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Find a happy medium. Send her a rasterized 72DPI "ready to print" PDF. At the end of the day, if she wants to go to another vendor, she will. She could easily take a previous example, throw it on a home scanner, send it out to someone to turn into vector artwork for $15-30 and she's ready to go.

It's absolutely none of my business, but why not try to sell the business as a whole? Buying an established, viable business for not much more than the price of their assets should be considered a bargain.

I'm pretty sure you're just looking for standard engravers plastic signs. Rowmark, Gemini, Gravograph, IPI, and Southeast Plastic all mfg this type of product. Anyone that provides engraved signs should be able to help you with this type of project. You should be aware, the 1/8" material may...

If you're falling behind on your core business, I'd look into hiring rather than outsourcing as a potential solution. You could also look into adding equipment. Generally speaking, outsourcing is common in this industry on some level or another. The trick is always finding reputable vendors...

Market value matters. Anyone that argues that it doesn't has a poor understanding of how capitalism works. That's not to say you can't buck trends and add value in other places (service, quality, design and marketing) but generally speaking, market value matters. If you think Walmart doesn't...

$16-18/hr if you're willing to train and hire people with limited English. $18-22/hr for someone with experience, does a reasonable job, and has acceptable communication skills. $22-30/hr for a good quality worker that produces, is reliable, and keeps you out of trouble.

You cannot do this job properly and have it be done properly. Day 1: Clean sign the best you can. Prime with latex primer. Go to lunch. Spray the entire sign with background color. Day 2: Spray sign again with background color. Day 3: With a roller/brush paint the raised sections. That's...

I would agree with others, it's a pretty marginal profit on a one off job. If you were doing 20 installs like that, completely different story. 1 job, it's not great. 1. You have to factor in for the "what if something goes wrong" 2. You're selling yourself short on the profit of the actual...

I haven't used it yet but it was recently recommended to me: PPG Breakthrough. Stuff evidently dries fast and hard. Meaning you can paint a panel in the morning and theoretically lay down vinyl in the afternoon/evening, although it likely is best to still wait 24 hours.

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Simple: Cost is a major consideration in making just about any purchase. Lower cost = more appealing. From a value for dollar standpoint, looking at increasing efficiency is best. For a simple cost perspective, cheaping out is by far the most effective way. I should make it clear I'm not...

If this is outside, do not use walnut. It will require regular care to keep in good condition and there's about a 0% chance they'll do that. If wood is a must, use Redwood or Cedar. Otherwise go with either PVC or HDU for that style of sign. Generally speaking, the market has moved away from...

You need ambient lighting for Halo letters to be effective. This means they are very effective for malls and relatively effective on streets that are very well lit. People are in their cars anyway roughly 1-2 hours a day. I tell them to look around a little bit more and see what signs are...

Brand new the machine is about $22k I believe. Normally the best way to value a laser is to take the price to buy it new and then subtract the costs of the normal maintenance items. That would probably be around $3-5k. There's a machine on eBay right now to give you a baseline for pricing...

https://www.blackboxvac.com/ I'm not confident this will work for your application, but it might. You can also DIY one for cheaper if you decide. Just search Shopbot Blackbox on Google.

Make a list of what's important to you and then rank from most to least important. It's become common place for businesses to put a list of 100 things in order to apply for a job when the reality is, only 10 are important and the other 90 are a mix of not important at all, stuff that can be...

Laser etching photos in glass is hit or miss. The picture you posted is a completely different process. That is subsurface engraving in crystal. Way different process. Laser etching photos is about controlled fracturing and getting that range of greyscale without chipping is tricky...

If a manufacturer advises that it's okay to do something, and you have it in writing, they have some level of responsibility. The problem in these types of situations is typically did anything else happen in the interim that could have caused the problem. Basically did you or your customer...

1. PVC does not need to be primed. Sand with 220 or 320 grit sand paper and then lay a coat of paint. First coat is best to dry at least 24 hours. The second coat should dry 2x the recommended time. The reason is simple. Wood is porous which allows paint to dry faster. It will suck the...