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Ask your supplier for a clear graffiti guard. I have been using ClearShield which is a water based product. I knoe it can be used over vinyls, solvent based inks, inkjet output and Oneshot lettering enamels. Call the company, 888.253.2778 and ask about your acrylic paints. Mrchips is...

If you are using Transferite, after your lettering is applied to the wall, spray Rapid Tac application fluid on the transfer tape. It will soak into the paper and will peal off with very little resistance. Also, starting with a medium or low tac tape will help.

When I was last in Mexico, I saw two guys painting a wall sign. The mentor was laying out and outlining the letters and the novice was filling in the letters and doing cleanup of the job site. That is exactly how I learned to paint signs many years ago in the Salinas & Pajaro Valleys. So...

I have both Corel X3 & Illustrator CS2. I use the CS2 program to process files from several designers I work with. However, I run my laser and rotary engraver from Corel. It is my understanding that Illustrator cannot perform that function. I will admit that I have used Corel since version 4...

Welcome from Watsonville, CA. I used to do a little marquetry but now that I have the laser, it is so easy, it probably isn't marquetry any more. Maybe it's marketry now.

Jim, This is a challenging business to start from scratch without a mentor. You will need to learn trade skills as well as business skills. If you are currently employed, stay employed until you get your feet under you. I have not been a participant of the forum very long but I can already...

Hellow all, My trade name is RandallMac. I am a fourth generation sign contractor and working out of the shop my Great Grandfather build out of used barn wood some time in the early '40s when he introduced Neon to the Salinas and Pajaro Valleys. When I was about 5, I had the ends of...