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  1. Question Help Identify this 3M Material

    Never had ij40 adhesive fall off, especially if it's already on an item. As for lamination.... Especially on phones, skins get scratched up with keys, getting dragged on tables, random items, etc - the laminate protects it. I printed a phone skin for my wife's phone 6 years ago, and it's...
  2. Chinese uv printer "Experience"

    So... Awhile ago I mentioned I was going to buy a cheap chinese UV printer to play with braille - I knew what I was getting into, and expected it to be a paperweight sooner rather than later... but it was for fun, and to test out braille before buying an expensive printer. I've had it for a few...
  3. Question Help Identify this 3M Material

    Depends on the laptop. If you look up Nintendo switch skins, even using highly removable vinyl it was ripping off the paint on the switch skins. Most phones are made out of glass. And most laptops are made out of the material where IJ 35 would come off as well. Personally I would use ij40...
  4. Need Help CET COLOR

    Whyd you run? We bought a second hand CET - Have called CET a few times for repairs, There was 1 thing they couldn't diagnose over the phone (For free), so we flew the guy out - We asked if they could spend a few days and go over all the repairs / diagnosing with us... and they did. Cost us...
  5. Question Help Identify this 3M Material

    Cv3 isn't micro, it's wide channels but it's thin. 180 Mc is micro channel. Ij35 is a permanent... That said, depends on what you using on. We use IJ 35c on anything plastic or glass, and it peels off pretty easy
  6. Summa s3 or graphtec

    I've heard good and bad things about the summa flatbed cutter. Only reason we're going with it is there's about 5 techs in the area... Where as the other machines have none. We just spent 10k flying a tech out for our flatbed because there's no local techs... So we're sticking to the buy...
  7. Summa s3 or graphtec

    You can't go wrong with either. Summa and graphtec are great, both with their flaws / pros... But overall they're the same. If you're workflow is setup for summa, I'd stick to it. Personally I'd go with the s3 with camera though... Isn't it way faster at reading marks than the regular way...
  8. Onyx Thrive CUT 22.5 Not Loading .SVG Files

    Curious, why don't you guys use the included software instead of onyx? I love Onyx but he cut server is one thing it seems to be lacking... There's been so many times when an open cut was sent over is a printing cut and it decided to just cut a line throughout the whole sheet. I've never...
  9. Question Help Identify this 3M Material

    Are you laminating it? Or are they and you're not ? Usually for phones and stuff people use 40c or 180. It's not ij35 as that's a different backer.... To me it looks like 40c, or 180cv3.
  10. Need Help Looking For A Wholesaler For Print & Contour Cut/Kiss Cut Vinyl

    https://www.firesprint.com/stickers-decals/products/ goto fire sprint. They're merchant members and only do wholesale
  11. Need Help Perf cut on graphtech fc9000/fc8600

    I use the 45s for normal kiss cutting, and for perf cutting I use 60 (The pointiest one) - Some suppliers call the pointiest one 30... some 60... Cant tell by those photos which are which, since they all look the same. I pretty much throw away the flat / 30 degree one... I'd buy from Ebay...
  12. Rounding corners on Max Metal (ACM) sign panels

    We use the bit like Jburton posted. We also use a routing table though... not by hand. You can stack 5-6 alupanel pieces together and do them all at once, its much faster than a corner rounder - Which we have and sometimes use for 1 offs... but when we're doing 100 12x18s, the router is way...
  13. Question Which material would be best for a work trailer set of decals?

    As bad as it sounds...you have to learn how to manipulate your customer. In the end, you give them what you want... but They arent the professional here. Ask him to spend the day looking at other peoples vehicles - See if he can find one that has as much information on it as his does... And in...
  14. Finding jobs with new UV Printer

    Can you imaging printing direct to wall and someone bumps it, or power goes off, or 1 of any other problems.... How do you pick up where you left off? How do you cover the wall and start again? It just doesn't seem worth it.... And all the ones I've see are slow. Plus I'm sure it smells bad...
  15. Need Help Perf cut on graphtech fc9000/fc8600

    We dont use perf cut as it'll almost always leave rough edges. Use regular cut line... and dial in your settings so its just barelly cutting though. - this one doesnt show them popping out... but shows a kiss cut over the channel, then perf cut over the channel after... just showing how...
  16. Onyx with graphtec

    The pressure isn't as "Consistant", So if you're cutting something with a lot of small intricate cuts... like tiny text, there can be some spots that didnt cut all the way through. For stickers and anything over 2" it's usually fine though... give it a try! You can set it so the graphtec goes...
  17. Onyx with graphtec

    He kiss cuts over the channel, so it doesn't affect his cutting strip at all. It's common and we do it as well unless.it has really sharp angled cuts.... For everything else it works perfectly
  18. Large Picture For Wall 24' L X 10' H Where To Start?

    40C is our goto as well. You could use 35C.. but it'll rip some paint off when you remove it! We use some Nekoosa Wall vinyl for walls, it's a bit cheaper... but we only bring it in on big projects as we have dozens of rolls of IJ40 on hand, so no point in stocking another product unless we...
  19. Large Picture For Wall 24' L X 10' H Where To Start?

    Glad to see lots of people mention the 5070.... Seems like people are slow to adopt it! Anyway.... Nothing wrong with Calander on a wall. There's 2 types of Calander, monomeric and polymeric. Monomeric vinyl is prone to shrinkage - it can still be used indoors... But if you use it outdoors...
  20. Issues fitting one way vision and etch to windows

    Yellotools makes a really nice tool that allows you to cut 1/8 of an inch and a perfectly straight line on Windows.. we used to do it by hand, tool paid for itself in one job. We also switched to using the liquid sealant, we still carry around a roll of tape, but the liquid goes on fast and...
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