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    Okay so Ive only been at this for 2 months well on the 14th of May will make it 3 months since i got my cutter and first batch of Sticky Vinyl. At first I was just making signs,decals for myself things to go on my truck and different things. made a Picture frame for my parents Anniversary then my Cuz. wanted one, anyways I made a Facebook page. Ive debated on making a Website  and just recently made a business website one that i can put products on and people can buy things. I also made a you tube channel and have a Instagram page. Just trying to figure out how to advertise my company. I have my logo on back of my truck and now have my buying website  link on the front of my bug guard.  Besides walking up and handing out a business card I'm at a lost on how to get out there. So far the only people i have sold things to has been friends. I was hoping word of mouth from those i sold to would help get me some business but so far nothing.. My facebook page is pretty  slow nothing going on with it.. Does anyone have any advice on how to get out there more?

    Thank you all

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    3 hours ago, Steven b said:

    Have printed an object for a customer and they want more but want the font changed in the entry-level version of vinylmaster will not let me do it

    if you created it you should be able to change the text... Make sure you check on the big A (text mode) then hi light the text you want to change. you should see the Font type up in the left hand upper corner.. you should be able to click on it and change it.. it took me a while to figure that out also.

     

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    9 hours ago, julian keller said:

    Ok so i don't feel too bad then.  I charged $20 for it plus $5 for the sign for a total of $25.

    you paid for the sign, I would had charged about $20-25  yeah its bigger, but i enjoy bigger stuff rather then tiny stuff, were making magnets for my womans family reunion and it is so tiny. trying to weed out something the size of business cards Glad she had patience to do them.

     

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    4 hours ago, Chudimac said:

    Another question, do you know how long your siser shirts last? I thought they would hold up great but I read on the siser website 30 washes, that doesn't seem that long to me....

    Ive never read anything like that Most people say it will outlast your shirt. i know I have t shirts with sayings on them and the shirts have holes and are stretched out and pretty much rags now but the saying while faded is still on the shirt. Not any ive personally done as ive just gotten into this hobby about 2 months ago. I totally forgot about the heating the htv up before you weed it ive got to try that next time i do a shirt

     

     

     

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    On 4/25/2018 at 6:32 PM, KYSIGN said:

    You really need to prepress to get the moisture out. Make sure your heatpress is displaying the temp in Fahrenheit and not Celsius. I normally use around 310F for Easyweed. It also looks like you need more pressure. You should be able to see the texture of the fabric on the htv.

    Thanks, I had forgot why people pre pressed for. I don't know why some people on utube videos dont pre press

    13 hours ago, Wildgoose said:

    Check your press temp. I know this was mentioned earlier but most if not ALL the budget presses are quote a bit off on the temp. I had a whole new set of numbers after getting a heat gun to check mine. Pressure and time are the only other factors and if you have the shirt collar up on the press often it will hold the edge of the platen up just enough that it doesn't get good even pressure. You can usually see the pattern from the fabric through the vinyl when it's down good. Those are going to come off in the wash from the pics. Not to worry because you can still re-press at this point. Siser can handle the heat just fine so a little hot won't usually hurt, if you have a cold spot on your platen and need to run it a little hotter to keep the whole thing at 305. I have done two color jobs with a mixed vinyl that had 330 on one and 305 on the other without causing a failure in the Siser. Sometimes some of the adhesive will show up along the edge when you get too hot or too much pressure but it's not something the average person would notice. 

    Thanks for the info, I did notice that some spots on the press is different temps one spot be 305 another only 300. So Yeah.. Ive done a few more shirts and they all turned out better. I think i might had it to hot for a couple of those. I ended up taking a Heat iron a small one and pressed those messed up words they look perfect now. New press and not sure how much pressure is needed think i will turn the knob a lil to get a lil more pressure.

     

     

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    On 4/25/2018 at 10:07 AM, MBN said:

    eprcvinyls  my version does not allow me to do it either.   I watched the video and got all excited.    Can you share where you found how do to it the long way?

    Oh man that stinks, its been a while I tried to look quickly and had no luck. just look on youtube for curve text with VM cut. I think that was how i found it.

