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  1. Buying polycarbonate & acrylic sheets from china ocean freight save 60% vs usa

    I don't think people with at least half brain would cut their prices due to be able to save on materials... or at least i think that way. In my case i am just saving few dollars on some stuff, but retail price does not change.
  2. Buying polycarbonate & acrylic sheets from china ocean freight save 60% vs usa

    If you are talking about Dibond/ACP, you will see noticeable price difference. In my case $59 per 4x8 ACP vs $38 per 4x8 from China.
  3. Buying polycarbonate & acrylic sheets from china ocean freight save 60% vs usa

    They are 2x more expensive, because middle man ordered them from China and marked them up 2x & sold it to you.
  4. How long of a cut can you expect to make on an XR?

    If u print lots of small decals - i limit it to 4 ft long pieces, other way yeah, it goes nuts.
  5. Buying polycarbonate & acrylic sheets from china ocean freight save 60% vs usa

    I realized the same about our City also. Was stressing out about ti a lot, but not anymore.
  6. Buying polycarbonate & acrylic sheets from china ocean freight save 60% vs usa

    I buy deal more & more with Chinese companies for products. Right now its mostly promo items that they sell VERY cheap. I understand about supporting local, but can't do it with 3x the price unfortunately. Right now i will be importing flatbed laminator from China. So here is price break down...
  7. caulk line on seam

    Never seen it before.
  8. laser cutting acrylic question

    Also black burns & black smoke... A LOT of black smoke
  9. Help wanted

    Thank you, did not have this font, got it now. They don't have a vector file to supply, so i think its VERY close & they will be fine with it. Thank you for your time guys, appreciate it a lot.
  10. Help wanted

    Yeah... that's where i am at right now :/
  11. Help wanted

    pretty generic font, but can't locate exactly same one. help would be much appreciated. Thank you
  12. Cool story )

    I don't think i will ever see that guy again ) I will just strip the vinyl off that set of mags & install another vinyl on top (exactly same size i need)
  13. Cool story )

    Had a walk in customer who wanted couple vehicle magnets done. Not big deal, made them up, called him, no answer, left a message (that was like 2 weeks ago) Calls me this morning: Me: Good morning, Sign Universe. How can i help you? Customer: Could of been better Me: (confused) whats wrong...
  14. Your thoughts on unconventional yard sign production...

    Don't waste your money & time. I found my wholesale printer for vinyl bag signs and flatbed printed coro signs. I pay pretty much same price for materials only on my end. So for the same money i am getting completed project, so i would be stupid making them myself.
  15. RED at day ORANGE at night.

    You can even use overlam for it if you want to
  16. Whats your shop layout look like.

    Velcro is even easier then :) Hope you don't mind me copying the idea ;)
  17. Whats your shop layout look like.

    VERY nice! I will have to steal some ideas for my shop also. And the first one will be magnetic board for tracking jobs :D
  18. RED at day ORANGE at night.

    Yup, its a very simple design, like other ppl said - cut vinyl. I see at least in our city that 99% of lighted signs are printed & they look bad during night time, due none of my competitors do a layer behind the lexan if they do digital print. Last one i seen done up by "3m certified shop" was...
  19. Scrap Material

    I keep only certain sizes when it comes to coro/dibond etc. But still, every xmas i go thru all that crap and throw away most of it. Last year i did throw away some stuff that i kept for well over 4 years, thinking that one day i might use it... well that day never came lol
  20. Fred- Clicking on thread links opening web pages in background...

    I can confirm, happens on my android device also. Did not happen on PC & google chrome yet.
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