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It's a southern thing... Here in the middle of Wisconsin we're usually butt deep in snow by now and 30 below zero. We got spoiled this year, haven't had a shovel or the snowblower out yet, two days ago the grass was green. Finally got our first snowfall, and it's supposed to be up around a foot...

How come I never get pics like that from my customers? :omg:

Tinted glass is kinda cool that way, it doesn't fade, and can't get damaged or peel like films. Color formulas are kept the same so replacements always match, even after decades. Always found that fascinating since we're always struggling to match colors. Downside is they're not "off the shelf"...

Go straight to the source... The ones that makes & supplies all the colored stuff that Old Castle and most other companies use/ sell. https://www.viracon.com/

Ahhhh.... Like these? https://www.usflags.com/products/custom-window-car-flags

Same place you get everything else today... Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Pack-American-Patriotic-Decoration-Window/dp/B09GP1TKCD/ref=sr_1_18?keywords=car+window+american+flag&qid=1704997418&sr=8-18

I don't know what squeegees you're using, but I like doing the wet edge too for most things too. I started using these, they work great wet or dry, they stay wet forever, seem to need less pressure, and they last. I bought a 12 pack of these 4" Teflons over a year ago just to try them out, I use...

Make sure you let your vendor know there's an issue too, see if they'll correct it.

The tint films available are most likely going to end up being way too intense blue, or too dark to come close to matching. Best option is finding a glass distributor in the area and have it matched, it's probably Viracon, they're the biggest mfgr in the business for colored architectural float...

Can you tell if the original glass has a tint film? Might be SolarBlue tinted glass. Go to Old Castle's website and send an inquiry about how to match it, might get lucky.

Their roll printers are the same, hit blank space and it takes forever to chunk it's way past it. I usually just run a line w/ 0.2 stroke in 1%C in the file just outside the artwork down the length on the feed side. It's quicker having something there to print (even if it is too small and light...

Are you using a stroked line, or full shape file for the cut path? Using lines with a stroke, sometimes the stroke gets expanded and reads as two cut lines. I've had that issue at least once with every cutter/ software I've ever used, they'll just do it out of the blue occasionally, no rhyme or...

Kind of sucks that Roland won't do that, Even Mimaki allows you to set which print head/ heads you want to use, but it's software controlled in Rasterlink. Had to do that once too while waiting for a head. Printed slooowww, but got jobs out instead of being down.

Sometimes the simple stuff gets overlooked. Had a spray issue like that on a SC-540 I used to run after changing a head. Is that Magenta head seated correctly, if it's cocked at all, not parallel to the bed, or higher than the other heads, they'll spray like that.

They're just not there for commercial signage, maybe some day, but not yet. I think the best use commercially would be more along the lines of accent lighting in hotel or business lobby, restaurants, clubs or bars, stores and such, which falls more into into the interior design world than the...

They're kinda cool on some levels, but not very marketable. My opinion is, whoever thought it would be a good idea to put "LED" and "neon" on the same label created a product association that made it a failure right out of the gate. It probably would have gained more traction if it wasn't for...

What you're using now, if it resembles plastic, it's probably a sheet of polycarbonate. They actually work pretty good, come in a variety of thickness, clear, white, etc... Used to use them because we stocked sheets for sign faces, but I went back to the regular cutting mats again. You can get...

I kinda had the same thought as Gino, use a blue like in their logo, then put some random windows on it like they want.... Then class it up a bit, **"Gino style" :cool: **Artist will neither confirm nor deny that a touch of bourbon was a factor in this... Personally I'd suggest doing the sides...

There's a bunch of ways. I normally use 3M 2080 matte wrap film in a color that closely matches, or just contrasts the color. You could also go with a matte/ ultra matte paint protection film, they're transparent, and just changes the sheen where you stripe it like frosted would, very subtle...

This 100% ^^^^^ If you don't fix the adhesion problem, you'll always have a problem, and it's better to figure it out before you hand a customer something that'll fail. Some have good luck routing after, some don't. I always routed first, then print whenever possible. Even with good adhesion...