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  1. Installation Guide

    Hi...we recently hired someone to start doing installations for us. Of course Signs 101 is a great resource, but I wondered if anyone had any recommended installation resources they could suggest. For example: Books, particular companies websites (years ago Laminators, Inc. had put out a great...
  2. Install longevity of Textured Wall Material???

    I want to print on 3M IJ8624 textured wall film and use the recommended lam. Our customer needs (5) 50"x99" panels applied on an exterior concrete (painted) building. We live in New England and will obviously be subjected to all kinds of weather. The building will be in the direct sunlight...
  3. Dye Sub Flags fading....

    I have ordered flags from a few different sources over the years. I am wondering if the general experience is that if the product is going to regularly be outside, in direct sunlight, they will just fade. Period. I've been told by one of the companies, it is the nature of the beast and a...
  4. Wall Graphic adhesion issue

    I know this topic has been covered somewhat, and I think I know what has to be done, but before I make a firm decision I wonder if anyone has a better option. My customer owns a gym. They constructed a big wall and wanted to put their logo on it. The logo area is approx. 3'h x 6'w, it is cut...
  5. Selling drops and random substrates in a "Special Sale". Has anyone done that?

    We are doing some remodeling of our barn. I have, for at least the 4th time, moved a bunch of leftover substrates. My husband has threatened me that this is "the last time" he moves anything! :omg::banghead: Has anyone successfully done a "sale" of sorts to get rid of overstock? Wondering if...
  6. Trying to remove hdu letters from hdu background

    I can not seem to find any threads directly about removing hdu letters so I will ask for your help. I have a sign face made of 2" thick HDU. Attached to it are 1" HDU letters. I did not make the original sign, but we have been asked to reconfigure/remove some parts of the sign and put it on a...
  7. Facebook posts...What to link????

    Hi all....first, a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! There is something I keep wondering about in regards to good content on my sign co's Facebook page. I have often come across articles that are really great - wether entertaining or educational - that I think would be a great "share"...
  8. LANDMARK SIGN in need of being saved!!!!

    I am sure someone is on this already, but I just saw this posted in Facebook and of course my first thought was about this iconic sign! Whomever is out there that has the right connections needs to get a piece of this for the history books. Here is the link to the article. The business is...
  9. Profile help from anyone using IJ35C

    Happy Monday. Am rethinking using 3MIJ35C after reading some posts here...but since I have a brand new roll I am requesting your help. I downloaded the 3m IJ180 profile as stated on 3M's website. I am printing an RGB Illustrator file and it looks like garbage. Very "speckled" and not even...
  10. Reflective on Reflective or No?

    Hi all....didn't really get an answer so thought I would re-phrase the question. I am making a sign 24"h x 10'w. Background will be reflective (yellow). If I make the letters(black) and also reflective...will it read clearly? OR....do you think that if it were just black regular 2 mil vinyl...
  11. How will this view? Stumped about reflective quality....

    Hi all...much to my dismay I have to make a banner that the customer wants to be reflective. I haven't used reflective much in the past few years and not for this big of a scale. Here are the specifics: 2'x10' banner. The entire background color will be reflective yellow. A second banner...
  12. Identify Installation Hardware

    Hey all, I am looking for a particular piece of hardware and am just not sure if these were custom made. I can get them made...but was hoping not to have to reinvent the wheel. As you can see in my photos, the track/ channel that was used, I'm told is Unistrut. After searching through...
  13. Travel Time and Charges

    Hey All, I was curious how much people add for trip charges? Do you charge by the hour, by the miles? And then at what rate? As a general question I would like to know your thoughts. Then, I have a special case where I am subcontracting some work out and in order to save some precious...
  14. Font help....

    Hi....I'm blanking. Used to know this one.....:thankyou:
  15. Static Cling Outdoors?

    Hi All, I haven't run into this yet, and wondered if you can tell me your experience. I have to print a Static Cling, rather large (4'x6') and it needs to go on the outside of the clients windows. I say it has to, because the inside of glass is tinted and we are covering over a logo for...
  16. customer wants .pdf what would you do?

    Not sure how to handle this. We designed some signs and a reward card that we printed as a business card for a customer. They paid for all of it, and were charged a design fee for the cards. Now they emailed me asking for the .pdf so they can run them off a copier they have instead of me...
  17. An Easy One....

    I know this is an easy one...it is just not coming to me. DUH.:thankyou:
  18. Scam Vendor??? Have you received this????

    We deal with vendors for business cards and printing and we just last week got this great sampling of business cards in the mail. When I went to their website to check them out....well, let's say I'm not feeling like this place is legit. This is what I sent to them: Sent: Tuesday...
  19. Reflective Vinyl and LOTS of Washing and Waxing

    Hello! I was away from the business for a while and it's been a while since anyone has wanted a lettering job all in reflective. I have a customer who has a van all lettered up in reflective material. He hand washes weekly and waxes his vehicle monthly. This may be an understatement...
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