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  1. Applying vinyl lettering to latex painted walls

    3105GHT is what we use for plywood. It seems to stick to everything we've thrown at it. For cast we use 180 LSE, but the orajet is way, way stronger adhesion
  2. Need Help Seeking advice on backlit sign project

    The URL's are right, but you have to enter them via the image button up by the smiley face, like you did the first time. and it should work.
  3. Need Help Seeking advice on backlit sign project

    Dropbox doesn't like hotlinking images. However... change your www to "dl" and it will work. example - Your first link is https://www.dropbox.com/s/hcqv25lkl76bj9y/Photo%20Mar%2016%2C%201%2029%2032%20PM.jpg?dl=0" change it to...
  4. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    "Meant" as in want to. You can have a 18 year old, 120lb geek squad worker who's all excited and wants to goto war. He could be courageous, and one of the best soldiers you've ever seen. Then you can have 200lb body builder who gets scared at any gun shot, and would be useless . In my opinion...
  5. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    Some people arent meant to fight wars. I'm sure if Trump, or Bush, or Obama opened a draft to fight Aghanistan, or Russia, haldf the people you know would try to dodge the draft also... I don't fault him on that. Disrespecting people who did fight, by saying "I like people who didn't get...
  6. When 9 out 20 posts on Page 1 are spam

    It was I who suggested it. I'm fairly certain signups are made easy, to generate traffic to the website to make the website more Proffittable. One of the reasons why the site went from mostly professionals, to mostly customers/ people wanting to do their own stuff . It brings more traffic to...
  7. New Guy Beginner sign guy from Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada (Moving soon)

    Used to live in poco... Now I'm in Langley! It took me 2 days to learn the basics of printing and cutting .another week or so to learn it properly. And it's been 2-3 years, and im still learning. Don't get me wrong... You can learn in a few days how to use it. A little longer to learn what...
  8. Need Help Which 3M

    Lets see... We currently stock IJ35, IJ40, 180,480, 3290, 680, 180-LSI, orajet 3268, 1050HT, 3 Different window perfs, 2 different clears, and a few specialty vinyls we use once in awhile. Then add a matching overlam for each.. on top of about 30 reflectives for traffic signs, and 30-40...
  9. Need Help Which 3M

    You can... But it's a waste. Ij40 is half the price of 180. Ij40 is a calandered, but it's also a 7 year vinyl... 180 is a 10 year... While.ij35 is 3, or 5.. I forgot off the top of my head. You obviously wouldn't put a 10 year vinyl on a Coro real estate sign you'd expect to last a year...
  10. Question Laser beam

    Graphtec can read skew, so why bother? I once looaded something really, really crooked just to test. I'm talking 5-6" off... It read one mark... couldnt find the second and asked me to manually find it... then it found third, and fourth by itself, and proceeded to cut perfectly. So long as your...
  11. Employee Morale

    A living wage definitely helps. It doesn't have to be super high...But if you're paying the very least you can to your employee, and it doesn't even match industry standards... Expect them to leave. If your employee is good... they should be making above the average pay, not below it. So short...
  12. Tell me something.....

    Shoot your rep an E-mail. 99% of the stuff we order is via E-mail. Their website stock isn't correct - It even says theyre OOS on 3M 180. I like the layout of the new site... But I do have issues with their stock now, And some of their prices are...completely out of whack? Unless $4200 for a...
  13. air egress vinyl...wet install?

    "Do not perform a wet application when using an air-egress vinyl. These repositionable vinyl films have micro tunnels embossed in their adhesives. These tunnels will trap application fluid that will most likely result in adhesion failure. Air-egress vinyls are easy to reposition. There is no...
  14. Flexi Production manager + Job archiving

    I'll make this one quick! I know in Flexi you can archive to Original, or to native. Is there a way to archive, or backup your files with all the changes you've made? IE - I changed it to print 3 copies, changed the CMYK on a few colors... used this ICC profile. I've tried re-opening...
  15. Pantones + profiling question

    Interesting! PDF seems to have fixed it. I was playing with it a bit on the weekend... and that was the only EPS file that was having issues with the spot color not working, so it may have been a way the eps was setup. I did try some non pantone colors though - Saved it as pdf, and as eps...
  16. Suggestions Print Vinyl for Brick Walls

    Also, you can go over the channels again with the Vcat tool. 3M™ Vehicle Channel Applicator Tool, VCAT-2 Another expensive $100 tool... But this way you're only re-applying pressure to the channels. One of the tips on passing was to actually go over every groove with the mcat/heat again to...
  17. Suggestions Print Vinyl for Brick Walls

    I'm going to guess that the issue is too fast/not enough heat. It turns into a matte like color once it's heated enough. During the course the instructor would come and look at all angles... any shine/gloss he saw he'd deduct points. So I'd take a look and make sure it's turned matte. I...
  18. Suggestions Print Vinyl for Brick Walls

    For Brick vinyl it's mostly about how you applicate it. Are you using the proper tool and a heat gun? It needs to be pressed in really tight, and heat gun set at 750-1000 degrees. Here's a link tire of 8624... Can't see the grout lines too well, but you can see the does go in pretty good...
  19. Pantones + profiling question

    Hello again! So I've come across something I thought was weird. Usually our colors are pretty spot on after profiling, but I've noticed a discrepancy (Maybe?) I'm printing something with Pantone 288C. It's coming out a little darker than it should, and this is one of the picky customers... so...
  20. Need Help Window Perf and Laminate

    Practice. We dont get air bubbles when we laminate... If we're not paying attention there might be 1-2. Take a pin, not a knife... and pop it in the center. Then work your way from out to in, and the bubble will go away. The bubbles wont go away on their own... you need to pop them. Once you...
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