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  1. choosing a cutter

    WHATEVER HE SAID???? YOU CANT READ & COMPREHEND AT THE SAME TIME???? ))))) i understand you just might be to close to STUBENVILLE OHIO.......a place i know well. most there cant read either cause they are on the other side of the river from WEST VIRGINIA!!!! you know the place where the...
  2. Anyone else just totally slammed right now?

    iam even BUSY.....and i am not out looking for work.........
  3. choosing a cutter

    FOR THE MONEY you will spend to get a new cheap cutter, PLEASE look around for a USED BRAND NAMED PLOTTER, GRAPHTEC, SUMMA, ROLAND, MIMAKI.............you will have a step up on any one with these cheapo plotters. one thing hold true here: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR............. you buy...
  4. Deposit Received, Customer Cancelling.

    give them a bill for TIME SPENT........DEDUCT IT FROM THE DEPOSIT....and return the rest......this is as close to staying legal as you can. they owe you.......for your part, you return what is theirs.......as you didnt start the job......other then time investment.
  5. another weekend job........and i got to watch)))))

    this is a sunday job. all i did was lay it out from the owners dimensions, cut, weed, tape the black and a 10 yard roll of 3m green reflective and some regular shine rite green to make it all look like green with a black outline......AND THE BEST PART I WATCHED THESE GUYS APPLY IT)))))228 SQ...
  6. what program is needed to output vinyl to cutter in corel

    you can set registration marks in corel))))))) CUTTING DIRECT FROM COREL........i have been dong this since COREL VERSION 3!!!! not X3 but 3)))) i started cutting from corel in 1992. i had a registered copy of LETTER ART 5.0 and used it some.........BUT COREL was where i did all the...
  7. what program is needed to output vinyl to cutter in corel

    what is a TEMPO 600? chinese cutter? if so then you can use COREL X5 to cut your vinyl.........
  8. How should you clean area before placing decals?

    NO WHERE IN THIS POST........did anyone say to use RUBBING ALCOHOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! most products that say RUBBING ALCOHOL...contain some minerial or petroleum oils. 70% alcohol..........may contain some oils..... 91% is is exactly what it says it is.... 91% alcohol and water.
  9. painting raw aluminum- what to use

    does this "metal man" have access to PRE-PAINTED/POWDER COATED ALUMINUM????? would make the process of paintin it another color a lot simpler. bare aluminum, usuall needs to be ETCHED with some kinda acid/chemical so paint will adhere to it. old days we did a vinager wash....then a ZINC CHROMATE...
  10. Resizing JPGs for large prints

    photoshop is crazy.......i have a 16 megapixel camera.......most shots i take are at full 16 megapixel. when i open these photos on COREL PHOTOPAINT and look at RESIZE......... and see how it looks there. 4592 x 3468 in photopaint converts to 63.77 INCHES X 47.83 INCHES.
  11. Resizing JPGs for large prints

    4592 x 3468 in my corel is 63" on the long side @ 100 percent....you will need to compress it rather then expand it.
  12. How should you clean area before placing decals?

    one of the things you will learn in this line of work... THE SAME THING DONT WORK ON EVERYTHING!!!!!! there are a lot of products you can by.....AND A DIFFERENT ONE FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS. BASIC: warm water with dish washing soap. this is the safest and easiest for most new paints(building...
  13. cutting vinyl directly from X6 - question

    sometimes the NEWEST LATEST GREATEST....makes it harder to get work done. MY THINKING...........why do you need WINDOWS 8? then you wouldnt need corelX6....and you would be doing your work without a problem)))))))) get another computer, load it with XP -WIN7, COREL X3-X5.........and leave it...
  14. Need a template of a 1996 ford 8500 commercial truck

    is that THE TRUCK? if so why not take a few pics of it, take into corel draw and fit graphics to it..... take a side view........get the distance between the center of the front wheels and the center of the front set of rear wheels, make a box in corel that size and increase the size of the...
  15. Cleaning Substrates...What do you use?

    wally world.all day long anyday....no foreplay or mixing.......... 91% ALCOHOL.......IN QUARTS.....and inexpensive......)))))))))))))))))0
  16. Cleaning Substrates...What do you use?

    91% ALCOHOL WALLY WORLD ALL DAY LONG in quarts))))) if it SAYS RUBBING ALCOHOL....it has a touch of oil in it)))
  17. aspent the weekend workin....

    did this one 12 years ago(picture taken today)...HP AVERY VINYL. this is the vinyl with the silver back.
  18. aspent the weekend workin....

    exactomundo))))))))
  19. aspent the weekend workin....

    got 2 of these vans....across the road from my house. I DID THEM 1ST .....lined up with the belt line.........THE OWNER SAID IT WAS CROOKED..., i re did them by EYEBALLIN EM.......hes been happy for 12 years......got a couple more for this same company...EYEBALLED EM....hes happy....i like happy...
  20. aspent the weekend workin....

    N0PE...BEEN THERE DUN THAT))) and had to redo it.........fact is.......with the beltline running up hill to the rear, the roof line running downhill to the rear....EYEBALLIN it....works better.......... like i said this aint the 1st one i dun)))
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