Texas_Signmaker
Very Active Signmaker
I think an apprenticeship is really the best way to go (maybe the only??) to learning the sign trade. I went to a "sign school" for about a month and that taught me just enough to make a simple sign from start to finish and that was it... very basic. I worked at a sign shop for 3 years which helped me learn what it took to run my own sign shop...but looking back now after 3 years I was still clueless. 10-years later I think I'm starting to get a hold of it, but I'm sure if I spent more time working at another shop I would have excelled quicker. Looking back now the shop I worked for in the beginning was pretty clueless themselves, but he was making a profit..albeit by using cheap materials and not laminating.. Dude was really cheap and I learned that is not the way to go. Anyway.. I think doing wraps day in and day out with someone who is experienced is the way to go.. maybe for a year work at a company that just does wraps. Wrapping can pay well but you can't just jump in and watch some videos or a couple of tutoring sessions to start making $120+/hr. wrapping, you really have to invest time in learning, practicing good techniques and honing the physical and metal skill of wrapping.
