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Surface gilding typically has a matte look compared to water gilding which has a mirror finish. Are you putting the gold on the outside of the glass? Back in the day when we did water size gilding on glass it took about 6 hours to lay the gold, paint the backing, clean off the excess gold, paint...

That's very odd. Looks almost like a ransom note where somebody cut and pasted different letters together. The "i" almost looks like an upside down number 1.

We registered to attend the exhibition floor. I got an email from the ISA last week saying they were taking appropriate precautions to safeguard the show. We may decide not to go, will wait and see. I am wondering if there will be the usual presence of the vendors from China as there is usually...

Here in Florida in summertime we deal with moisture forming on glass when the outside temp is very hot & humid and the inside temp is air conditioned. You could be looking at a similar situation with moisture forming on the glass due to high humidity.

Looks right in line with today's new "distressed style" fonts.:)

Need to put 14" x 14" wide letters on a curved wall. Letter stroke about 1" at widest part. Want to use metal letters but the letters would have to be flexible enough to conform to the curve. Looking at the site plan showing the 13' wall radius there will be an issue with a gap of about 1/4" on...

I have SignLab 9 and am able to cut a dxf imported file.. Could it be there are multiple layers in your file that are not recognized or the simple question is are you "selecting" the object before clicking the "cut" icon?

A friend of a friend is running in our local election and has asked me about yard signs. I usually don't pursue political signs but I am considering it. I looked at Stouse for some pricing. I don't do digital printing in house. I am wondering - "Can I be competitive buying wholesale...

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We usually rinse off our HDU signs in addition to blowing off the dust prior to painting. Although HDU supposedly does not absorb water we wait 24 hours to make sure the surface is completely dry before painting. I like the idea of the separate panel for the gilded area. It just seems safer. We...

I hope you are getting paid for all the time this design is consuming. I would have quote $1000. to solve this design conundrum.

To be true to the original I would say matte clear over black, then brush gloss clear over gold. Does One Shot still make a clear coat, or Frog Juice? Many years ago we would use spar varnish. Do be careful as mentioned before, some of the clears are too "hot" to paint over the leaf/outline. I...

I would give the option of the Real Gold striping in addition to the 23K hand gilded. If you are doing the work at your shop, the numbers seem OK, but you should add the clear coat as someone mentioned. That will add to your costs. If you are going out to the site, then you will have to add the...

I want to be able to supply building contractors with a set of plans to quote a price on building small monument type signs. I need to be able to specify footer/rebar sizes and structural information so they can quote me a price to build. (We can supply foam monuments but some people insist on a...

If you are painting on wood make sure it's very dry. Get kiln dried if possible and don't leave outdoors where it will absorb moisture. Painting wet wood will surely cause paint to peel outdoors. Once the sun hits the sign it will draw out the moisture and cause the paint to blister. I've seen...

Ron, Sounds like you and your wife have all the right skills for the sign business, and more! The only thing I did not see was number crunching. The sign business is highly competitive. Seems like I spend 80% of my time managing the business and crunching numbers instead of skilled production...

This is what we do also. In addition, we have checklists for each type of job. Average load up is 30 minutes. Scaffolding and larger signs will push to 1 hour. We're always looking at ways to improve load up and unload as those costs often don't get accounted for.

Did you install the license files?

I've had two temporary interns from a local college graphic arts dept. We had some problems swapping files that they created. They used Adobe Illustrator and one of the students couldn't get the files to export correctly into Corel (I don't have AI). He had the latest software version but we...