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"DESIGNZ" makes me gringe. Spell it correctly, the whole "replace anything I can with a Z or an X" trend was over 15 years ago.

have you tried fixing your "dead" batteries? I have six "dead" 18v Ryobi batteries. I shock-charged them and five of them came back to life and have been holding a charge like new batteries for months now.

Just pick them up whenever you see them. Don't trash them, just hang on to them in case they call about them. People are sticking them there because they see them there all the time and think that's where they should be.

Two questions: 1. Is there snow on the ground? 2. Did they leave the keys?

Not a thing. Just a layout printed as "fit to page"

ACM or 10mm coro, quicker, easier, and looks better. You can do it out of 4mm coro without a backer (or if you've already done it) but it's gonna look bad in no time at all. If you do this use lath screws to attach it. They've got large heads, almost like a built in washer. Sink them snug...

I do that all the time when a customer wants measurements. Usually when I have to do a layout and the customer hasn't given me the phone number I plug in our shop number, that was when I do the sign if I forget to change it I'm pretty sure to recognize the shop number and correct it. I'm...

Customer just came in and pitched a fit because the sign I made for him is "wrong and costing him a fortune in lost business". He brought me artwork, said a friend did it for him. Made his sign exactly like the layout he brought me and installed it on his building. Turns out that the layout...

I've got a $60 Ryobi 18V hammer drill that I've drilled a couple of thousand holes with. The first time I used it I was literally pissed off that I'd fought drilling holes with a regular drill all those years. Since then I rarely use adhesives or foam tape on brick and block.

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Seriously people, stop with the dang silicone on temporary signs. The signs will last a year or two....the silicone mess will stay behind forever. I don't know why they don't want mechanical fasteners but my guess is either A: They are idiots or B: You don't own a hammer drill (if you don't...

Before I bought my shop I used to wonder how all the little mom and pop businesses in town stayed open and had been open for 30 years. After buying the place I realized how true what you said is. After doing a business valuation last year I realized that 70% of my business came from 10...

I think there's a world of difference between what most people are talking about and a broker. In my experience brokers have nothing to do with a project other than the actual sales. Most people here are referring to doing the consultation, design, and sales themselves, then letting a company...

I would have avoided opening a shop. I would have focused on higher end design and sales and subbed out all the actual work. I think by buying an very established shop I pigeonholed myself into doing the same thing they'd spent 60 years developing a reputation for. I've tried repeatedly to...

EDITED BECAUSE I MISREAD WHAT YOU WANTED. Go here... http://designm.ag/inspiration/300-free-grunge-textures/ You can create your own if you really want to but you're gonna be playing with brushes and layers and opacity and color and textures a good bit to get a nice organic look or you can...

Proof that scripts/cursive is a dying thing....

The reflective banners Fellers used to carry were just 10oz banners covered in reflective film then hemmed and grommeted. After vinyl lettering them they made for one thick banner.

Is not teaching cursive in schools actually changing the language? It is a change in the presentation with zero impact on the message the words present. Cursive writing was developed to accommodate the limitations of quills. Since quills are very rarely used the need for cursive is negligible...

I've never put any advertising on my vehicle either, just a personal decision. I like to be able to leave the shop and no longer be at work. When I had my doors lettered I always felt like everywhere I went I was working. Is it costing me business? Possibly. When I buy my next truck my...

So, something occurred to me this morning. Schools across the country are getting away from teaching cursive handwriting because it's no longer needed, 41 states have either done away with it or are not requiring it. If you remember the Travon Martin case there was a witness who was asked to...