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  1. Hand painted sign

    You want to use a mop Your strokes look a little shaky. Maybe you were after that look. Do this over and over and over and over. When you have done this repeat the above
  2. Great news for the sign industry

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/18/us-usa-court-church-idUSKBN0OY1WB20150618
  3. Lexan

    PVC cut on the CNC
  4. Credit to a company I do not know

    We handle it this way You want us to install your sign that you will send us? Be happy to. Send the check along with sign and we will get it done.Tape the check to the sign face for safe keeping. You want us to service a sign for you? Be happy to do that.Give us a credit card # that we can...
  5. "Invitation to Bid"

    Invitation to bid usually means they are going to select the lowest price. no thanks
  6. Managing a business thats overloaded with work

    I run the business. The business dose not run me. Get a number 3 lettering quill and some black poster paint. Paint the above phrase in 2" flood stroke 150 x on the wall of your shop and call me in the morning
  7. Mike Stevens on the Art of Brush Lettering - VHS -1985

    Agreed Maniac, I don't think Mike Stevens would be turning over in grave if his preachings went viral. But I do think he would be turning over in his grave if he could see sign design of today.
  8. Screen printing coroplast signs.

    Just Curious I am not a screen printer or a digital printer. Aren't these kind of signs best done on a flatbed printer in a sign mill ? Also for anybody who still screen prints how do you compete with the mills ?
  9. Increasing business

    Get up early in the morning. Hit the ground running. Knock on doors and keep knocking on doors un till you build up a backlog of orders and reputation for your brilliance and excellent service. When you have completed the above Do this... Get up early in the morning. Hit the ground...
  10. Importance of kerning?

    I dunno Probably a bunch of right wingers out there that believe typography and it's execution is an art form. Yeah who cares about kerning or design for that matter. As long as you can read huh ? This kind of thinking is the reason for garbage signage that is prevalent today. The designers...
  11. How's Business

    Business is good. Got all I need or want to pay everybody with a little left over for me sometimes. I can't complain. There is a lot of work out there. If your not swamped it's up to you to get out there and find the work you want.
  12. troublesome customer - how would you handle it?

    You gotta ask yourself Who is the real jerk here. The unreasonable customer ? or The person who puts up with it. Send him on his way so you can move on to making some money.
  13. First Box Truck, not first rivet

    That sounds like a reasonable price. Depends what you are delivering If your just replicating or putting down an inked up ineffective advertisement void of any creativity sticker yeah $8.00 or whatever they negotiate you down to because "Joe down the street can do it for" If you are delivering...
  14. One side finished today, other side on Tuesday

    Nice as usual and holy cow what a clean shop floor
  15. Roland LEF-20 UV LED printer ink odor overwhelming making us nauseous light headed

    Your in the printing business. Your going to be exposed to some nastiness. Put the machine in separate vented room.
  16. GX-300 - Spring for sheet cut blade fell off.

    How about being a sleuth Maybe there is a manual out there that has picture of where the spring goes.
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  18. The paparazzi won't leave us alone

    I don't no what the big deal is. I'm just an old signpainter/tubebender/post hole digger kind of person http://sloanled.com/press/coverage/2015/05/SignBuilderIllustrated-DesigningWithLight-May2015.pdf
  19. CorelDRAW tutorial

    I am old to Corel and enjoyed that thanks
  20. Recent Stuff

    I had the most fun with the flag we made and installed
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