Recent content by Jeff

Thanks for the input. I am exploring my options.

Weather, temps and the products that they put on our roads for snow and ice these days could certainly play a part I would think. We do have extreme temp changes here from winter to summer sometimes day to day. I try to keep vehicles inside my heated shop for at least several hours to a day...

Hello, I have not posted on here for quite some time. For those that don't know or remember I have been in the sign business for almost 40 years and have been cutting vinyl for a long time. I had major problems with the Avery vinyl failure of 2004. I have been a long time Oracal user before and...

I need some 4' x 8' pvc flatbed printing done. Anyone in the Chicago area western suburbs ? I'm in Belvidere IL Thanks, Jeff

I have given specific cmyk numbers in the past and have had good results. I could give the printer cmyk for the solid colors on the sample, but for instance the pink camo / red-white & blue stuff was just something I found on line. It looks great on my monitor, it looks good when I print it...

I outsource printing. I use Signlab 9. I currently use the oracal 651 color pallet as a default. I have been using the "publish to PDF" option when exporting files to send to different printers. I sent this file to one of my printers as a color test. It was printed on Avery MPI...

My town is home to a Chrysler assembly plant. This is not the first time I have seen factory lettered vehicles setting on the lot . . .a few here . . . a few there. This time there were 200-300 sitting there all lettered up. Mostly United Rentals & Donan but others as well. I know...

Ours is a 2' x 4' light fixture recessed into a 30" x 10' vinyl cutting/weeding/trans masking bench covered with a cutting mat. Works great for layered stuff . . . we mostly use it to cut reg marks.

"Really like that droplet of water on there." Thank you . "I know you didn't take kindly to this before, since it's after the fact, but I would've liked to see a slightly darker hue of blue. Otherwise, great work in my book." I don't mind input. I'm not sure the photos do the colors...

. . .In with the new Not as drastic of change as the police car I recently posted. We changed their logo / brand a little, but mostly I finely talked the customer into doing away with all the sub copy and splashes on the sides. 2005-2014 2015

I'm not sure if I could come up with photos of this car's build, but if you're interested go to Hopperstad Customs on Facebook . . . Kerry Hopperstad's talent and abilities are second to none ! ! ! Edit - If you go to "photos" on his FB page there are a few photos of this car along with the...

I just stumbled onto the photos of a project I helped on a few years ago and thought I would share them here. I am fortunate to have one of the most talented hot rod builders in the country reside in my hometown, Kerry Hopperstad - Hopperstad Customs. With a concept drawing of the...

Thanks for the positive comments ! http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?113216-Shop-truck-magnetics

First, when I read “beveled look”, I thought you were referring to the outline being beveled. There was recently a lengthy discussion on another forum regarding the name of the letter style you displayed. I have known that to be called a convex letter. I am a big fan and use convex letter...

I sort of mislead with my "No money in the bank" comment. I did, as usual, receive 1/2 down for these cars. I was referring to the balance at the end, as it is obviously most of the profit from the job. Fonts; Sheriff & 911- Futura Extra Black Condensed BT Boone County - Swiss721 Ex Bt...