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1. That material is damaged enough where you can return it. 2. You need to stop assuming that sheets are ready to go. There's a reason why plywood comes 49x97. It's because they assume you're going to saw it down to get clean edges. It's more work, but it's assumed. The same thing goes for...

This. I'd also setup very strict guidelines for them to follow. Include payment terms, delivery procedures, artwork setup, and expected production times. I'd also insist that I did all printing and I wouldn't print a damn thing until the vehicle was in your possession. It's a business...

Ball park, I come up with $4-500 in materials alone. Multiplying that by 2 gets you to $800-1000. Are we seriously suggesting that he only has about 6-8 hours in design, machining, and finishing? Assuming those guns are CNC cut, I'd guess there's close to half that time in just cutting them out.

Sheets & Rolls | Sublimation Blanks | Johnson Plastics | Johnson Plastics Plus You need to use sublimation material to sublimate. See if any of those materials will work for you.

35 is calendard and the 180 is cast. 35 is for interior or shorter term signs. 180 is for exterior and long term signs.

Kleenex vs tissue. One is a brand name and one is the generic term.

Why not print it yourself and ship it to an installer?

Yes, you can use a laser to produce the raised elements of ADA signs. Generally speaking, a lot of ADA signs are not compliant for one reason or another. Most often it's down to the spacing between characters. Typically, they are too close together. Otherwise often the contrast ratios are...

Kind of "old school" but you can always stick your resume under the door.

Several years ago I worked in the trade show world for a company that designed and built custom booths. "Everything" was built on a curve. The vast majority of our graphic panels were 3mm white "sintra" and velco applied. We used this method for many Blue Chip clients and the fit and finish...

Is there really a difference between this and what McDonalds does?

If you want it to "pop" you could make the red building & blue text dimensional.

VHB + Lexel is what I'd do.

I wouldn't rule out a CNC. That should be pretty manageable for just about any decent CNC router. Find someone that has a 5x10 machine and you can do it out of one sheet if you're willing to change the dimensions of your signs a bit.

Every time I've tried to sell one of these I've run into the same problem. Wholesale Price = X. Internet Retail Price = X. Same damn price. How can anyone even think of making a buck selling these things? It's not like you're doing design work. It's literally plopping in a logo and having...

1. Price is quite a difference. A 4x8 sheet of 1" Thick acrylic is almost 4x the price of 1" PVC 2. The prep work to PAINT isn't all that different. Still requires you to sand down the letter before spraying. The amount of time to sand the faces should be nearly identical. The time to sand...

Intecel is just another cellular PVC. Any sign supplier should have PVC. You want stuff for exterior use. Typically it comes in a white gloss finish. I've found what brands are carried are quite regional. Up here, everyone pretty much sticks to Komacel but there are other manufacturers that...

I've never trusted Gatorboard/Ultraboard for exterior use, but plenty do. The issue here is they painted it black. Once they did that, failure was kind of inevitable. I'd say toss the letters in the garbage and swap them to 1" PVC.

Go on Indeed and put a post for a shop foreman. See what comes up. Tell the candidates to come by after hours to do an interview and a few simple tests to make sure they're competent. If you find a good one, hire them and fire your worst employee. If leadership/mistakes is really what kills...

Hate to break it to you, but this is not factual. First, the dying work ethic of the younger generation is false. Statistics prove time and again that everything is roughly the same as it once was and younger people actually often work more hours because they are always on call due to smart...