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We've got 2 Trotec Speedy 300's, they are workhorses, at least 1 of them is going 8 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Yes we've had this happen as well, any paint that says it's "easy clean, scubable" or anything like that usually has teflon or silicon added to it to stop things like crayons from sticking, but it also stops vinyl from sticking. The same applies to "Low-VOC" paint, there is something different...

Phototex is good stuff, but keep in mind that if you need to be able to clean the graphic, such as in a hospital you can't do that with phototex. But if the wall mural is permanant, why not just go with a good quality vinyl such as IJ40 or even IJ180?

we don't own, but went through the process of trying to buy a few years ago, the city turned us down at the last step due to zoning. From what I remember, the Mortgages were different, you don't renew after your "term" is up, if you sign a 25 year mortgage, you pay the same bank the same...

I've had just as many QC issues with 3M as I have with any other vinyl manufacturer. Just recently we had to send back a roll of IJ40 because it had tiny little specs of something white rolled up with the vinyl that caused an ink void on the printed surface. Granted my supplier took it back no...

You should have hung up at real estate agent

I would say more, HDU isn't cheap, plus it's very labour intensive to finish, If we were doing that sign the way you did it, including the welding and install, we would be closer to $3000, of course we would never get the job at that price because it's the wrong materials, I would have gone with...

If something isn't right with the graphic (wrong size etc.) that is 100% on the shop who supplied the graphic if you mess up a panel, I'll reprint it for you at wholesale rate and you finish the install at the original rate quoted, even if it means going back a second day. if the install was...

most shops want to pay by the sq/ft, at least until they get comfortable with you and know how fast you are, that way they can accurately estimate your final fee. If you charge by the hour and tell them it will take 8 hours to do a job, and it ends up taking you 13, they aren't going to be...

I've got coro signs from 4over in the past, i put a vinyl patch over them as well, no issues even when having to remove it a year later. Having said that, the signs did seem to be tacky when I got them and they STANK! Good luck, we use 4over quite a bit for business cards and such and...

Do you have some type of off-site backup in place? if not than you are not backed up. Here is our setup: we have 7 computers around the shop, each computer has only the programs it needs to run the piece of equipment it's assigned to (with the exception of the office and design computers...

is it the signcomp system? if so add all the tension clips in the shop.

I thought styrene in the laser was a huge no no, is styrene not PVC based?

Have you considered outsourcing certain parts of your business? You mention being behind on some design work, i have used Phillip @ Sign Amigo in the past and his rates are more than reasonable, usually 24 hour turnaround and top notch work. Plus you only have to pay him per job, so it's easy...

Ive had issues hiring part timers in the past, I found that either you are looking at someone who potentially has other part time jobs elsewhere and having to work around their other schedules, which can be a pain in our "everything is last minute" industry. Or you end up with a retiree...

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the issue with working on the top of the building? aside from wind? It's not like you are balancing on a platform or anything, if you can find a calm day it shouldn't be an issue. aside from that, your cardboard idea sounds solid. I gotta wonder why...

send them my way, I have a client who does a ton of these, he did a bar-mitzfa last month where he did a ton of floor graphics for the event, his total bill was over $40,000, for 1 evening!!!!

That would be pretty cool, but our dollar is killing us right now!! as it stands right now $148.50 USD is $196.34 CAD, which puts this product at the same price as 3M IJ35c, and about $30 a roll more than the Avery 3303. I would love to give it a try, but at those prices, i've gotta stick...

I agree, we have a few clients who we made the mistake of turning their jobs around very quickly, either because we happened to be slow when they came in, or they begged and pleaded. Guess what, now they expect their job to be done in the same time frame everytime, and they don't understand why...