     

     

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    5 hours ago, MZ SKEETER said:

    Never quote anything until you have the full details.  You messed yourself over, it sounds like.   Lack of experience.  

    its a friend. actually a girl i kinda dated and i know she wears XL cause she wore my shirts before. didn't ever think she would want a 2XL shirt. but i will be clear to Everyone else anything over a XL is $5 more

     

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    I don't know who your buying from or how many of what size of what you need but I so far order all my shirts from one place and its $5.95 for shipping. I would think it be easy enough just to add $6 more to the total and let them pay it. I did just get kinda messed over when i told a customer her shirt would cost $15 then she says of btw i need a 2xl.. and i know 2xl are going to cost like $5.00 just for the shirt now she doesn't want to pay the $5 extra.

     

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    3 hours ago, Dakotagrafx said:

    jiffyshirts should be ok as long as not washed - looks like from the photos maybe not enough pressure if you already checked the temp it the ir gun

    well i just looked online and the easyweed pdf i found showed 305 temp so maybe a lil to hot guess i will try it there with next one and see how it goes. My older Press i was using i dont think it was keeping temp well.

     

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    2 hours ago, Dakotagrafx said:

    do you pre press for 5 seconds to remove moisture?  are the shirts from a source other than a store so you know they have nothing on them?

    I totally just realized i posted in the wrong spot can u move it to the t shirt area?

    I was before theses shirts always doing the pre press but ive been folding these in half and press for couple seconds to make a cress, as i seen a tip on utube and so not been doing the regular press

    the HOLT looks the worse would you say to much heat or not enough?

    Here are pictures, There from jiffyshirts. Ive not had a issue only one youth shirt and one adult one out of the 5 i've done so far in this order.

     

     

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    Okay so i got my shirts and HTV for the family reunion shirts and have been working yesterday and today on them, got my new 15x15 press and loving it. so nice to be able to have the timer built in and the temp and for it to tell me the temp on display but ive been double checking for now with my temp gun.

     

    anyhow today I've had 2 letters that tried to lift up with me when i went to peel the clear off after took off the press. im confused to why just a couple these random letters have done this.

    Right now i have a bottom part of a E that is lifted it didn't stay stuck at all its in the middle of the shirt and there is 2018 date below it and words above there all seem fine.

    I had the L on another shirt do same thing but it seemed to stay down. I did re press it for a few seconds when i noticed. Not really sure what I should do when this happens.

    I almost thought the press was to hot but i was at 315 and doing it for 15 seconds

     

    Thanks

     

     

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    Why do you feel limited? what software are you using with it? I have the Sure cuts a lot to start off with and really liked how easy it was to do things but have moved on to   Vinylmaster  at first i hated it but now i can do just about anything i need to with it.

     

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    10 hours ago, arty-rc said:

    I vaguely recall you had to measure down from the top middle of the window and then at the sides  after running a string across the window and then measure the drop to get the proper curved text measurement. Someone please help me remember!!

    that sounds right. I remember a guy wasted about a roll of vinyl once trying to do my old 97 Blazer windshield he never got it 100% correct ended up giving me the words i wanted split for me to just put it on. I don't think he was happy cause his wife told me he would do it for the practice and not charge me anything, I had been talking to her a while online this was back in the early 2000's

     

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    4 hours ago, MZ SKEETER said:

    I have a Premium Ebay store where I can list 1000 items for $59.99  My Ebay fees are 10%   Paypal I think is  3.5%      I figure my shipping into my decal prices and post FREE ship.    I have over 1500  items listed in my store, and no I do not advertise custom orders.  You can only post on your ad what you are selling, nothing more.  No outside contact, phone numbers, email,  etc. Where else can you post an ad to millions of people for up  25 cents a month?   In my case 6 cents a month.   I make a living from Ebay  And I don't mess with that little stuff.    Now I do make a few just to get rid of scrap. But I have a professional vinyl cutter making great quality vinyl graphics. My main business is large decal sets. You guys making  all that small stuff are just competing against yourselves and cut throating to make $2    My prices go higher,  not lower..

    Thanks for the info. Good to know how others are doing it. Gives us small folks ideas and or something to look at. I didn't know Ebay offered anything like that. I guess that is the driffrence between personal and business Ebay.

     

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    3 hours ago, Dakotagrafx said:

    I think the last analysis I got showed the ebay, paypal and shipping fees were around 28 percent - then just add your packaging and shipping supplies like labels 

    Guess that's not to bad. I have shipped a few items, for people who live far away done two things for my Cousin so far.  I guess i have felt like in person exchanging the items and money is better. For me the post office is 15 mile round trip i live in a small town.