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We tell customers that they can't have the job right away because it needs to set overnight before we laminate, thus extending the already long life of the superior product we are selling etc.etc. Customer impressed, me not rushed. If it actually works...bonus! We lightly roll up, tape and...

A there is the problem. You are using good quality banner stands with cheap customers. You need to upgrade. I get the best stories when people try to return broken ones for a replacement/refund. I have seen one completely smashed with the banner torn in two and the customer says "it fell...

Hey they NEED $10 per square, they have FEES to pay. % off the top and a licence fee, arm and a leg plus your first born.

I too have to build a couple of 4x8 and 5x10 tables myself. I have built them in the past but after a few years they always warp. Anyone have some good table plans?

There are a variety of stands from both Korea and China that work very well without costing a great deal. There is also a lot of crap also available. We had a bad batch a few years ago, upgraded a level and haven't had one fail in over two years. Sticking..., the ones we use are held on by...

try just gently holding the feed roll of lam while the lam is spoolimg off. it should pull the lam slightly tighter on the roller. This sounds like a tensioning issue. if holding it improves things you may need to make some internal adjustments or get the tech back in. That said ...What lam...

the concrete looks to be a neutral color. If you can't work off a paint chip or pantone color then use photoshop curves to adjust that concrete to take off any cast or color bias. If you are really after hiding the door then you will also want the image of the concrete skirt to run across the...

boredom is the oil of genius

When I was younger and worked for someone else I was helpless and nervous about being laid off, now I work for myself I can still worry, but I also have the power to do something to prevent it. in my late 40's I have learned to avoid the crap I would have walked in when I was younger. I...

Whoa there, Eco-Sol inks need treated banner. it's true they can print on the back but it will look like crap. You need a double sided product that will cost more. It will also take a lot longer to turn over the banner and print There has been a lot about double sided printing on this site...

You can print two sided banners with anything, just getting the two sides in register is a pita sometimes...but why would you. Single sides is easier, stronger and faster than messing with both sides of double sided banner material.

I have actually cursed both a handmade sign and the guy who ordered it. I have done some rather bare knuckle banners for sex shows tho.

aloha from ontario... you opened two weeks ago and now you are doing mini car wraps? pow.

Hand Carved is for fat lazy people. STICKS is the way to go! Nononon That too is for Fat lazy people...MUD! fingerpainting in mud! A skilled profession that you can master before you can walk.

I use mine on occasion. it has paid for itself. I don't use it a lot mainly because I use Oragard 210 lam. It has a thin backing paper that just hates the big squeegee. I actually use it the most to appy premask to cut vinyl. Its worth having.

:popcorn: Wow what a thread. I started 30 years ago by doing handpainted signs, computers came along and made things a whole lot easier. I admire the skill it takes to do a good handpainted sign. I cannot currently say I have the skills to do handpaint right now, I am thinking of putting...

Another proud Candian here giving thanks for a peaceful long weekend and going out to a restaurant for turkey. Oh plus lower national debt and a pile of potash N oil that the chinese are just drooling over. Did I mention world peace?

My god, it's terrible. Someones kid must have done that one.

Letraset Catalogues, a photocopier and spray mount (or mounting wax), then on the camera to make a negative. Paint or mask with rubylith then make a contact print back to positive. 120 degrees in the darkroom for hours on end shooting artwork. Then I saw a linotype machine with 12 different...

What you need to do is get your son involved and make a reality tv show about your "crazy" sign business. You wouldn't happen to have a 300lb receptionist covered in tatoos? I also think you should move next to an existing sign business, you know one with overhead and employees then screw...