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  1. What would cause vinyl discoloration like this?

    While you're peeling off that graphic and replacing it, repeat these words 1000 times: "Not everything that goes on a sign or a vehicle is called a wrap." Wrapping is when you take a large sheet of material and wrap it around something, like a car. You then trim off the excess material, and it...
  2. Corel Designer, Why is it not more popular, What am I missing

    There are tools in Draw which Designer doesn't do, but since you are not creating content/new designs, you will likely never use them. There are many things Designer has which are totally irrelevant to making signs or vehicle graphics. Since, by the sound of it, you are primarily creating...
  3. What's the best way to apply a cutout logo, appliques 2'x2' without visible fasteners

    If the surface to which you are applying the sign is a smooth, painted surface, on which the paint is not liable to peeling off, the VHB tape alone is more than enough to securely hold the sign. In most cases, you will destroy the sign trying to pull it off. If the surface is rough, porous, or...
  4. Corel Designer, Why is it not more popular, What am I missing

    It has been bugging me that I wasn't familiar with Corel Designer, despite having been in the sign industry for 26 years. So I looked at Corel's website to see what it was. They don't make it any more. But I did find this page that explains what it was. It was Micrografx Designer, and Corel...
  5. Corel Designer, Why is it not more popular, What am I missing

    On your other question, what makes Illustrator better? It isn't necessarily. But it's what the art/design industry has used since it went digital. Corel Draw is more common in the sign industry because it had always been cheaper, and did everything sign makers needed to do (and could do them in...
  6. Corel Designer, Why is it not more popular, What am I missing

    Corel Draw and Illustrator can create scaled layouts. You create a layout, go to the Layout heading and choose any of the page items, like page layout, page size, etc. Then in the left column select the Rulers heading. You'll find the scale there. Choose 1:20 and you're good to go. Or leave the...
  7. Hello from Canada

    Hello and welcome
  8. What's the lowest cost printable vinyl + laminate combination for flat signs?

    Use a "house brand" vinyl with gray air release adhesive from your favorite sign supply house, and don't laminate. They are temporary campaign signs. The ink will last that long.
  9. Help! I need EXPERT vinyl install coach.

    try soaking with application fluid, respraying & squeegeeing, then peeling to get the premask off
  10. Fond ID... may be custom???

    Raider Crusader
  11. Need Help Vinyl on the awning sign

    Tilt the bucket to reach the top. Makes you feel weird with the floor tilted, but then the bottom of the bucket will clear the awning.
  12. Register a print on the decal carrier?

    You can't print on the back of the carrier paper. Try writing on it.
  13. Illegal Corel software message

    I guess they call it a bug (I got the fix from a Corel support forum) because there is a part of the program that's meant to find illegal software but sometimes it flags copies of the software that is legit, but once it's done so, it leaves the message in the folder. So the detector software has...
  14. Illegal Corel software message

    Here's how to fix the bug that displays the illegal software window: Delete the Corel message folder to correct the issue. 1. Press Windows key + R. 2. Type %appdata% and hit enter. 3. Go to Corel folder 4. Delete the "Messages" folder
  15. Who the f*&^ does this??

    Vendors aren't stocking it because people aren't buying it. But they should be.
  16. Who the f*&^ does this??

    Just a note to say that he did a permanent installation of a temporary sign decoration. Printed and cut unlaminated letters, which have inevitably turned white. If you can cut vinyl you should be using translucent vinyl for the best durability.
  17. Need Help Looking for Small Amount of Chrome Wrap

    Fellers sells it by the yard. It's off a 60" wide roll.
  18. Need an opinion on R Mark Placement

    It can go anywhere you want. I think on A, it's actually too low. It should be a little above the s, but not necessarily as high as B.
  19. ROFL.... "Print" shops

    We are up against that from several places. One is a printer that's been around a long time that was sold a wide format printer as the solution to the shrinkage of the print market. They don't advertise banners any more, and I heard from a supplier rep that their printer is now just shoved in a...
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