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Large custom check

rushworks graphics

rushworks graphics

New Member
We have been asked to do one of those large custom checks you see at charity events/lotto winners etc. now i know i've seen on here before several people who have done them...so my questions are..

did you create them from scratch? or is there a template that i can down load anywhere? i guess if making from scratch then a scan or pic of one of my own checks and copy from that would be best?

they want to reuse again and want to be able to wipe off the name/amount each time, so i was thinking of dry erase laminate.....this the best option?

thanks for any info on this.
 
ucmj22

ucmj22

New Member
No need to scan, just look at a check and copy the important parts. Regular glossy laminate will work as dry erase.
 
rushworks graphics

rushworks graphics

New Member
yeah thats what i would have thought to behonest....using a marker on standard lam i would have thought left long enough it would at least leave a ghost image of what was on there??
 
ucmj22

ucmj22

New Member
We've used 3m 8518 and it works just fine. Left it over night to test it, and it came off perfect. I just told te client to clean it at the end of the event and it would be fine.
 
njshorts

njshorts

New Member
We've used 2 dry-erase lams, found no difference with regards to ghosting/removal using oracal 210 or 3m 8518/8519 instead... other than a cost savings and a lack of another roll of laminate laying around.
 
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Sign Eagle

New Member
If you do a test, better supply one of the type pens you test. We have tried tests with good results on more than one occation, only to have the customer use a pen that does not come off with a rag or any type of cleaner. Now we just use dry erase lam, Fellers has one that works.
 
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CanuckSigns

Active Member
even a sharpie marker will come off of 210 if done quickly enough with ISA 99%, or if it is still leaving a slight ghosting, a very quick wipe with a towel dampened in lacquer thinner will clear it right up, just don't use too much.

We had one of our signs "tagged" with a sharpie and it sat for a few days untill we noticed, I used the above method and it worked perfectly.
 
GAC05

GAC05

Quit buggin' me
Check out a set of alcohol pens.
We used to use them in the old days to mark military maps.
They stay put and won't smudge or run when wet like dry erase and should come right off 210 lam with a alcohol wipe. At least I think it will.
Sell the pens & clean-up pads as part of the check.

wayne k
guam usa
 
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Bobby H

Arial Sucks.
rushworks graphics said:
did you create them from scratch? or is there a template that i can down load anywhere?
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I create large (fake) presentation checks from scratch.

You don't need all of the details typically included on a real check, just enough to make it look like a check while reserving more space for the "pay to" and dollar amount fields (printed amount and numbers in the box). You need that type to be written (or printed, vinyl cut, etc.) large enough so people can read it clearly from at least several rows into the audience. It's also important for that lettering to be clear enough for still cameras and video cameras if the press is called for the event.

One visual touch I like to include: a fake routing number, check number and account number along the bottom of the check set in the MICR 12 typeface. CorelDRAW used to include that typeface in earlier versions (I know it's on the version 9 disc).
 
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