Recent content by John Miller

It's funny that people always seem to understand why they have to charge more to keep up with inflation but can't grasp your need to do the same:banghead:

Matthews paint offers a mobile hand held scanner that syncs with software on your cell phone. It's about the size of a C battery. Scan a color in the field, It gives you the Matthews paint formula.

Red on black reads quite well on a backlit billboard but not on a reflected light sign. Even a tomatoe red lacks good contrast. Has anyone else considered that issue?

The one time we got involved, we went through the whole quoting process and as was mentioned above, the financing company refused the credit. Big PIA, the only plus is offering financing makes you appear big time. Not really worth it.

Tell your client that you’ll need to a very aggressive adhesive to hold a letter as heavy as those so he won’t have holes in his wall, he’ll have very difficult to remove adhesive instead. Go to the site, make a pattern of the grout/concrete lines between the bricks, set all your studs to land...

We use clear acrylic and then sand blast it to achieve a frosted effect. 1/2” frosted acrylic lets much more light through achieving a much brighter letter.

I still have and occasionally use ANA. if you need jobs opened and sent back to you as .AI, EPS, CDR, or PDF. I will help you.

JB, I feel your idea of bringing CNC capabilities to your company is a wise decision. We added a 5x10 table 12 years ago and have never regretted it. My advice is: 1) Automatic tool changer 2) over kill on the spindle, more power is better 3) Consider a 10’ or 12’ table, won’t add much$ For...

Try Glantz.

FYI Graphic Solutions doesn’t carry Matthews anymore.

Matthews is our go-to paint. Brad is absolutely correct, and one thing he didn't mention is they also have a system where you can load a spray can with any mixed color. And you mix in catalyst that is in the spray can before you apply. A bit pricy but it's there if you need on site spray...

I love ADA projects. Have a reputable company make them, mark them up and charge for the installation, fairly simple money. Here's a funny story. When ADA signs first became necessary I was doing a school and the architect specified Braille for all the projecting signs over the hall doors and...

We have some if you would like to see it.

Bill once you see Signgold next to Real Gold you’ll never want Sign Gold again. The color is much more true to actual gold, far superior. The people are great to deal with also

Quote it, make sure your covered. If it feels right, add 10 or 20%. Don’t worry about what someone else is charging, they have their own expenses, you need to quote based on yours.