I saw they had chorizo breakfast burritos I wish I had seen sooner. We saved money by only...
  8. Highlight from ISA

    This was our first time staying in Vegas in addition to being our first ISA. Your statement sums up Vegas perfectly. We were telling someone about the price of the food and they said something about how at least it was good, and we were like um no, not really. I was really surprised by the...
  9. Anyone have this request...................................................... ??

    I think based on the fasteners you can see the intent was to unscrew the dividers to pull the panels. I'll bet the bent pieces are from the screws vibrating out in the wind. Although I don't quite understand what's keeping those panels in the sign with those pieces bent out. That sign looks...
  10. Installing 14ft banner on square posts

    No way I'd want to put a bunch of screw holes in the steel structure. Put extra grommets in the ends of the banner and lace rope around the pole thru the grommets. Looks like you could throw a line over each end of the horizontal bars holding the little display keeping the lines to the outside...
  11. Mimaki UV vs HP Latex

    You can definitely put too much heat into the laminate. Haven't ever seen any kind of shrink back issue, but have seen too much heat cause the laminate to stretch and distort while running thru the laminator. Can't really speak to the necessity. You'd have to test it out both ways to really...
  12. Fiberglass ladder care

    I like the gorilla ladder as well.
  13. Help identify retainer extrusion source

    We're working on new faces for an old sign and it's missing a couple of retainers. I've looked thru a couple of suppliers extrusions, but haven't had any luck. Anyone recognize this? Someone added corner gussets. The face of the retainer measures 1-5/8" tall and the flange is 1-7/8".
  14. Credit Cards

    Our fee is applied on transactions over $2,500. We had 1 person spending about $10,000 that asked if we could run their card 4 times for $2,500. They insisted that NO ONE uses checks anymore. We actually accommodated them because it was about a 2 month project and we had them pay $2500 to start...
  15. Is Briteline comparable to Arlon?

    I was told at one point that Ritrama makes a lot of products for other brands. After that I figured they probably make most of the "house brand" materials.
  16. Just a FYI about a US Marshal scam going around

    3 in 5 being spam is probably right for us, too. Many of the "potential spam" calls ring once and then go right to voice-mail before we can answer.
  17. Outbid by competition - fight or flight?

    I got suckered like that years ago by one of the franchise shops when they first came into town, although it was lit letters in my case. I didn't figure they were going to do those types of jobs but a couple months later I found out they were bidding some of the same jobs. I realized then, they...
  18. Advice on cutting with printer/cutter combos

    We recently acquired a UCJV300 and it's first printer we've had with an onboard plotter. I'm having a heck of a time figuring out the trick to taping to the take-up reel when the job also has a cut. I've either ended up with the print coming loose from the take-up or the print has gotten crooked...
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