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  1. Suggestions Vendor to print 3.5pt font on silver matte polyester? Rush job, customer willing to pay...

    I have a customer who stepped in it big time (ran out of cert. labels and can't ship product) and needs a bunch of 2.175in x 0.55in labels with 3.5pt font made. A bunch is a few hundred, TBD exactly. They use FLEXcon DigiPRO DGMS silver matte polyester and seem pretty adamant on sticking with...
  2. Need Help Looking for vendor - 3in x 2in industrial decals, small font, sold by the sheet

    I'm looking for a vendor to make some 2in x 3in decals by the sheet for industrial applications. The customer is looking for very aggressive adhesive, durable, and conformable material (in that order of priority) to stick to pumps, motors, casings, housings, etc. Probably cast material, more...
  3. Question How do you lift large signs into place >10ft high?

    I've been getting more requests for larger signs with installation over 10ft high. I've installed some smaller signs (3ftx5ft, 4ftx4ft, etc) off a scissor lift and that's about the largest I can safely do by myself (depending on weight) lifting them out of the scissor-lift cage and onto the...
  4. Need Help Please suggest a white vinyl to cover text

    I need to cover some phone numbers and names on a real estate sign - what white vinyl will block out the text from showing through with one layer? Text is dark blue on white, so it's a pain. Inexpensive would be best as I doubt I'll use it for anything else. I've found it takes three layers of...
  5. Suggestions Printable material for industrial equipment labels?

    I'm new to printing so bear with me please. I'm looking for suggestions for a durable, flexible, printable material (preferably latex printable) for labels on a variety of industrial equipment. These will be going on everything from CNC machines, oil and hydraulic pumps, frak equipment...
  6. Accidentally designing "offensive" logos...?

    Have any of you accidentally designed a logo or graphic element that looks like something it wasn't intended to be? I was recently working on a design for a customer when someone happened to glance at my screen and said "That looks a lot like the KKK logo". Well, not knowing what that logo...
  7. Question Should I Put An Edge Cap On This?

    I just finished the reflective vinyl on a few MDO signs - I used Oralite 5300 on MDO, the MDO edges are caulked and received two coats of enamel before applying the vinyl. The vinyl is wrapped around the edges with an additional 1in on the backside. I tried to do my best wrapping the corners...
  8. Simple Sign Critique - too simple?

    Keeping things simple on this one... what do you think? Too blocky and simple? Not the right feel for a gunshow? These will be put up along the roadside. They will be painted background and cut vinyl text per customer request. The date and $ will be changed out on occasion, so I figured putting...
  9. Reflective Paint? Reflective text?

    I have a customer that would like white reflective letters on a blue/green non-reflective background. This will be for both 2ft x 4ft signs (planning on MDO substrate) and 18in x 24in yard-type signs (substrate TBD, probably alumalite?). Trick is they will be up for 4 weeks a year but they would...
  10. Stencils - How to get or make reusable paint stencils?

    I have a customer who wants a couple reusable stencils for spray painting trail markings and simple spray painted tags for an event. Stencils will be used to mark trees, plywood, etc, one is 8in x 10in, the second is 2ft x 3ft and need to be reusable (so stick-on vinyl won't work). There is some...
  11. Winplot leaving out lines

    I've had this happen a few times and haven't been able to find a reliable workaround. I have a path design in Inkscape, export it as a pdf, load it into Winplot, and there are random lines left out. I've tried different export settings, recreating the paths from scratch, it doesn't seem to...
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