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Mark,
We've used the Signabond board with metallic finish for interior graphics but mostly use PVC with a metalized polyester foil for interior letters. You can stick the pressure sensitive foil on...

Steve,
Creating the layout for spherical or domed objects is simple in Corel, you create the layout as normal and then use the envelope tools to distort it to the shape of your dome, or if it's a...

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For anyone using the OpenOffice Suite from Sun Systems (its a free download, just Google "Open Office" for it) I have developed a spreadsheet estimating form. It's free to anyone that wants to use...

Erminio,
At $200 he got a very fair deal, and unless that particular shop is doing several of these a month they cannot afford to own the equipment and hire/train someone to operate it to do it...

Nice sign Erminio, the gilding really sets it off on the medium/dark green. I estimate the size to be about ? 3'x7', judging from the posts. The price range in this area (rural Tennessee) would be...

Jack, thanks for the link. There's several interesting fonts on there and many useful links to other stuff. Just need some time to filter through all of it and download a few things.

Pricing has always been the hardest part of doing custom work. You can't sell signs by the pound or square foot unless you are doing simple layouts with only a name change or color change, if you're...

Dranos,
Everyone has their favorite way, we cut a lot of PVC letters and here's what works for us.
Cut/rout the letters as usual.
Create a paper pattern (we use a plotter) if you don't have one,...

Steven.
The material is "water resistant" so that means it is not water proof. By the time you get this type material sealed to prevent ANY moisture from getting into it you usually have more labor...

Jason,
You may want to place your dust collector in a room or compartment outside of your work area. The DC will do it's job and pick up the smallest (harmful) particles, the problem with having it...

Robert, the urethane hard coat is from Chemical Design, Inc. it's a dual canister cartridge and requires a special applicator gun and an air compressor capable of maintaining 10 - 12 CFM at 90 to 120...

Good looking signage Joe. I like working with foam and texture also, it gives the ability to create monument signs in the shop that appear to be built on site. We recently finished a joint effort job...

We scuff sand then pre-paint PVC with a good grade exterior acrylic latex, put on a masking and rout it, then fill/paint the routed letters and have yet to have a problem with the paint lifting when...

Jack,
Just the opinion from a country boy. I have mainly used FrontPage (now it's Expression Web and still very similar) for ten years and as you know you can create sites that load fast and look...

Joe,
The spray gun was around $750, the fresh air respirator around $150, a small oiless (diaphram type) compressor for the air supply $150, and it takes a decent air compressor capable of...

Joe,
Being new to the forum I was unsure if posting product names was acceptable didn't want to get reprimanded for breaking the rules.
Here's the info on what we use: ...

Magic,
It's not altogether how much you 'charge' but how much you 'make'. I agree, you do have to set a base rate for your services but suppose you charge $100 an hour and it takes you one hour, I...

John,
I think many times we sell ourselves short to the client. How many people could design and create this project? I think you'll find the companies doing this type work as their main forte...

Joe, love the sign work you do, see lots of it here and the Aspire forum.

On coating EPS and light weight foams, we use the 2-part urethanes with a cartridge gun like mentioned above. This is...