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If you have 1' of vinyl left and you need to cut something 10" you WILL screw it up, no doubt.
I can wrap a boxtruck with no problems but will screw up some door lettering 4 times.
Only when out of town will your batteries for the drill die, you wont have the right screws or fasteners and have...
I have had 2 dell xps 410s for the past 6 years and i got both of them used on ebay. They have been workhorses and with the exception of a couple of viruses (thank to me downloading music) they have rocked. They are not lightning fast but IMO ahead of their time. They still rock but I think its...
I don't got no good college on a counta I quit cause I was creatively bored. Will you hire me now? I can run the southeat offices cause I ain't movin up north!
I love your retro stuff and the one thing that caught my eye was the odd red striped shape in your Nelson logo. I didnt care about the...
and contractors for that fact.
Large firm has designed wall murals for a university we bid on. There are about 5 that are roughly 20' tall and 45' long, partials murals with long flowing designs. I bid on it for another sign compnay out of town and won it. I then asked for VECTOR ART. Yeah...
I'm not a big fan of full wraps. Maybe it's because I don't specialize in them or I don't find them appealing but I do know some of you make a hell of a living doing it . I'll stick with partials myself
Out of town contractor called and he has 3 windows that need to be covered in black vinyl with white copy. The windows are 5'wide x96" tall the copy is approx 20"tall x 48" wide and located in the middle.These graphics will be up for approx 1 month and then removed. They will be placed on the...
I would like to branch out and really bid on those big jobs out there BUT Alabama states you must have a GC (gerneral contractors) license to bid on some jobs over $50k.
This is dumb as hell IMO cause you have to take a test that has nothing to do with signs BUT with contracting. $300 to take...
All these years I cannot count how many "citrusy" solutions have come out and claimed to do the magical removal, all with fail.
I have used countless solutions all claiming to be the BEST! I went yesterday to letter 2 semis. One had a sticker covering the whole door and under it was adhesive...
One thing I have been entertaining is the repair of the drivi-it after channel letters are removed. the method now is colored silicone in large hole that does not match.
Let me start off with I HATE DRIVIT! I think it's cheap and after a couple years it fades and is nasty looking. It holds mold...
Not only do i run two comps that are identical I also keep 3-4 copies of the info on seperate Hard drives that i have laying round via a usb sata-ide cable. needed some info from a couple years back and pulled out one of the hard drives hooked it up and it wouldnt read and had alot of clicking...
Im at the mechanics picking the bucket truck up and the guy got into tlaking about the cost of doing business. I guess I never thought about this but these guys pay thousands for tech equipment and monthly subscriptions.
They are uissued laptops with the latest automtive software (if you will)...
A neighboring local town to our city decided to invest in a high end shopping development. This was right about the beginning of this dreaded economy. Well to short it up the development is done and empty and was auctioned off for a few million less than what was owed.
That town is now broke...
Quick explantaion. local awning compnay needed a plotter, they use it about once every 2 weeks. So they called me and I said get a damn Bobcat. Small cheap and will do what you want. that was 5-6 years ago. the plotter now seems to do something strange/
after loading vinyl and you cycle the...
Last Oct 2010 a Dr. called me and wanted a sign in a neighboring town. i designed something, he liked it, it was a go. He said HE would handle permits and asked how he should do this. The town this was going in was damn near bankrupt and the city and employees were all on pins and needles. I...
Howdy! I have a vinyl express plotter from 1999. Damn thing is nothing but a workhorse since day 1. no issues, no problems. Used it one day bout 2 weeks ago shut it down got up next day and sent a job to it....as always. No connection.
I could however powe rit up and change force and do all...
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