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  1. Removing handlettering on fire truck

    Got the chance to paint with Alicia at the wall dog meet in Danville, Il. this past august and I have to say the gal is the real McCoy,..very talented and professional young lady there,.... Edited to add,..Arts&letters, I have had problems with the clear de-laminating when I try to mask over...
  2. System 32 Virus anyone?

    we've been fighting this virus at school(ECPI institute of technology) for about a month now and in alot of cases once you get rid of the virus with combo fix or tdsskiller or unhackme,or whatever malware remover you use,.... the code for redirects remain in firefox and other browsers,..the only...
  3. Removing handlettering on fire truck

    I've been using an omni two part clear and we have used imrom 7600 spot clear without any problems here,...most problems I have seen are with folks trying to use asphaultum varnishes with the new 2 part clears as they are incompatible,(we have been using brown hok mixed with clear to simulate...
  4. Removing handlettering on fire truck

    I had a couple of fire dept's. that wouldn't change the rags or sponges in their wash buckets because they used them so often,..well the gilding and lettering started to wear off a couple of their trucks and when they called me to fix it , I realized the problem because it appeared as tho the...
  5. Where do lost UPS packages end up?

    There are alot of motor freight and shipping companies here locally due to our central east coast location,and shipping hubs,..fedex,ups,etc.......the lost and damaged freight is paid for by shipping insurance and the insurance companies auction the stuff off on a weekly basis,..the local...
  6. Removing handlettering on fire truck

    What `Si Allen suggested +1 here,.... As for the debate of signgold vs real gilding,..I have lettered and gilded over 100 fire apparatus vehicles over the span of my career and never once did I try to use signgold,..all you have to see is a true good gilding job get close enough to a fire...
  7. Y Position Alarm

    On 99 out of 100 brands of plotters there is a y axis tab on the pinch rollers that interacts with an electric eye on the blade assembly that rides back and forth on the transom(extrusion and or rods the blade assembly rides upon). this is to tell the machine the "Y" limits of the vinyl you have...
  8. how does the "little guy" compete

    Ok first of all,if I may offer some advice here it would be to quit thinking about the competition and focus on your own business,..that is something you have control over and if you wish to be proactive about your own well being that is where you should focus your energies,and efforts. First of...
  9. Woo-Hoo Good Arlo Update!!

    go ahead Bigdawg ,..make my day !!!!
  10. "Post Crap You've Drawn"

    Here is a roll up freight door one of my clients wanted to disappear so I camouflaged it with a mural,....Ya'll will have to excuse me I painted over the drawing part,...
  11. Billboard for me... Your opinion

    One letter,...."s" at the end of that "Sign Artist" tag will solve that dilemma
  12. Billboard for me... Your opinion

    Having painted and designed outdoor advertising displays for over 30 years I might add a little advice,...the viewing public will only have an average of 3 to five seconds to absorb your message,..the way you do so will dictate what kind of impression you leave with them mentally be it good or...
  13. Treasure trove of sign textbooks

    Jr's after you get the pdf file open in your browser you can click on he floppy disk icon on the top left and save the file to your hard drive,.... for the books on google books site you have to click on the pdf link then once it takes you to google books you have to click the read this book...
  14. Treasure trove of sign textbooks

    I was looking thru a link on another sign board and found over 50 books for free on hand lettering,sign painting,show card writing,and just plain fancy alphabets,.....being the advocate for folks to read about their trade that I am I feel obligated to post these links to historical texts and...
  15. Burned out?

    I have been at this business 32 years ,..the last decade has been so bad compared to the first dozen or so years that I have decided to get out. I'm not saying I will not do signs anymore but alot like Techman if the customer is price shopping I'm gonna send them packing without a thought...
  16. paint vs vinyl

    15 years from now when the vinyl looks like hell they aren't gonna care how it was done they are just gonna ask "who" made that mess? Use paint mask if you aren't comfortable with a brush,......
  17. 10k

    Keep it up I enjoy your opinions,..
  18. OK, Computer Gurus how do I get my files??? Please help!

    go out and buy a usb drive enclosure to put your old hard drive into and plug it into another mac and get the files off of it,...thats is to say if it wasn't your hard drive taking a dump that caused your mac to die in the first place,...then you are SOL so o speak,...you'll need to remove the...
  19. What am I supposed to do with this?

    Run Forest, run!!!
  20. Raleigh Durham area of NC...opinions?

    The Raleigh/Durham area is a metro area with one of the largest population concentrations in the Carolina's. Do a search in the talking yellow pages for that area and see how much competition is there,..the vinyl franchises are gonna want to pay min wages or close to t for their help and getting...
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