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  1. Wallscape Installation Help

    LEAD PIPE. Make a lead pipe frame, attach your banner to it, then hang the frame from the top with cables, and dont forget to use cables at the bottom to anchor into the ground with those corkscrew shed anchor thingamajiggers. You might want to use mesh banner instead of solid banner to...
  2. Questions I'm tired of hearing

    "I can save you boat loads on your inks and toner"
  3. ugly font id needed

    please help me identify this fugly font. any help is appreciated.
  4. How to improve colors?

    could be many things. could be your file and nothing to do with printer or rip. for best print quality of small text be sure your file is a vector file in AI and save as a PDF. if you take that same file and run it as a tiff or jpg the small fonts will be less crisp.
  5. Concrete Wall Wrap

    no but I am getting more to do another job shortly and I'll post some. the best way to describe it is it is a big sheet of heat shrink like vinyl. we lay it on just like regular vinyl with felt squeegee first pass. then go back and heat it and use the rollepro to push in the soft pliable...
  6. Priceless

    he will make his money back triple just using it for advertising running around town. people will see the creativity in it and will be drawn to it. i would have added the phone or web addy somewhere in there. maybe you have it in the rear. haha. i just read what i typed. lol.
  7. Solar Powered Sign Shop - One year later

    it's all good. I smoke crack and vacuum all night. j/k
  8. Caution: Triangle Ink Users

    You have to look at the third rating 91 years (displayed prints not framed bare bulb)(5) - then scroll down to (5) where it explains the methodology.
  9. Metalic Multi color Stripes

    I think you can special order from NAPA also.
  10. Competition is getting fierce here in NJ....

    love it! do people really buy stuff (aside from garage sale items and sex) from craigslist?
  11. Wraping old exposed brick wall

    it all depends on the graphic. if it is something simple that can be "handled" painting is probably going to last the longest. but if they want a color portrait of someone that you take into photo shop and run a few filters on to give it a hand painted oil/acrylic painting look (of the owner...
  12. Wraping old exposed brick wall

    ditto - lay on your two panels softly, make sure they align, then go back a heat shrink it into the brick. or attach your 2 panels together on the work table before putting it on the wall.
  13. Concrete Wall Wrap

    +1 on power washing the wall with simple green before install. We used 8624/8524 combo, torch and rollepro. DONE.
  14. 3m IJ135 and Gatorfoam

    gatorboard is a wood veneer face. wood is subject to humidity. we use ultra products. ultramount and ultraboard mostly. ultraboard has a cardboard face ultramount has a plastic - polystyrene face. we wipe is down with alcohol before applying Oracal 3640G to it. never had a problem.
  15. How do I Tackle This Big Boy?

    Nice art deco look bringing back the sign to it's original "look" If this were Miami Beach you would have to submit your plans to the city for approval.
  16. How does diesel affect the vinyl?

    Here are some pictures. TIP: In case your wondering how we got it installed super super straight... We would start the install at the tanker depot at night. We would attach a laser level to the tanker and shoot a beam across it. then just mark it off with masking tape. then come back in the...
  17. How does diesel affect the vinyl?

    yes we used DPF9000 DPF 9000 is a 3.8-mil, satin white, engineered vinyl with a medium initial tack, permanent adhesive. This digital film for solvent-based printers is recommended for applications where the graphic is exposed to high heat, solvents or petrochemical-based products such as...
  18. GS6000 Regular Cleaning Frequency

    geez you need more work. I go through a full set of cartridges in about three months and emptied the waste can twice.
  19. best place for sign stand offs

    great find.
  20. Floor Graphics Q's?

    i like the double cut tip.
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