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I would highly recommend Physical Therapy. I ruptured my Achilles in the spring and was able to avoid surgery with PT. It is not cheap, but you should be able to get your boss to cover it with Work Comp. You need to remind your boss that many lawyers out there will help you get compensation...

The correct way to make a backlit print is to have 2 layers of color print with a white layer in between. That way you see 1 layer of color during the day, and 2 layers (when you need the extra saturation) when lit up. Color-white-color inkjet prints are the best way. Putting a layer of color...

You are wise to stick with 3M 180 for wall wraps. We have tried removable films, too, with hit-or-miss results. GF WallMark 226HTR has given us the best results. We print on a UV curable printer with no lam. Laminate seems to be the majority of the problem (extra weight, shrinking).

I wasn’t suggesting to be flippant about throwing out prices. Sometimes customers aren’t very forthcoming with information, and throwing out a qualified ballpark price can help move things along.

I agree it is good to have this conversation, but it can be a balance. I find some customers get frustrated when they are just “shopping around”. Once an order is placed, definitely make sure to work out those issues right away. We build in a certain amount of design / setup cost regardless...

We would make this out of alum tube and solid alum sheeting. Like a post and panel sign. I assume they are meaning to score cut ACM to bend it and make a “box”. If you are familiar with making them out of PVC, I would just do that. Don’t let customers dictate your processes. You won’t make...

Contact local GC’s and ask to be put on their bid list.

Hey, now we have a winner! The bottom one is about $.08/sf, and it looks like free shipping. Thanks, guys! BTW - the adapters that Victor suggested are out of stock, so I wasn't able to try that option. I think it's best to have 3in core media from the start though.

OP - your website is terrible. I can't even pull up photos of your work. I can't stress how important your website is. It doesn't need to be fancy or expensive. I use Wix for ours and my number one goal was - make it easy to scroll through lots of photos. That is all that your customers...

If you got these wholesale, does the manufacturer have any tips? The only thing I can think of are flashing pieces, but that would be a little tedious.

The other papers suggested are too high with shipping. It's at pricing for 13oz banner. I'm going to give the adapters a try. One salesperson told me to use core adapters, but I had never heard of them before.

It's got a 2in core - that won't fit on our printer. We need a 3in core.

I want something inexpensive to run paper patterns on our Epson or Latex printer. I have found a couple of sources for 36in rolls, but would prefer wider like 60in. TIA

This is good advice. You definitely have to be careful about raising your prices too much. You know your market prices and what is appropriate. Having a mountain of work is a blessing and a curse. A friend of mine joked with me recently (he also runs a small contractor business) about the...

During the pandemic, Grimco's Max Metal ACM had a lot of issues - wavy appearance, flaws in manufacturing. The surface was not nice and smooth. I stopped buying from them. I presume they got it resolved? Now I'm having similar issues with another supplier....and Glantz is out of stock, so...

That's pretty normal. That should sand smooth very easily.

Ask your customer to save the file without the drop shadows. Those kind of effects never translate well.

I rarely used Tubelite, but it’s still sad to see a sign supply vendor get gobbled up like this.

You are looking for high pressure laminate signs, otherwise typical digital print signs facing up towards the sun will not last very long. As Bill mentioned, Fossil is a good source. We have used Izone Imaging too.

If your cable modem got fried, maybe your Epson did too