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We've found that if the hinge falls on the actual vinyl the tape can sometimes cause some "texture" effects in the vinyl. Center hinge is fine, whatever floats your boat. If it can be broken apart just hinge it just cut between text and squeegee sections at a time. p.s. a necessity when applying...

I don't remember the ratio. We used that "back in the day". We use RapidTac now. Usually only use it on acrylic and glass.

Did some of these

Are you able to keep it as one piece i.e. masked in layout? Line it up, center it etc. once you got it, tape a "hinge" at the bottom edge. Pull the backer off and fold it back using it to hold the vinyl straight. It can be done dry but you could also use a soapy alcohol solution. You can split...

Don't use Algerian Regular. lol Algerian Basic D Regular

It's not as straight forward as one would think. We use a slightly different approach whereby the cut contour line color is irrelevant just as long as it's there that's all that matters. Sending an eps file that is comprised of gradients is just asking for trouble. I can't stress enough that pdf...

We do all tiling in CorelDraw. Create a grid of 12 x 12 squares, combine them, powerclip the full mural inside the grid, break the grid apart, done.

We have a "workhorse" of a laminator (25yr old SEAL). Cold/hot press. We only use heat for encapsulating but have since got away from that. Everything we do now is cold press with no problems. Vehicle wraps, window perf, intermediate vinyl for decals and/or magnetics. Matte, luster or glossy.

Takes practice by hand. We use both 48" and 54" transfer manually with no problems. 10-15ft at a time. Do you have a cold press laminator?

We've noticed that our HP 360 prints are out of square. Serious problem when making double-sided signs.

Sorry, don't know the answer to that.

3M IJ180-Cv3-10 w/ 3M 8518 laminate

Yes, we do it all the time. Drop two seperate files into the RIP hot folder. Print side A flip and print side b. Side a has a cut & fold line, as well as, dots for grommet placement. Simply omit all that stuff for side B but include the blank perimeter of the banner if not a full edge print...

powerclip is CorelDRAW's term for clipping mask. As for the "most people" comment. I think not. In corel I import my photo use a macro to scale it accordingly, then I begin to manually draw the vehicles shapes and body lines. The contour shape becomes the powerclip. I can then add lines...

For sign work? No gloves. I only wear gloves when unloading pvc and polymetal sheets from the delivery truck.

Also heard it's a good idea to rotate every other tile 180deg

I agree with most everyone else. Sometimes a quick trace will get it done. Sometimes a quick redraw if simple geometric shapes and generic fonts. Another method is doing an advanced google search using the company name and specifically a pdf. 9 times out of ten the logo is embedded within a doc...

We don't use templates here nor do we design in illustrator. CorelDraw allows designing at 1:1 scale. It wasn't until recently that illustrator finally jumped on board to allow designing at scale. We try to use the highest resolution raster elements available. Yes, sometimes when scaling an...