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Recent content by BBworks

  1. Experience with aluminum composites?

    Alupanel Im with you on this one, NO MORE WOOD! No more sealing or painting edges. We use Alupanel and Ecopanel all the time. Our customers love it. Installing is a breeze, cutting and drilling is so easy for anyone.
  2. Banner Hem Tape Recomendations?

    We use a 1 inch "Banner Tape" from Proveer Sign & Graphics. We have always had great results and when a banner comes back year after year for a date change, the banner is still hemmed very well.
  3. Strange Overspray losing me jobs. Please Help!

    get a cheap humidifier, check for lint stuck to the heads where the ink gets sticky and do a thorough manual clean.
  4. Font Id Pls

    You should be able to find something close on the website dafont.com, check it out. All free fonts, this site has saved me a few times.
  5. Static Clings

    We make them all the time on our Gerber EDGE, digital prints seem to work out ok too. Make sure that the writable space used for date and mileage is able to be written on with a pen before you hand them over to your customer. Lancer Label and Tony Display both do quality bulk orders for labels...
  6. Window Perf with CurvaLam Problems. HELP!!

    Cut back your edges a little and apply some lam in half inch strips around the edge to help those outer edge lifts.
  7. Blade for PVC?

    There are other options. We use table saws at our shop. You can cut circles on a table saw, check it out on youtube, or you can use a composite blade for cutting acryllic if you are using a jigsaw. For an elipse we go to our router guy.
  8. Reflective?

    Yes its the Vinyl, The reflective foils fade very quickly. When we EDGE then cut decals from reflective I keep my last replaced blade on hand to use instead of the usual blade. The reflective vinyls dull the blades quickly. set the EDGE print settings to "lightest" for a less opaque foil and...
  9. applying vinyl on magnets. please help!

    After you apply your print just the way you would cut vinyl or even wet. Round or clip the corners. Its worth investing in a .75" radious corner rounder. We make vehicle mags on a weekly basis. Anyone have any luck printing directly on Magnet? I have done it lots with our EDGE but the Roland...
  10. Corel draw to Autocad issue?

    I Hope I can get some help with this. I create control panels for engineering companies using our old EDGE. One company is able to deliver a .plt saved in AutoCad that works very well within Gerber Omega. The other company does not know how to send these. I have no experience with AutoCad...
  11. Are any fonts a true single line vector?

    In Flexi Select fonts or lines and then select Arrange>convert stroke to outlines.
  12. Anyone got a Stripper Pole...

    i checked everywhere sorry no pole
  13. Opinion on Color from Signs365

    Dont judge colours by monitors, if you need a specific colour printed share the cmyk, rgb, or pantone numbers.
  14. Transfer paper

    orrr, if its a cut vinyl job then just cut it in reverse. Most vinyls are the same colour on the adhisive side, not including reflective and flourescent colours.
  15. Chrome?

    We dont recommend chrome or other mylars for out door use, Canadian winters tarnish or even rust the finishes. 3M 1080 series vinyls have some decent metal finishes and Avery Supreme Wrapping Films also come in a variety of metalic finishes.
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