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The question is do you want them as a customer anymore? If you want them as a customer, you have to take it on the chin and wait 3 weeks. If you don't, then you call them up and tell them to replace your check today. Whether they will do it or not is another story. I'm just baffled in...

My opinion is: 1. You shouldn't open a vehicle wrap shop unless you know how to wrap or can partner with someone that can wrap. Day 1, when you open this new business, if I walk into your store and want a vehicle wrap, who's going to do it? Tomorrow you should walk into work and sit down with...

First, everyone starts off knowing 0 about a subject. So don't let people discourage you based on that. Everyone on this forum started knowing nothing about design, print, signs, ect ect ect. Second, education takes time and often costs money. It's just the way the word works. It's going to...

This is the back of the business card? Then I think there is way too much personal info. Personal Info goes on the front. Business offerings should go on the back. I disagree with people thinking you shouldn't explain to people what you do. I find plastic companies to be the worst. They...

If they do hundreds of thousands of signs a year and they can eliminate 1-2 graphic designers as the customers are doing 90% of the heavy lifting, it will pay for that website within 12 months if not less. The math isn't difficult when you're high volume. The issue is when you're low volume...

Legally speaking, whatever they pay for is what they get. Anything more is "charity". Morally speaking, you should do your best to make sure it's clear when someone pays for a business card layout read for print, that's all they are getting. Remember, many people are not familiar with the...

I believe the both of you are a level or two above me in experience but what I can say is I've found air to be more important than coolant. The air does some cooling of the bit but it really does a great job clearing chips which I've found the biggest issue when doing aluminum. If you're doing...

Gemini can do the job, but you'd likely be better off working locally. Shipping could make this job cost prohibitive. To ship letters like this safely would call for custom crating and shipping via tractor trailer. 1. Aluminum/ACM. This would be my last choice for an interior application...

You can't use huge brands as a bench mark. They have brand recognition. Most brands start with words or images to represent what they sell. If the brand becomes big enough, they can simplify the logo more and more. It baffles me why people think logos and signs shouldn't tell people about...

Not to take you too off path, but did you think of doing applied 3mm Sintra/PVC panels?

At first look, I thought it was a solid adaptation. Second look, I feel the same except "Group" is the wrong font. Not necessarily wrong, but less than ideal. Now go sell them a re-brand package of mugs, pens, signs, shirts, ect.

I recommend you start marketing a few jobs that you outsource. It may take you a few years to find out what projects and products are profitable but I promise, they are out there. We have 3-4 products that we outsource and the profit margins are great and there is absolutely no way I could...

I wouldn't necessarily say a smaller/less experienced company did that. It boils down to dollars and cents. To get super smooth letters you need to spend extra time to get them smooth. This means either spending extra time on the CNC or extra time in paint prep sanding and smoothing. I would...

Just out of curiosity, were you able to get a price quote immediately from anyone?

They have a procedure. You email your files to the router department. Within 24 hours they send back a price quote. CNC production time is heavily dependent on what you send over. It's more than reasonable for them to want to take 10 minutes and price out the job properly. I can tell you...

HarborSales is soooooo cheap to cut stuff out. Their pricing is ridiculous. The other option is to buy router templates and route out your own blanks. 6mm PVC will cut in one pass with a 3HP router and a 1/4" bit.

You're the designer, aren't you? Draw it out proportionally and see what looks best. My guess is 5x5 will look satisfactory and ideally something like a 6x6 will look "right". It's not uncommon to use a 5x5 post and then build onto the post with panels which can be routed to add a decorative...

I don't even make a big deal out of it. They send me crap. I charge them $25, send the logo out to be cleaned up, and in 24 hours I have a 90-100% accurate logo.

I think you've answered your own question: You're putting too much paint down. It sounds like you need to take a bit more care when you're applying the paint so it doesn't build up so much. It also might be worth while looking into changing paint or just living with doing more, lighter coats...

The only feedback I can give is if you're a sign shop designer, your work should be designed so that it can be used in signs. Can your example be cut and put on a wall? If it can't, then you have to question whether it's a valid logo design.