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  1. Print Directly to Wood?

    I print on wood I print on wood all the time it can be done and looks great. We are investing a lot of $$ in it right now to be able to print larger on wood. We can print to wood anything we design in PhotoShop or CorelDRAW and the color is very good like a photo but with the real wood texture...
  2. Looking for best UV urethane for outdoor cedar

    Hi Geno I am not trying to make short cuts other then i have to get the signs out fast just like others doing this kind of low cost signs for this business plan. to reply (sealing wood is the very first step one does) I am using a sealant that also includes the tint stain so i am not doing...
  3. Looking for best UV urethane for outdoor cedar

    Ok what is CWF? (The problem with the surface finishes is when they break down and start cracking and peeling) This is why i like the seal once it sinks in and is not a surface prep and has nothing that will ever crack it bonds as part of the wood inside the wood. One reason i want to be able...
  4. Looking for best UV urethane for outdoor cedar

    What about General Finishes Exterior-450-outdoor-finish http://www.generalfinishes.com/professional-products/water-base-exterior-finishes/exterior-450-outdoor-finish#.URXr_PJNAdV I have been reading and looking up as much as i can on this and the Exterior-450 has a lot of good reviews people...
  5. Looking for best UV urethane for outdoor cedar

    Anything other then Sikens i need something that will day very fast so i can give the sign to the customer. For now i am not doing a gloss look coat and using a natural cedar stain that drys in a few min and is set in 3 to 4 hours ready to give to customer. It takes a second coat wet on wet so...
  6. Need help on what sign wrap to get for outdoor sign

    I guess i will not get much help on this here.:corndog::bushmill:
  7. Need help on what sign wrap to get for outdoor sign

    Hi I need to buy a few signs for outdoor use that i would like to wrap around the sign to hold it on with straps in the back and have a few ?s What would be the best thickness for a outdoor sign wrap like this to use? Would like it to last 2 to 3 years or more before fading much. One sign is 8...
  8. Looking for best UV urethane for outdoor cedar

    Looking for a very fast drying UV spar urethane or other covering to put on small cedar signs for outdoor use. Thicker the better but it needs to dry fast with in few hours ready to give to the customer. I good thick shinny look would be nice. What products would you recommend for this. Spray...
  9. Cedar wood blasting setup help

    Just a update. After a lot of learning and reading i now have a blast cab, Two stage dust system one is the dust deputy then feeding into the blast cab dust filter cyclone system, Have a 75 or more pound blast pressor pot and i have a guy that will be wiring my place for the compression to come...
  10. Cedar wood blasting setup help

    Other places that do this same kind of sign i am wanting to make do this on location all day long for walk in customers with a few hours turn around time. In my area i have searched and i can not find anyone in the area that dose any sandblasting except one guy that only blasts old cars and...
  11. Cedar wood blasting setup help

    Hi and thanks for any help. I am wanting to start making sandblasting small cedar signs in the size of 7 to 9 inch by 24 inch long. I am looking at blast cabs, pots and so on for this but have many ?s on this i could use some help on. If i am blasting a 7 inch by 24 inch cedar sign with two...
  12. OKI Data Pro printers, very interesting

    I would love to see the print quality for heat pressing onto T-Shirts and see how many washing it will stand up to compared to other heat press on items. I could see knocking out super low cost T-Shirts, Caps, and any other thing i could press on to. I wonder if the print would out last a...
  13. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    Thanks everyone so far. Yes photography can be fun but when shooting for a living all the time you end up not doing what would be fun but doing what pays the most. I have shot many hundreds of weddings it will be 21 years in June and after the first 50 or so it becomes a job and work and you...
  14. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    Been doing photography a long time but we have a second house now and want to move to this new area full time but this area we can not make as much $$ doing photography very little its not the same kind of marker here in the new location . So we are going back to our other place to work all...
  15. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    I like the plan of selling and designing and sending out the work. Would this be a good start buy a 24 inch printer like this one that will us the SEPIAX ink so i have no smell to deal with. http://www.graphicsone.com/products/printers/go-printers/go-dmax-pro-1.html This way i could print all...
  16. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    if we could not make 100k or more then it would not be worth it i do make more then that all ready just from photography. But photography is starting to dye a slow death with everyone now having a digital camera and everyone and their brother thinks they are a wedding photographer now days and...
  17. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    looks like i have a lot of the stuff for trophies & awards except for a etching system but with dyesub are you doing all color designs for the trophies & awards ? I have not thought that much about offering the trophies & awards that is a good thing to think about we could do very easy. I got...
  18. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    Do you think a home sign business with a 54 inch sign printer can make a profet of 80 to 100K A YEAR easy?
  19. If you could start over what would you buy and why

    Funny i have mug wraps and a oven also have a 16x20 heat press a Ricoh GX7000 and lots of supplys including vapor Ts and metal i make prints on. So printing signs is working out best now days. Is that a lot of banners or what kind of signs Thanks
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