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Good luck, neighbor. I am looking forward to early retirement soon. Instead of making signs, my plan is to write a lot and teach a little. Brad in Kansas City

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Thank you, SignosaurusRex. That was it. You are in the Pacific Northwest? I just came back from a nephew's wedding in Silver Falls State Park, not far from Portland. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.

Looks like Broadway and similar styles, but is a condensed variation (not just squished).

This is a good point. Once the acid etch primers are dry they are no longer etching. So put the second coat before the first coat has dried. This extends the etching action. Also, DO NOT force-dry the acid etch primers. They are engineered to stay wet long enough to get a good etch. If you...

Matthews has a Polyester Primer/Surfacer that is gray. It was developed for use on HDU foam primarily and that is the only thing I use it for. It smells exactly like Bondo autobody filler.

armandolo, If the blanks are new you should not need to prime them, although Matthews recommends doing so. I just sand and wipe with a tack cloth. I use 360 or 400 grit paper on a DA sander. You can also stick a red Scotchbrite pad on a DA, but I prefer the more aggressive use of sandpaper. Of...

Cut vinyl is the commonest way to decorate white flexible faces. In the early days we sprayed translucent paints, but it is a hassle. For colored backgrounds, you can use eradicable material such as Cooley, or simply overlay white fabric with a background of translucent vinyl with reversed out...

Flexface® Product Information Bulletin, 2014: https://www.gogsg.com/ASSETS/DOCUMENTS/ITEMS/EN/SIGNTB-2114_Spec.pdf

Signlords, Yes, this can be made to work, though I prefer the hinged kits that are made for retrofitting. This is, however, a cheap way to make a flexible face to fit onto an existing cabinet. We have made these as large as 6x8 and they lasted till the business closed. We stretched the fabric...

Chris, I worked out of a house and garage for 8 years in Illinois, then 26 years in Arkansas. Easily, my biggest mistake was not talking to an accountant at the very beginning. When I finally did, he helped me in many ways. Tax deductions for a home business was just one of many areas...

Dry application is recommended by 3M for Controltac. Here is the link to the Tech Bulletin. See page 4. http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/9620O/5-5-application-dry-method.pdf Brad in Kansas City

The studs are most likely nutted inside the fascia wall. There may be plastic nuts on the pass-throughs as well. The GTO whips that loop the letters together can be cut unless you want to save the GTO. Of course, this is after killing power to the circuit. I would disconnect the primaries from...

If you are referring to expanded PVC products like Sintra or Komatex, we paint these all the time. We often apply a laminate to the face and paint the edges to match as closely as possible to the laminate. We sand first and then spray a double coat of Matthews Tie Bond (plastic primer). After...

It's the channel letter blues.:cool: Yes, an outline will help.

Of course! I forgot about those large directory-type signs at strip malls and shopping centers. They are filled with the logos of the various tenant stores. The company I work for services a good number of these shopping centers, constantly changing the sign panels when tenants move in or out...

Both Dollar General and Rite Aid Pharmacy are retail stores, right? Why would a customer want a sign with the logos of these stores on it? I have seen this requested on event signage, such as golf tournament signs, where it is common practice to display the logos of the event sponsors. I have...

I have been in the sign industry since 1974 and I have never worked in a shop that actually had a licensed electrician on the payroll. Few sign companies can afford the wages an electrician would demand anyway. However, in many areas, including ours, sign installers are allowed to hook up...

Thanks for all the replies. I think we should use ddarlak's selling price and Pat Whatley's installer. :smile: ......... jsmoritz, You are in Metamora, I see. I apprenticed in your part of Illinois back in the late 70s. I used to know all the sign painters in Peoria. Now most of them are...

Thanks for the replies. This is exactly what I was looking for—a spread. I kind of miss the job cost comparisons that used to appear in Signs of the Times magazine years ago. Seems like they stopped doing it sometime during the 70s. Obviously, there's no right or wrong price. Everybody's...