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I appreciate the input. I'm figuring that part out. the biggest we've made so far is 16' x 4'. We're doing it for a crane company so it's a nice way to get my feet wet

We're fairly inexperienced with lightboxes, and are looking at doing a 12' x 12' Flexframe doublesided one for a Pylon sign. I think we have what we need to make it in house. But with the size I am thinking of going flexframe instead of Lexan. Does anyone make flexframe faces with generally...

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Clear acrylic with stainless steel standoffs would be the way we would go. You can use frosted acrylic if you want more contrast.

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A little concerned on the surface area we'd have for that one. It'll be my companies logo up there so extra embarrassing if it falls. I'd rather over-do it a bit here i think

Nice that looks ideal. Thanks we were already planning on doing angle back there for some structure so this set up is perfect.

We're looking at doing a 8' diameter logomark on a stadium lightpost. The idea is if the batter hits it, everyone in the stadium gets a prize. I'm thinking two 8 ft ACP sheets, braced on the back with 6 pieces of 1" aluminum angle. Does anyone have suggestions for mounting it onto the post...

We send 2D proofs, and once sentence quote with the material, size and installation method. If they don't ask for a specific material I'll recommend what they should go with, and say it pretty definitively, not give them a bunch of options. For bigger overhead signs we'll mock it up on the...

I would also love a supplier for these. I sometimes get them from the local traffic management companies, but I've paid $45 each and $95 each at different times.

yeah that looks like an acrylic sign with ADA lettering. We use our laser to cut them. Lots of folks with lasers or rotary engravers will have braille attachments to put on the braille.

Curious why you'll need one for lightboxes! Seems like one area where manual cutting would be fine. What were your reasons for purchasing?

We've got a sublimation printer from Amazon here in our shop. We've made lots of nametags for customers over time and we need to be able to keep supplying them. However the Amazon one was like $150 and is really inconsistent. Does anyone have a desktop sublimation printer they like using?

We don't, but laminate would increase the longevity. We do it for a high-end train customer of ours. It definitely increases the lifespan. I talked pretty extensively to 3M about this one and unless the customer is super high end and willing to pay, there's just not a reason to do it.

Something that's worked well for us is asking "What got you interested in working for a sign shop" in the little messaging feature after they've applied. It's a great way to weed out people who just clicked apply to everything they saw. Some people will have good, enthusiastic responses...

Sounds like starting with the paint booth is the play. I'll look into one of those and ease my way in instead of trying to get in hole hog with a proper paint system. Thanks guys

Hmm interesting. What do you guys use over there? I have a solid painter who worked at a shop previously with a matthews set up. I don't mind the Sherwin idea since they've got local locations here. There also seem to be a lot of threads like this one about Matthew's being out of paint colours...

how does the station work? did Mathews supply it for you? I've been thinking of getting one of these so we can stop using vinyl on everything when paint would be better.

Interesting seeing all this 40C. You'd think 3m would have actually designed it for what we all use it for! That's interesting on the leaving the backing paper on part. I haven't been out in the field seeing what the guys are doing for a while on these jobs. We are laminating both. So the...

Does anyone use IJ180 for their wall wraps often? I know it's high quality, but we're finding the vinyl stretches too much and begins to sag when we install. The stretch becomes uneven and my seams stop lining up nicely. What are we missing here? 40c works great because it really doesn't stretch