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After making a beautiful set of channel letters I always dread applying the holographic eye sore UL labels. I wish they could be applied out of sight. I usually let client decide location. Bottom Right is a frequent request. For a rectangular "I" does that mean right side of bottom or...

We do the fabrication of trimless style channel letters for other sign companies to install. I'm looking for suggestions on how to handle jobs that want rgb LEDS. Is it best to ship with controller and signal amplifier or is it better to just ship with power supplies and rgb leds and let...

Since the 3m day/night black perf has gotten rather spendy, I decided to try the Contra Vision black dual perf film. Just curious if anybody has used this and what their experience was. GSG was saying lots of good things about it.

We have really been busy the last couple years. Our business model of selling specialty and trimless edge channel letters to our sign industry clients has been growing. I thought I'd share some examples of the work we have been doing. We are in the process of more than doubling our...

I am curious what is the best way to achieve black and white effect for a channel letter. I know they sale acrylic that is suppose to do this from Bitro Group and others. Havent tried it. I have also seen people use perf black over white or milky white or clear with 2nd surface diffuser. I am...

Looking to buy sheet metal slitter for 16GA material like Rams 201. I'm in the Dallas area.

Is there a good masking to protect vinyl from matthews paint without bleeding. I have had some luck with a product called oramask that is blue but it leaves adhesive on the vinyl.

I'm wondering what would be the most effective way to market a new wholesale product to the sign industry. We are located in the Dallas area and make specialty channel letters--essentially nicer looking channel letters without trim cap. We are UL listed and our trimless letters can be made...

Any good paint options out there maybe at Napa for painting channel letters? I'm hoping to lightly sand Alumet letter coil and then use an auto paint to match color I need.

I have a job that I'm thinking about taking on that requires painting a perforated vinyl for a channel letter set. This gets placed over a white vinyl for a day/night effect. Any potential hazards with painting vinyl?

I'm seeing if anyone would be willing to share with me installation instructions for installing channel letters. I would be just using it as a template and pull into into CorelDRAW. Thanks.

What are the most common things to have to service on a 2-7 year old set of front lit channel letters with LED modules, removable face with trim cap, and a power supply located inside the building of a section sign? I'm especially interested in how often the LED modules themselves actually...

I'm new to this forum but not to sign making. I've been in over 100 sign companies and am knowledgeable about channel letter fabrication and automation especially the SDS (AdamsTech) Channel Bender series of automatic benders, but I'm not sure if I got all my ducks in a row for my new business...

Bradley D checking in for the first time. I am currently doing contract work installing channel letter bending equipment with SDS Automation/ previously SDS/ AdamsTech. I also have recently started a sign company. I fabricate specialty channel letters including resin, stainless steel, resin...