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I was gluing 2" aluminum angle to acm to make returns. Used Lord's 406/19 (not expired). Lightly scuffed the angle and wiped it with ispropyl. Same for the acm. Squeezed out a mixing nozzle's worth first to ensure full mix. Clamped for 24 hours. Today I went to move the sign and the pieces...

Well, can’t win them all I guess. Got a text the day after install.... the sign is on the ground shattered. I have used lexel and vhb on other signage in this same complex with no issue but never anything this large. The brick was a little extra uneven here. Lexel stuck great to acrylic and...

Facts: Vinyl on newer tankers (1-3) years is failing whereas older tankers (3+ years) still look fine. The installer claims they used the same 3M premium vinyl and laminates they have always used. The company that cleans and maintains the tankers says they have used the same approved cleaning...

IMG_3734 by Brennen posted Jan 17, 2018 at 2:27 PMIMG_3733 by Brennen posted Jan 17, 2018 at 2:27 PM Second time this has happened to this vehicle. First time client says he power washed it. This time he claims power washing was not done. What are your thoughts? I suspect power washing in...

Hi everyone! We have been working on a fleet of trucks for a few years now. The Arlon 6000XRP that we have been using is failing on many of the trucks. After looking through many posts on here it seems Arlon has a reputation for failing. As we continue to work on this fleet, and also replace...

Hey guys, been a while since Ive been here. Hope everyone is doing well. I have a problem with my black ink. All other colors appear to be printing fine but the black is printing with lines running horizontally. All other colors have good coverage, look perfect, etc. but the black is very light...

Very infrequently, I'll feed a PDF into Rasterlink(v5) and instead of RIPing the PDF normally, I'll get a blank white image. The dimensions are correct, there's just nothing but whitespace where the image is supposed to be. I've had this happen on two different computers that are hooked up to...

We had yet another customer call in about a failing sign. Sure enough it too was made with Lusterboard, a Laminators Inc product. Since we first started finding out about this problem early last year we have completely halted our use of this product and have fixed the problem signs on our own...

I'm curious what others are using. I used "Avery" A-9 vinyl almost exclusively from Beacon Graphics for the past 22 years. We had (5) large box trucks fail this past summer, cost a fortune to remove & re-identify. I refuse to use Avery product(s) now, have been currently using Vector from...

Having heard of the Avery disasters here and on the web, I thought we had dodged the bullet. This spring one of our main customers called and thought there was a problem with (2) of their trucks. It turned out that there were (5) involved. I was unaware that Avery discontinued payment of labor...