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huh, who knew there were two sites? go figure. i don't know the difference, but i get mine from cleancutblade.com (without the "s"). I'm happy with what I get.

I've used flat black vinyl on cloroplast with fluorescent vinyl letters with good luck. Just a suggestion,. If you paint the cloroplast, give the paint enough time to dry. Some paint will off gas and create air bubbles under the Vinyl.

Because of circumstances, I have a nearly endless supply of old 4x8 voting signs made of coroplast. I also have 20 acres of hiking trails, off roading trails and a private gun range that I make signs for, so I use those old signs since they're just for me. I tried a bunch of different methods of painting the coroplast with not very much luck until I found that if I use Rustoleum's plastic primer first, then plastic paint over that, it seemed to last and not peel off. But in my case, I could still see some of the screen printed lettering on the voting sign and didn't really like that, so now I just cover the entire sign in whatever vinyl color I want for the background, then layer the vinyl letters over that. Here is a recycled trail sign covered in brown 651 then white for the lettering.

ditto! If precision is something that's going to be critical - which really depends on how you (or your customer) critiques your work, that may be a deciding factor. For me, personally, it takes me less time to layer over trying to do an exact application of individually cut color going on one at a time. If you're doing batting helmets, then keep in mind that's an application you'll have to do several times, and not just a one and done thing. I'd say, test one method out, and then test the other.

It depends on the project and personal preference. If you're happy with the results that's all that really matters. punching stuff out so that you are not layering the vinyl can make for a smooth finish, but getting things to line up exactly so that there is no gap or overlap can be very tricky and the larger the decal harder it can be.

I saw that pic - I knew that was yours! Make them send you some free blades for using your pic without permission. Hahaha.

Hey everyone! I've been browsing through the forums for a while now and finally, I'm a fresh member. I own my second gen Silhouette and I feel like it's time to go further. And that's why I'm here ─ for a piece of friendly advice, which I'll ask for in some other topics. Thanks for attention, guys.

Hoochie Display is very close for the font.

I can suggest the following --- take the outer shield (which is a regular Fire/Rescue graphic) Then just add in the image/vector of the cool pussycat. (Ayyyyyyyy) The Text/Font name can likely be identified by someone here, and you can just type the words in to fit.

That's one awesome idea! If I make this someday, I'll get a shut off print like that: