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Hello! i hope the snow is treating you all well! my questions are as follows: 1. what frosted/ dusted material would you use that HAS to be weeded and taped. 2. since they are taped, how would you install that? my tape is high tack, i feel this will be a huge problem. if i install this wet, the...

color copyright ahhh, let the pussification of color in America, begin! so begins, the lack of clarity between color shifts. two generations later, everyone will be black or white. sigh. -mosher

update one: i ordered and received two 5'x10' galvi steel sheets for the table covers. i decided this is the best top option. damn these are heavy. and cold. might have to install a heating option under the table during the winter months. two 200 lb drawer pulls have also come in. need to...

LAvaprint i just stumbled across their website. not only is it still up and running, but they have expanded more products! has any one bought this yet? feedback? BUMP!

gripers i have seen these.... MBS?

wall graphics wow. what is the condition of the wallpaper? are you laminating the final print? i would be worried about the weight of the new prints pulling on old wallpaper. worse, pulling the transfer tape off the cut parts. you are gonna need a low tack tape... good luck -mosher

frame thank you. i thought that was a tomato stain. -chris

So, i know A-frames. Trying to find THIS one, however, is driving me nuts!! .....that plastic handle on the top is driving me crazy. i have looked EVERYWHERE. I know somebody has sold these. so, somebody has bought them!!! -Mosher

fellers i met him once. The problem was, i already met him two days before as, his ego walked into the room first. -mosher

heat gun my two cents? 1. avoid Harbor Fright heat gun. 2. a plumbers torch is aways fun. 3. i bought a wagner paintstrip/heat gun. i used these in the past and they are AWESOME. 4. 775 bucks for THAT? Think i will do number three and take a weekend getaway. -mosher

Hello! Happy new year, y'all. i am planning to build a new production table this year. it is going to replace my weeble wobble 2x4 dustbucket table which is a 48"x16' best reason number one?, is, the prints are 54" wide. the shelf space underneath is also useless. don't get me started on the...

printing lessons i don't know if your issues are program related but... 1. most printer will not print RGB files correctly. they need to be cmyk. Now, if you "unsaturate" a picture for printing, what would you get? 2. i would try and print thumnails of different hues of the suspect pic. 3...

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water updates Thanks for the replies, guys.... UPDATE. 1. Figures i lose the stereo equipment that runs the shop. sounds like a morgue in here without it. dropped the stuff off at the repair shop. really can't justify not fixing my Denon. there is something to be said with music in the...

Happy new year everyone! it finally happened... burst pipe above my shop from a unoccupied unit, and water rained EVERYWHERE. so much moisture in the walls the paint started to blister. the entire shop windows fogged over and iced up. All of my vinyl stock is pretty much ruined. After drying...

cost of goods cost of goods is a minor number in a big picture of signmaking. i have to teach my immigrant customers who cry how expensive a simple sign is. (.....it takes all my might, to not *****slap them on the spot.) While the cost of materials is easily mastered, what of rent...

pARKING SIGNS i like all these methods. i beleive in printing a 4x8 sheet worth of signs, mount all at once, and sheercut them all into smaller signs. Instead of a black border, inverted crop marks are used in each corner, about a 1/16th and a special corner rounder is used to corner chop...

scraps i hear ya! i save scraps and sometimes when people want a 60 inch banner..... BINGO. MY printer is 54" max width. i always keep my self entertained. -Mosher

sign display idea.. lol. i have been designing signs for over twenty years. i have come to discover i cam reproduce things magically well, but for some reason, am my own worst enemy when designing my own... 1. i have a retracable banner stand. the design i did for that is attached. 2. on the...

Happy holidays! i am going to add a display up front. my working size is a 1/2 foam board @ 64" tall by 24" wide. for some reason, i am having a design block right now. i am looking for something when designed, that says" hey buy me!!" sigh. any ideas are GREATLY considered. (except somebody in...