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Looks Great! Dennis did you do the burgundy text in Corian too with paint as the shadow? I'm curious to know as well what type of bits you used, we have a Sabre 408 in our shop. Mark

Corian I have a contact who owns a Corian facility and they manufacture all types of tops and various items. I helped stain some large cabinets for our church and we did it in his shop so I was given a piece of Mardi Gras Corian to play with. Very cool stuff, and I have wanted to use it for...

Welcome! Welcome to signs101, we look forward to seeing more pics of your work. Your site is cool, does one of those bikes belong to you? My shop has a spray booth with a fairly new painter so I'd love to pick your brain on paint process. Mark

Welcome! Glad to see another sign person from the other side of the big pond! Welcome! Mark

Welcome! Welcome Paul! We welcome your posts with your experience in the trade. Mark

We have been using some MDF called Exterra which supposedly is for outdoor use but I'm still skeptical. One Shot is a great product! Thanks for the input! Mark

Hello Grahame Grahame your site is very cool too, glad to see more than one available, gives me more to do when the wife is shopping. The differences in each site make it interesting and fun. I think the British smile was added just for you. Mark :brittain:

Welcome! Welcome Alf from down under! Sydney has been getting a pretty good plug from the Nemo movie, would be cool to see how the sign biz is down there. Australia is one place I'd love to visit, just not sure how I'd handle that loooooooooong plane ride. Again, Welcome! Mark

XIM is what I have used in the past for steel sign poles its a good product, I don't recall ever using it on wood though. We use fast dry blockout white from Chromatic now. The guys were using something else prior and it was not taking care of the fuzzy surface MDF has especially after routing...

I would agree with you on the MDF and I'm just building my case to challenge its use in our facility. We use PVC for temporary signage only however we've had some out for sometime without any problems. Ashame theres not a lower level substrate offered, alot of customers want routed signs but...

Thanks! Yes Celtec is another brand of PVC and we spray, roll, or fill paint it depending upon application, We do alot of routed down lettering on panels for monuments or directional signage. I like using PVC over MDF because of the weight difference but it usually requires a backer. I'm just...

We don't use latex at all, we use Ronan or Chromatic bulletin colors and some one shot. We can spray, roll or fill paint. The primers the guys were using was still allowing a rough look to finish so now we've switched to blockout white from Chromatic thinking it has more pigment than the...

Pros n Cons? Whats the best primer and prep for this material? Mark

Anyone? Anyone have any experience to share?

You might be a redneck? This sounds like those You might be a redneck jokes! I used to go in to the local bike shop on Monday after destroying my racing bike the day before and ask the shop manager If I could....and before I said another word he interupted with...get a cheeseburger today that...

A few people in our shop have different views on which substrate is best to use as a lower price point. Other than using Signfoam which is the better to use in quality and look Celtec or Exterra MDF? Most of our routed pieces are outdoor use. the primary application would be monument panels. We...

Welcome... Welcome Doug, not to worry I'm well known for long winded posts however I'll make this one short. :signs101:

I was not asking for anything illegal but I also realize its not uncommon for someone to buy out another shop and acquire additional copies of software and not have a need to upgrade all, that is why I asked. A friend purchased a bankrupt sign shop and upgraded his copy that came with the biz...

We have a CNC router and I feel great knowing I can quote jobs in house now but its still very hard to beat Gemini on some stuff. We mostly router MDF, PVC, polycarv, lusterboard, and signfoam. Probably the best part of having a router is being able to cut shapes on lusterboard and MDO panels...

I have used POS Activity, Quick Books and now E2. The first two were based mostly on square ft. where E2 is more of a per part type set up. I do like E2 very well but it takes some time to set it up. I have used the good, better, best, philosophy which seems to work well. I used to concern...