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Anytime your vinyl is going to be heated to conform, you need to use a cast film. Period. Here's what happened.. you installed and heated calendered film into place.. you may have even heat set the vinyl if you're a properly trained wrapper. Probably looked great, and likely stayed that way for...

If your cutting 1mm pvc sheet look into a roller die machine with a pin registered steel rule die.. that'd cut the pvc in about 15 seconds or less. I do 500 4mil decals in half an hour leisurely... I cut them 12 at a time - thats 12 layers of vinyl & backer or about .125". Die cuts bog down at...

Set the main pull down to "North American prepress" to get started. tweak as needed from there. pro tip - make ICC output settings permanent and shop wide. on every machine in every app. This is a quality control standard youre setting that should remain once established. Use adobeRGB...

Sadly she's gonna be a single mom...

any resume for the sign and graphics trade needs to have an online gallery of your work,ideally a dedicated personal website. show off your best work and bullet point the challenging projects and how you overcome them.

Hello Kitty takes it up a notch http://i1.wp.com/viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4878.jpg pretty sure sign clients' will need custom logo TP now.

Johnny Best's take on it is a much superior design..since its the clients weblogo. would look good in any execution.

"WhatThe" I see you're from sacramento - So I'll give you a supply locally - I've used Burnett & Sons Millwork for some big redwood panels. Call the Trusted Milling Company in Sacramento to Get Started Today They are hands down the best and should be able to build that blank for you and save...

really cant top Hello Kitty Plane.. https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/VSNwonAAn1XG6TsKBt9O6WbazCU/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/09/15/794/n/1922507/7b04321dc6c62c46_thumb_temp_cover_file157758181410802088/i/Hello-Kitty-Airplane.jpg

Having done many hummer wraps in Scotchlite I can tell you from experience that those doors are horrible. Do not expect the 780 or 680 series to work as folks are saying... for several reasons: 1. The deep draw of the door box is too much for that type of film. It will stretch too much to...

Can't speak for that machine, but uscutter has a great little machine (laser point 2) for under $600 that comes with a good software package. I own two of them. One for shop one for mobile. Have owned other more expensive machines. If properly calibrated these little starter units can do fine...

It's used by the feds to seal up abandoned mine shafts in the California mother lode. Even gaping 10 ft wide vertical shafts. Amazing stuff. It's also useful for architectural sculpting and signs, it's basically the same stuff signfoam is made from. You just need molds and mold release agents...

Do you have a clear wall area you can use? A set of old fashioned "sign monkeys" and a sheet of 5x10 might work to make an inclined work table. Sign monkeys are just vertically inclined 2x4s that lean against the wall and hold the sheets at working height. drilled every 6 inches or so on the 2...

Great topic... Traditional sized gold leaf has is place on certain equipment. Seeing a classic engine restored only to have sign gold laid on it is almost insulting. But for modern apparatus, with mandated visibility and crew safety as the foremost rule, the days of gold leaf are likely going...

That's likely the main carriage cable (in the igus chain) getting ready to go bad. Since it's in the same geographic position, it's likely a short inside the cable as it flexes in that one spot. A main cable replacement is not a technically hard project, but it does require a lot of...

If you're making signs for truly private roads you can do what they wish, but be sure the community doesn't assign the roads to the local authority to have county maintain the roads, otherwise youre making signs to go on the right of way for traffic control purposes. You're best to follow the...

THAT (Redirect Notice) SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO EVERY BID EVERY SIGN SHOP SENDS OUT! many likes!

thats a whopper of a scanner.. if you go that size, you can move into pricey fine art reproduction and get away from "sticker" printing.. LOL. In my experience having had the big toys (large format 48" scanner, 2 drum scanners, film scanners, etc.) - I found that the shop space they took up...

sounds like the guy that tried to fix my machine once, same screw ups. all of those issues are the result of a bad tech and dealer. The excuse that a non roland part caused a system to fail is NOT defensible in court. For that to be a defense, they would be into whats called "tied goods" under...

Lukas- the technician level skills and trade training you have are far greater experience than anything the trade has here for an average wrap installer. Germany's trade education system surpassses the US by far. Id expect that both your skills and your project management ability would be...