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  1. ISO: Optima 5mil Textured alternative

    Optima OptiKoat, once an Advanced Sign Supply house-brand, had a PSA 5mil Textured matte semirigid overlaminate. Now Grimco, and there's a Briteline OLFL 309 or a GF Concept 109 and I also have seen a Lamex 5mil textured Lustre but uncertain where to bet my sack of beans. Anyone have any...
  2. Temporary/Cheap/EasyRemove material suggestions?

    Got about a dozen 25"x66" tabletop glass shadowboxes, that the client wants to cover (opaque or high diffuse) from view, but quickly/easily remove on grand-opening day to reveal the contents within. I don't really do temporary stuff so this category eludes me, any thoughts on cheap options...
  3. Script fonts are the best fonts

    Prove me wrong, and I would wholeheartedly agree. Any ideas?
  4. Avenir'esque, but at a loss. SansSerif help!

    lots of similiar fonts, but never a proper variation of the "M" any ideas?
  5. clear-coating a UV printed transparency film?

    is an acrylic polyurethane spray clear-coat an acceptable way to finish UV print? mathews acrylic polyurethane, to be precise, or would solvents break-down the ink? I would attempt a sample, but I only have a latex printer. This finished print was provided by a 3rd party using a UV printer...
  6. Question HP26500 crashing into side during scan

    first for me, printing just fine for a couple of years, aside from media/ink errors, but suddenly today my HP26500 latex printer wants to SLAM into the far-side of the printer during its power-up/preparingsystem/scan processes. ...and then throws me a media jam error, even with no media in the...
  7. Filling acrylic - polyurethane?

    have always wanted to do this, but haven't a clue as to where to start looking. I'm basically inlaying colored acrylic into a clear acrylic that I have machined-down, and wish to either, or both, bond/encapsulate with a resin. Would polyurethane be the way to go? I have read that water-based...
  8. Chicago Cubs - anyone got a PMS color?

    making signs for school district near Wrigley, and they want all painted blues&reds to match Chicago Cubs colors, BUT all media guides I could find lack this info. Anyone know what PMS Blue & PMS Red they are?
  9. cheapest oil available for CNC cutting metals?

    is anyone using another economically-friendly metal-cutting coolant for their CNC machines I should consider? I'm currently paying approx. $100/gal from supplier for Trico/TriCool MD-1 vegetable oil-based coolant for the sprayer on our CNC router. Their $80/gallon synthetic option is too watery...
  10. fontI.D. me a.s.a.p

    Doing some work for the good ole' Blue Ribbon and apparently they haven't a clue what font was used to create these letters for them some decades-ago. I can try to enhance the picture a bit more if it helps, but the lettering does have serifs. tracing would only help me for the letters...
  11. small office sign frames - supplier/source?

    recognize these? Looking to find wherever my client/previous sign company may have ordered these from, over a decade ago, before I quote based on fabricating from scratch. I can route these from acrylic if needed, but I'd rather not make this a project if I don't have to. both are 3/8" acrylic...
  12. HP26500 - warrior media jam, advice?

    always have an issue loading clear media. pinch rollers always find a way to catch the sticky-side and start peeling the material from the backing, which I've caught before & stopped the printer from loading. BUT this time, during the media feed calibration, vinyl got caught-up in the rollers &...
  13. cheap exterior cast aluminum letter...filler?

    re-working a set of existing cast aluminum gemini letters, with the hollow backs, that the client does not like how birds/bees are making their nests in currently due to being stood-off the wall a few inches. we would like to fill and/or cap the recess permanently, but uncertain of an...
  14. transluscent/tint vinyl, similiar to Hexis Luxtac

    I've got this sample book of Hexis' Luxtac C4000, basically window-tint in various colors. not to be confused with transluscent vinyl, as I can literally read this computer screen through the sample card (pic attached) Unfortunately, this is a calendared film with only a 2yr durability and I'm...
  15. striping a clearance bar?

    I'm tasked to stripe/graphic a 6" aluminum tube and I'm stumped as to "how people stripe clearance-bars". guess I've never noticed before, and this would be my first attempt. Leaning toward the first option of the attached photo, simply mirroring the stripe and wrapping V's from bottom & up the...
  16. Serif font, ideas?

    engraving & low res photo making it difficult for me to find a match
  17. textured overlaminate, exterior-grade?

    shopping for options to add a textured overlaminate to 3M DiNOC Wood Grain vinyl, or printed wood-pattern version of, to incorporate into some Monument/Wayfinding signage for upcoming shopping complex project. Needs to be long-term exterior-grade, edges will be capped in aluminum framwork so...
  18. Script font - ideas?

    scanned business card, and i'm horrible at matching script fonts :( any ideas?
  19. Font ID - _ _ _ serif

    any ideas?
  20. font for my sister's wedding!

    any idea for the "2"? ....have to match some table decorations we've already ordered, and parents decided to add a few more tables to the dinner/reception :(
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