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  1. Best way to rename this sign...for the third time in 2-3 years

    That's how I would do it. You already have the shape from round-2, paint the backing, use that as the shape for the new panel, and yer' golden. Next time they change it, tell em' to just call you to remove the vinyl (or panel), and when a new tenant comes in, you'll just lay a new one, which...
  2. Stainless Steel food truck

    Will these be swapped out, or on permanently? If it's permanent, like logo's, or striping, just use 180, or any other good cast, and call it a day. It'll stick as good to vinyl as to paint, but like Boudica said, horizontal surfaces that never get a break from the sun will fade/ fail quicker...
  3. ECUT FOR AI PROBLEMS

    Don't know for sure, but I did find this, there is a check box to enable/ disable bounding box. Otherwise it could be the container size.
  4. Tritium sign disposal

    End of the day, they're still regulated by a ton of three initial agencies who love to meet their budget by handing out fines no one can afford. Just turn em' over to a waste handler, pass the cost on to the customer, put the paperwork in a file so you can show you did your legal obligation, and...
  5. Suggestions solid color boat wrap

    Color change vinyls are solid colors, not to be confused with color shift vinyls that change colors. Doing a quick look at Vinyl Frog's website, there are too many things missing. Like life expectancy, whether it's cast, polymeric, calendared, mil thickness, stretch percentages, warranty...
  6. Tritium sign disposal

    They are regulated for use and disposal on the federal level. You don't want to be the last one known to have custody and not have any documentation of what happened to them. And like Notareal said, keep the documentation filed away. There are companies that take them for disposal or recycling...
  7. News Beware -Starboard Group

    Maybe they tried us because they owe us less than others & thought they'd get lucky. I still have some interior graphics for the last store we did.
  8. News Beware -Starboard Group

    We usually would too if that's all it was, but we were involved in new stores, updates, re-brands, and removals for them for a while. They paid a little slow, the usual corporate BS, but they paid. Then while doing signage for a new Fuzzy's Taco for them, they started falling behind with all the...
  9. News Beware -Starboard Group

    the kind of posts I hate making. Just a heads up to everyone, we've been doing work for the Starboard Group based in Florida off and on, and towards the end of last year we started having issues getting paid. They filed bankruptcy in November, owing us money. Today they contacted us to do a...
  10. Suggestions solid color boat wrap

    Just go with 3M 1080 or 2080 color change film, pick a stock color and go. It's all air release, comply, yada, yada, won't be much different than printed 180, just a bit thinner depending on what lam you used on the 180. No lam required, rolls are 60" wide, full roll is 25 yards, and you can buy...
  11. Okay, I think I have a winner here..................................................................................

    I don't know what the solution is, but something has to change. When we have no people left with basic skills anymore, where are we going? Pretty bad when worn out, burned out, retired old reprobates like me have to go back to work to make up for no qualified people. Me too Johnny... :thumb:
  12. Okay, I think I have a winner here..................................................................................

    Too many parents don't take the time or effort for much today. I pulled the last two out of high school and did the home schooling and worked with them on finding careers. One is in construction, and should have his own shingle out within the next year, the other does metal fabrication, both...
  13. Okay, I think I have a winner here..................................................................................

    The way they run schools is one of the biggest problems today. It's a pet peeve of mine. Back when I went to school, in jr high alone we had wood shop, metal shop, and basic mechanics. I did drawings in 7th grade that went to national competitions, I had an advantage growing up in a body shop...
  14. Question Printing to powder coating.

    Thanks, I've done my share of production flatbed printing in the past on a lot of substrates, but not so much on powder coated. Just gettin' my ducks inn a row. Planning on using the Mimaki primer, but this is kind of what I was looking for, does it work over powder, or suggestions on good...
  15. Question Printing to powder coating.

    For Mimaki flatbed users, what sort of success do you have with direct printing on powdercoated metal? Good? Bad? Any particular inkset better for it than others? We currently supply decals for a customer to apply to their products, but they're working on something that would increase quantities...
  16. CLEAR ACRYLIC WITH CLEAR DOUBLE SIDE # application error#HELP ME!

    The weight of the acrylic is probably too much for the two sided tape to not pull the vinyl loose. Can you do standoffs to mount them instead?
  17. How to explain outsourcing?

    No, but we are their dealerships, they manufacture, we consign and sell their brands just like the Ford lot down the street does. We just don't have to stick to just one "brand on the lot".
  18. Threaded a VERY small screwhead

    And the more we farm out everything to the rest of the world to build for us, the more tools we'll need to fix em'. Now you gotta figure out if something is SAE, metric, imperial, if it's phillips or pozidrive.... Not to mention all the different security fasteners so you can't open what you...
  19. How to explain outsourcing?

    Some you just have to tell the story to... Your car wasn't made at the dealership you bought it from. It was made by a manufacturer, with parts that came from vendors. Sign shops are the same, we partner with manufacturers and vendors who provide unique to the industry components and parts that...
  20. Threaded a VERY small screwhead

    They're PosiDrive. There's a difference between them and phillips, even though they look similar. The blade angles are different, they have wider, more squared off blades and shorter tips. Some big box stores stock them, some don't. Best bet is an actual hardware store, or auto parts stores that...
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