Recent content by CanuckSigns

They are from Brampton, this should tell you all you need to know, it's the home of the bargain basement sign companies.

Oh man, is this the future of AI bots?

PVC outdoors will always warp, especially 3mm thick, The PVC we use in this industry is "foamed PVC" which means it's whipped up plastic with tons of air voids through it, the air in those voids shrinks/expands and a massive rate causing warping. I'm not sure about you, but where we are a sheet...

It really does! The number of vector canvas files I've gotten recently that don't behave like any vector I've ever seen is alarming. Got one this week and I went to change the background colour to match the closest cut vinyl and instead of showing a deep yellow, it showed grey, but the swatch...

Here's the way I look at it, I can usually tell fairly early on in the initial conversation if this person is likely to know what a vector file is. If I get the feeling that they don't, I add a small charge to the quote to cover sending their file off to get vectorized. On the off chance that...

How are they applying them, by hand or with a machine?

Agree, I have found that these types of requests are usually fishing expeditions, get a ballpark budget from them before you put in too much time.

I would use a fast setting fence and post concrete, and make a simple brace out of a 2x4

Actually I use the kiss cutting to to cut a lot materials, thin polystyrene works well, you can dial it in to almost cut through, and then just pop the pieces out, styrene is horrible to cut with the big knives because it always lifts and gets caught.

I use the kiss cutting tool, it works great on paper because the pressure of the spring holds the paper flat and stops it from lifting and tearing

What happens if you pause the print for 5-10 minutes when you notice the shift, when you resume does the colour correct back to what it should be, or does it continue to print the wrong colour?

Honestly, even in good weather the drytac is a solid choice, whatever you use, get something with a clear adhesive, I think a tinted grey adhesive on the inside of the window looks horrible. This is a good product, good for cold weather, and it's 6 mil thick, so no laminate needed if it's...

For cold weather installs, we like the removable films from drytac, they are rated for install down to -20c i did a storefront 2 years ago and it was -12c the vinyl worked well, my fingers on the other hand...

Many of drytac's vinyls are manufactured in Canada.

OK, time for a stupid question that has been bugging me, On printers like the HP latex and Epson Resin machines, the print heads are considered consumables and are relatively inexpensive at around $200 each or so, but on a solvent machine like my epson s60600, they are around $3500 each. From a...