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I have a simple question for you guys and girls. Do the majority of outdoor vinyl solvent based adhesives adhere properly to galvanized steel assuming the steel is clean and relatively smooth? I'm just wondering if any known reactions occur when vinyl graphics are applied to galvanized steel.

I have a truck driver who recently bought a new trailer. Sort of a flatbed kind with a large black flex face/awning looking material that acts as a cover. He wants a logo applied to the side of the trailer cover. I'm pretty sure a premium cast vinyl will adhere well, but if the cover gets...

Are the cheap grommet punches that you use with a hammer okay for a sign shop that will use it on VERY rare occasions, rather than for everyday production? We would just use it for placing grommets into coroplast for hanging sign frames and perhaps occasionally replacing a grommet in a banner...

I would like to hear opinions on what people recommend as the best chrome vinyl for application over vinyl on flat surfaces. We get a lot of truck drivers requesting this, although I'm not too keen on the looks of it. My main concern is durability. We are looking to reorder soon and I'd like...

20 minutes of searching and I still can't find anything remotely similar to this font. It's the lovechild of Hanzel and Ethnocentric. Does anyone recognize this as a font?

Does anyone have any good tips for applying adhesive vinyl to Cooley 20 oz. flex face material? This would be the first flex face we have done. I'm considering using Oracal 8500 series translucent high performance vinyl. I think my main concern is should the flex face material be under...

...are always so damn difficult to identify. Does anyone recognize this one? Thanks.

I had read a discussion somewhere a while back about using cast laminate over calendered digital print media that stated that cast over calendered vinyl is okay but never the other way around. So my question is is it not acceptable to place cut calendered vinyl over cut cast vinyl? For...

Any help identifying this softball font would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

As many of you know, I'm still very much a newbie in the sign business (and screen printing). As such, my partner and I had struggled with pricing for quite some time. I bought the Contractor's Sign Pricing Guide 2010 from ST Publications and seldom used it. I tried to "discipline" myself by...

Can anybody help me out on this one? I'm sure I should know it but can't seem to find a match. Thanks.

One of my customers sent me the attached pic of an old truck with hand painted lettering. He has a 1955 pickup truck that he wants me to do vinyl on in a similar fashion. I love the typeface in the image and he's sending me that to go on, so does anyone know of a typeface that would closely...

We are estimating a lighted sign panel replacement job that requires two 8' x 8' sheets of polycarbonate. We can find the panels we need in those dimensions but it's only available in .150 thickness. These panels will be installed in an open high wind area. Is .150 thick enough to do the job...

We are upgrading our vinyl cutter with the purchase of a Roland GX-24 Camm-1 today. We have been using a cheapo US Cutter Copam CP-2500 for the last two years with less than satisfactory results on anything we try to cut over 6 feet long....yes only 6 feet. As if the bad tracking isn't enough...

What would be the preferred application for each? The reason I ask is because Poly-metal is cheaper and seems much more rigid that Alumacorr. So why even use Alumacorr? Wouldn't Poly-metal be the best choice for any job where the substrate is firmly secured to a framework, wall, or other flat...

If you are doing a large scale sign installation, or even something small, is it a good idea to have a liability release form of some sort for the client to sign before work is performed? If so, any idea where one could find such a form suited specifically toward sign shops?

Anyone have any idea on this one? I tried cleaning it up and using what the font, but script fonts never seem to be easy to identify online and I'm clueless as to what this one could be. I also Googled script fonts for about twenty minutes to no avail. Thanks in advance.

We may be picking up our first large scale vinyl sign job and I need opinions on the very best fasteners to mount alumacore substrate to a galvanized steel frame. To better explain I've included a photo of the signs framework that the 4' x 8' sheets will be attached to. I would prefer a...

Any idea what font the "WEBB'S" is? And also the "Roadhouse Bar & Grill" font? I'm designing a t-shirt for them and all they gave me is jpeg images to work from. I have to layout something that includes the text, but not the bull. Thanks in advance. :) EDIT: The "WEBB'S" font has been...

This is a little project I did for myself in Corel Draw. Just thought I would share it. I'm most likely going to have a 24" x 30" poster made of it for framing. Critiques and ideas are always welcome. Thanks for looking.