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  1. Coroplast for Sign Face

    Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly 'like' the idea of this, I'm just doing my due diligence and asking the questions so I can come back with an intelligent sounding answer. I hadn't considered ACM but that's a good idea. I appreciate the input from both of you!
  2. Coroplast for Sign Face

    I have a customer looking for a very temporary (few months) sign face for their outdoor street sign. The sign is visible from both directions of traffic (2 faces) and I considered making him some 4x8 sheets of coroplast for this job. Has anyone ever done a sign face out of coroplast? I know...
  3. Pricing for Concrete Wall Mural

    I have a sample of the walk and wall and it's interesting stuff! I typically do a 1" overlap on wall graphics. Is that adequate for a project like this? Also, you said you heat the edges and overlap. What kind of heat and time do you use? Have customers ever questioned the texture of the walk...
  4. Pricing for Concrete Wall Mural

    Great information! Thanks so much! My supplier suggested the Mactac rough rap wall wrapping vinyl and matching laminate for this job.
  5. Pricing for Concrete Wall Mural

    I'm having to do that a bunch right now (pull my pants up) because I'm 18 weeks in with a personal trainer and I'm shedding weight but I'm no where near my goal yet. If I bought new pants now I'd be buying more every 2 months so I just tighten the belt for now! :) This is only 1 of 3 murals...
  6. Pricing for Concrete Wall Mural

    I have a customer asking me for a 540 sq ft mural on an indoor painted cinder block wall. The Mural is 9' high and 60' wide and starts 7 ' up in the air (above door lines). I know I'll need a genie lift for the install and the 3m heated roller (TSA 4) looks like the best way to heat and press...
  7. How cheap can ink get for giant printers?

    I think it's a legit question. How does the ink cost compare on some of the big EFI grand format printers compared to an hp latex or epson/mimaki solvent? Building a business around "how much is the ink?" leaves a lot to be desired, but you can't just completely ignore it either. Good business...
  8. Wrapping a 50ft tall concrete silo. Anyone ever done something similar? Pricing and time?

    Can't remember the last time I've seen this community in such agreement!
  9. I'm a blessed man today...

    I recently read this book and found it to be SUPER helpful. A few years ago I went through a burnout and I still don't feel fully recovered. I'm considering taking the entire month of July off to continue the healing process. https://careynieuwhof.com/didnt-see-it-coming/
  10. Employees on Cell Phones

    We started off by telling them to "use their discretion" when that didn't work we remind them to use their discretion. When that didn't work we told them they can't keep their phones on their desks. If that doesn't work we'll ban phones from being in the building at all. Their excuse is that...
  11. How does a signmaker take a vacation?

    My wife found a 10 day vacation to Europe on Groupon. Flew overnight from Detroit to London, then 3 nights each in London, Paris and Rome and then Rome back to the states. The Groupon covered all flights, hotels and breakfast every morning for $1300 a person. We LOVED it. No, it wasn't 5 star...
  12. Name that in 4, 3, 2, 1...................

    Prenuptial Agreement?
  13. Best drill bit for coroplast

    I can put clean 3/8" holes in up to 7 sheets thick of coro in one shot with my paper drill. Paper drills have hollow bits that are designed for drilling holes in paper (think 3 hole punch but on an industrial scale) The drill bit fills up with paper as you keep drilling and eventually comes out...
  14. Need Help Printer Cutter for non-graphics business?

    To be fair, you're not going to save your company then entire cost of your outsourced purchases. At best, you'll save the suppliers profit margin, and some overhead costs that would be absorbed by your existing space, software (adobe), electric bill, business insurance etc. If the margin of...
  15. Suggestions Wanting to start a new printing/sing company

    Oh man! I know you think you're doing everything from start to finish, but you're only doing about half the work right now. Sales, advertising, invoicing, bookkeeping, accounting... that's the other side of the business that you aren't getting into yet. It's the harder half too. Doesn't matter...
  16. Anyone Using 27" Monitors?

    I used to have 4 21" square lcd's on my desk. I now have dual 27" 1920 x 1080 monitors on my desk and wish I had atleast 3 of them, or 2 of those new ultra wide 34" monitors. Once you get used to multiple monitors, you never go back. When I had 4, I had Excel, Outlook, Quark and Photoshop all...
  17. Suggestions UV Printing

    I too really enjoy the challenge of figuring out how to make something work better, or make a machine do something that the manufacturer hadn't considered. My experience thus far in this industry is that very few companies design machines for field upgrades or that have different options that...
  18. Employees Are The Worst

    It's possible his costs are out of wack because of so many mistakes/inefficiency. I would think that cleaning up mistakes and working on efficiency (through training/new hires/whatever) should come first. If, after cleaning up the base level crap, he still needs more revenue, then raising prices...
  19. Employees Are The Worst

    The problem may not be the idea of "employees", so much as the quality of the people you're getting. How do you get people? Online job site like indeed?? Craigslist? Referrals? If online, could you paste us the text of one of your listings? Perhaps it would help you to dig up their old resumes...
  20. So I'm In Charge Now?

    I was reading some other thread a long time ago asking about "how to get new clients for your wrap business" and someone mentioned that they would go to a certain gas station that lots of commercial vans used and just sit and watch to see who had a vehicle that looked like it needed a new wrap...
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