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Have a client that insists on the same parts being used that were used in 1996. The electrodes are 13mm T-EGL short 30ma made pre-1996. We found some of the electrodes but he didn't like how the stranded wire was compared to his older stuff. Thinks its not as stiff and made from a different...

Besides the PS plugins does any one know if other plug ins work too? For example GIMPs script-fu?

Thats pretty much what I ended up doing. I removed the centre chunks of the backing leaving it in the gap and along the edges then cut through the vinyl with the backing as a cushion before peeling out the execcess backing.

Like the avatar states its a neon company. I personally just started doing signs the other 2 have well over 50 years combined. They are however the older generation who have no experience with newer products so they can't teach me what they don't know.

Are you always this intellectually dishonest and worthless? Let me know now if you are going to constantly harass me because you are so desperate for attention and a need to feel superior about your self because deep down inside you are just a sad little kid. If you put as much effort into being...

Thats nice. Are you always this useless? If you have nothing constructive to add then you are being useless. Maybe you think you are being witty in some fashion but all you are really doing is wasting your own time. Perhaps you could work on that aspect of your life and instead of being a...

And this was going so well with helpful answers. Thanks to every one else.

Probably a stupid question but we dont do wraps or digital printing so I have no idea. Can you run a wrap vinyl thru a plotter and cut out shapes? I ask because my supplier said they discontinued the Arlon 2100x 640 matte black so I may use something like 3M 1080.

Customer called up yesterday asking if we could stripe his Camaro. I asked for exactly what he wanted to be sure first. He sent the rendering and its not your typical "Bumble Bee" stripes. I've done vehicular vinyl before so I know I "can" do it but not sure I should do it because I don't...

That worked pretty good for the long sweeping parts but it killed some of the smaller details changing the shape. Looks like I'll just have to clean some of it by hand than reduce points. Thanks.

Had a lady stop in yesterday who used Corel and while I was smoothing out a scanned signature for a race car she mentioned how she had a tool in Corel that would have smooth out the jagged pixel lines in one fell swoop instead of how I was doing it a section at a time with the 'optimize by...

If If If... Exactly. The only thing I know for sure is that if I don't try I wont know. And $10 may be too cheap I'm not stuck on that price. As with all things new there is a feeling out process.

It's not cut throat pricing. It's called reasonable pricing. It's not wasting profits when you price to a point where you make money where others couldn't and take the job. Maybe its just the Japanese mind set I have that says its better to make $1 a million times over than it is to make $900k...

I do value my time for what it is worth just not for the maximum I can get for it. Honestly sticking a number on something isn't worth $40 an hour. Now the designing I do for neon pasterns is but the labour it takes to make a plex face or plex box isn't. Is $10 too cheap? Looks like it might...

No doubt at all. I don't have to know you. A simple understanding of how the English language works and a reading of your posts are all I need to know to discern your attitude. And how long I have been a member here has no bearing on my understanding of the words you typed out. See another...

$45 for a banner you are going to use only once is a lot for the average American worker to spend. This isn't for a business. Is the cardboard and sharpy quip intended as an insult?

There are neon guys cheaper than us and they have the piss poor rep. You know the guy who operates out of his house with a raggedy bucket truck and sticks old transformers in then charges for a brand new one. We go for quality at a reasonable price. We just don't markup at ridiculous levels...

The LED hype is starting to die down. LEDs just don't offer the amount of light a neon unit can. And you can't do exposed with LED even though places like Sloan have tried. There is also a lot in the way of repairs to existing neon. We have a job refurbishing an older neon sign for 1/3 the price...

If people aren't going to buy one for $45 why would they rent one for $30? Why would I whole sale when I can rent them my self? Selling to some one else doesn't get me returning profits. It doesn't matter is I rent one a month if its paying for it self after 2 rentals. No offense but its...

Um what?