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  1. Outgassing Walls

    I have placed oracal 651 on painted eggshell wall the next day. we do this alot for a local mall
  2. Can any merchants here do this?

    it's also called "bagging sign" we did one for covering up at a saturn sign with a mitsubishi dealership, leave it loose though cause you will pay hell on install. Its like putting a condom on a semi truck
  3. Wavy plastic wall...

    ah looks like the work of some architect jacked up on starbucks. I do like the wall though it is different
  4. Thinking of taking the plunge and getting away from Corel

    There is no reason to run out and pi$$ away money on a whole suite of crap you dont need. Get on ebay and find you a student version of illy for bout $150 or $200. they are brand new and sealed and its all you need. And student is damn cheaper than the regular version. Aint no sense in taking...
  5. What's your most profitable item? Why?

    Dear God, back in the day I fell for this crap. Im sooo glad I weened myself off these backwood beerjunkies, what a freaking waste of my time! Its almost like they went to school and learned all there bartering skills. Who would of known all it takes to get rid of them is a high price
  6. OUTDOOR Installation: Advise on attaching anodized aluminum to 3/4" PVC sheets.

    i would 2 part epoxy the back of aqluminum and the face of the pvc and then dab with silicone AND atach a few stainless steel small screws in it just to mak me sleep at night. No one likes fasteners showing but if you are creative they can be hidden
  7. What's your most profitable item? Why?

    wall paintings, it is pure profit! very little overhead
  8. interesting "how to get paid" topic

    I was called last week to do a new sign for a building that used to be a flooring company, which brought back memeories of the funniest damn story. We had a large sign company here in montgomery called Landmark signs formerly Triple J signs. At the time it was owned by a wealthy, crazy ***...
  9. gold color acrylic sheet

    i would order it from gemini unless you need like a huge sheet
  10. Bookkeeper Sign Layout - Layout Help

    this has been a fun post! Its amazing how different our styles are. You see someone elses art and you wonder "damn, why did I not think of that" this is what makes this forum fun Yes Jill I agree there started out way too much copy on that sign but I needed a lil somn to fill up that damn 80s...
  11. Paid order, customer says keep the product. Go figure.

    this is like getting a check from the IRS and you werent expecting it DO NOT GET EXCITED AND CASH IT, just set it to the side or cash it and set that to the side
  12. Bookkeeper Sign Layout - Layout Help

    yeah I ain't ever been one for those cheesy a$$ panels with that shape
  13. Font ID pleaaaaaaaaaaaase

    ALGERIA...please dear god do not use this font lol....One of the top fonts that should be dissolved from all computers
  14. Recovering a file

    and now go in there and cut all your computer updates off! always save your work, Im also afraid its back to the drawing board on this one
  15. Bookkeeper Sign Layout - Layout Help

    sign is off balance. The lettering at top is light and the phone number is light and you have this large bold black box in middle that attracts all the attention. The phone number on the 2nd one is just too large especially for the type of work she does and its too far down on the sign The...
  16. customer wants to buy my files i designed.... how much(ballpark)?

    I also agree, he has paid they are his. I never understood this whole concept of sign people owning art forever. He paid for graphics time so there it is. I would send a high jpeg and a flattened pdf
  17. Painting HDU

    paint out of rattle cans will not last the test of time. I certainly would not advise it for long term signage in the future. I know how frustrating it can be to have the perfect color right there you need, but next time I would have some mixed
  18. Everybody rebrand yourself with the current trend

    Chip will you flip the G 90 degrees up so it looks like an "on" symbol and I think that would look great
  19. Nissan and 3M....how ironic!

    I got a call today from an old client that I have done partial wraps for....Partial as in large graphics. I don't do wraps, I don't like wraps BUT I do know several of you make your living do them. He wanted me to create the whole wrap and he said that Nissan would give him $700 towards the...
  20. eBay...

    ive seen worse, it dont bother me but I bet they paid $125k for it and probably had pantone remove all those colors out of all books and if you use those colors you will be sued
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