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Ok, a little back story first...I have been "in the business" for about 2 years is all. I am working at my 3rd different shop now that I am back in school but basically do production work and handle installs and wraps. The shop I am at now has a Seal 54 laminator and we are having issues with...

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I am semi-new to the site. I just stalked around without joining and reading threads at first but have since joined, obviously, and have really enjoyed reading and learning some new things on here. My question is, what are some of the different types of products you use to remove adhesive left...

HA! No worries, like the others it went right past me too! I now understand my contradictory term.

Actually you can get the thinner stuff that would suffice to just basically hold the sign in place at either Home Depot or Lowes in stuff 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide.

I would have just wrapped the top in solid blue and applied the white text after as cut vinyl instead of having it crooked.

Or like suggested previously, reverse print on clear, apply to substrate, then apply a piece of white vinyl on after. Kind of doubles the work that way but if lining things up is an issue this may be the easiest way. I have also used optically clear mounting adhesive before too. Where I...

Not sure, I always start at the rear when wrapping and work forward for the same reason. The same applies for a flat sign we may do by using two overlapping pieces of cut vinyl on, except I always put the bottom section on so that the seam faces down and not up to catch all the dust, water, and...

I too have done a couple wrapped truck bedsides that were printed horizontally from an outside company supplied by the customer with us just doing the install. But, I still taped it up and started the top section and just applied the whole thing as an over-sized vertical panel. It took longer...

The decals we had on our helmets in high school were of a very thick substrate not as prone to damage. Regular vinyl and lam would damage very easily and look bad after minimal wear. The only way I would see it working was if the helmets were raw, you applied the vinyl and then a heavy...

Even using 6mm Dibond I am not sure that it would have the resiliency to stand on it's own without top and bottom supports. But if you want to try it you could always use a couple pieces of aluminum angle iron on either side of the sign at the posts and use some self-tapping screws or small...

We do this as well. Route a 1/2" channel in 4x4 posts and then also along the length of 2 2x4s to put at the top and the bottom. This is a fairly basic less aesthetic way of putting up a post and panel sign. We also use post kits that have plastic outer sleeves with aluminum inside for...

I definitely agree that it could have been a bunch better. Found this on Wikipedia... There have been two London 2012 logos: one for the bidding process created by Kino Design and a second as the brand for the Games themselves. The former is a ribbon with blue, yellow, black, green and red...

The biggest reason I prefer vertical panels is gravity. When you start a panel at the top then it holds it in place and all you have to do is squeegee it down, piece of cake. On a horizontal panel gravity will want to pull the panel down and completely mess up your alignment unless you have...

You can still see what you are doing on glass with regular mask unless you are using clear vinyl, but that would make no sense. We use the conform tape also, not sure if it is the 4076 or 4075 though. I have used the clear tape in the past and have also experienced issues with it. If we do...

We usually print actual size with cut lines. I will then rough trim leaving around 1/8"-1/4" inch outside of cut lines, apply to an oversized piece of magnetic material and then cut the vinyl and magnet both in one fell swoop. Usually just scoring the magnet and folding it to complete the cut...

I still do an ample amount by hand. Typically I will pull about 18-24 inches free from the roll, line it up and apply that much. Then I will grab a 2nd roll of mask (either the same size or larger) place it behind the first roll where I have already applied the mask and roll it out using the...

I hate doing wet applications, and used to use them for etched glass vinyl too, but now we get an etched glass vinyl made by mactac that is called b-free. It has air release channels and applies easily even dry just like regular vinyl.

Sorry for the delay, but the tool that I was referring to is called a cutawl model k-11.

Not sure how much help this will be, but the last place I worked had a specific tool for this. Unsure of the brand or name of it, but it looked a lot like a regular router except that the blade was reciprocating and looked like a small jigsaw blade, and where the blade mounted was able to...