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  1. Cutting software for CorelDraw

    iam not sure IF MIMAKI can cut cut direct from corel. i think you have to have a bridge/cad program with it. hence FINE CUT......works..
  2. Can I do this without employees...

    i have a few friends in this business..............and the problem you have with the design guy......is the same reason the people i know..WORK FOR others.......no let tell you......these people are SUPREME DESIGNERS.... but from a $$$$ point of view.......you cant spend more time on these then...
  3. Help pricing sign..

    ok now your price SHOULD BE MORE!!! 3 X 4 = 12 SQFT X 2 =24 SQ FT cost for new vinyl should be $5 sq ft so now you at $120.00. YOU SAY it took .` HOUR PER SIDE to remove and clean up. now YOU GIVEN THAT AWAY....right??? so ill bet you did the sign for the original 2 x 3 price...HE WANTED...
  4. vinyl decal business

    I SIGN......as long as i dont go to PITTSBURGH)))))))
  5. vinyl decal business

    have to CLARIFY..... the use of FORD, CHEVY DODGE......logos..........IN MY WORK, i have painted many of these!!!! the tailgate of a chevy truck, dodge, ford!!!!! i didnt do anything illegal. NOW.. someon wants a big FORD SIGN LOGO for their garage............now your stepin into problem area...
  6. Hand drawn

    that is not hand written.......its in the fonts they came up with THAT LOOK like kids handwriting. most are named after kids like amy's font harry's font..... http://www.fontspace.com/category/kids
  7. Help pricing sign..

    i know you want the job.....as STATED... so here your way of handling it. 1. REMOVAL OF OLD VINYL.......charge as much as you would to APPLY IT!!!!!! 2. SANDING PRIMING, PAINTING both sides........ see what the local body shop would charge to sand,prime paint a SET OF TRUCK DOOR!!!!!! any...
  8. Pricing 4x4 signs?

    iam familiar with WEST BY GOD........VIRGINIA.... i used to get that "wheeling feelin'" and worked at WERITON STEEL. as for the depressed economy.....well........got nothing to do with YOUR SIGN. like i said at $100 for 4 x 8....YOU AINT MAKIN ANY MONEY.......THEN WHY DO THE WORK???? POINT...
  9. Pricing 4x4 signs?

    LIKE I SAID..........workin harder to make a few pennies on the dollar.......... 4' X 8' @ $100 is ridiculous!!!!! at $50........ITS STUPID))))) here again we see what this "mcDonalds model" selling has taken a PROFITABLE BUSINESS into the toilet. today there is NO PRECEIVED VALUE!!!!! to...
  10. What blade does the CG-130FX plotter take?

    WHEN YOU BY A BLADE....... from a supplier.........THEY WILL ASK YOU......WHAT PLOTTER DO YOU NEED THE BLADE FOR))))))))
  11. PEVA question

    PEVA................in russian is BEER)))))
  12. Since you guys love being brutally honest!

    double post
  13. Since you guys love being brutally honest!

    again........IFsome one as dumb as me can GET ZERO DESIGNS................gota tell ya something about your direction this is gona go. HOW BOUT ZIPPY DESIGNS? )))))))))))))))))
  14. Since you guys love being brutally honest!

    YOU .......need to rethink what YOU ARE CONVEYING with a name like ZERO DESIGNS))))))))))) just pounder it after you say it)))))))))) so you are NO TALENT CAPABLE OF ZERO DESIGNS))))))
  15. Who is the old guy with the brush in his hand?

    did you not READ....." "customer art" do not change it.request.?????"
  16. Who is the old guy with the brush in his hand?

    i belong to a car club ..............and being the only guy around who can swing a brush.....does make it nice......when you got a pre-70's vehicle........PAINT is the only process that works. most of these guys "show" these vehicles. in a serious "show", points are DEDUCTED if these old...
  17. make flat paint glossy (glossier)

    AND your thinkin that by getting it to a glossy finish........it wont fade as fast???? WRONG.......fading has to do with the pigment in the paint and its exposure to UV light. gloss, satin or flat....ITS GONA FADE....
  18. First Mack Brushes and not sure how to prep...

    this is why i use 10 w non detergent motor oil..........nothing will eat it, it never changes its properties....you can leave a brush in it for 5 8 years.......and the oil will be there in the same state as when you poured it in there))))) i lost my 1st set of quills to LINSEED OIL......up...
  19. Buying a GCC expert 24, Will I be banned?

    like i said ........YOU DONT KNOW what its like to have really quite plotter running........IF THE ONE YOU BOUGHT is all you ever heard))))) i say this from having one of the LOUDEST to one of the quietest.........my old PNC-1000 ROLAND, i used to call it ...MY ORCA!!!! made nise like a pod of...
  20. Pondering the old sign “painter” days…

    sure.........BUT AT WHAT COST??? and loss of profit))))) and this building photo was taken later in the 70's.....dont think vinyl woulda been around 20 somethin years))))
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