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I'm looking for a US flag decal I've seen dozens of times but can't find an image of it to duplicate. It's an abstract looking US flag that just has very jagged red stripes and blue box. There are no white stripes just spaces. I usually see this on the back window of pickups and SUVs. Any help appreciated! Thanks. -JJP

I think you can print on it with a solvent printer and do things like printing text instructions and then cutting out the sheet to apply to an object.

Wonderful! Thank you both. That puts me in the right direction!!

Happy Holidays all- I have a customer that want me to make some stickers that he can put on his business equipment (construction stuff) that say "Property of- then company name" but he wants them to not come off easily. He mentioned something like the license plate stickers we use in AZ to show registration dates. I can print with either my laser printers or my ink jet epson 1100 with pigment ink. Color isn't necessary but desired. I'd probably try to contour cut them in sizes from 1" x 3" up to maybe 4" x 6" so small sheets are fine. I have used the papillo waterproof vinyl with oracal over laminate but not sure they have the stickiness he needs. They shouldn't be easily removed or even pull apart in tiny pieces if tampered with. Any suggestions appreciated!!

Hey all, I've had my copam for a couple of years and have paid for it numerous times with the stuff I make but lately I've been noticing an issue that I was wondering if anyone else has had happen. I've noticed that when weeding, I'm getting these little "ropes" of vinyl at one point on each letter. I've not noticed these before and with some further investigating, I see that what's happening. I didn't know that the cutter goes past the start point when it makes, say a circle, but in my case, when it does, it is just a little bit off so that it leaves this tiny thread of vinyl where it didn't match up with the start point. It's happening on all my cuts, which are short bumper sticker sized. I tried taking the cutter apart and cleaning belts, rollers, etc. All the belts were nice and tight, feels like my pinch rollers are nice and tight. I was hoping there was something that I could adjust or tighten to fix the old girl back to normal. I've attached a pic, but it's not really clear. Also, there's been no change to offset, pressure, or speed to account for the gradual change. I'd getting time for me to consider another cutter and keep this one as a spare but I was hoping to get a little more out of her before I bite the bullet on my new one. Any help appreciated! -Jeff

I have this customer that sent me just a.jpg and I'm having a heck of a time getting it to trace cleanly in Corel or Inkscape. Can anyone convert it so that it is in like .eps or .svg with the colors broken up for cutting? Thanks in advance.

Thank you Thank you! Outbreak and Racinboy! You saved my hide!!

Hey guys- I have this jeep club that wants to do their logo in cut vinyl instead of a printed sticker. My challenge is that it is multicolor and I'm not worth a hoot at vectorizing and seperating out the colors to cut. I'm thinking 3 max colors. Anyone able to give it a go? Any help appreciated!!! I use SBlazer to cut from .eps files but use Inkscape (.svg) or Corel (.cdr) to create them if that helps. -Jeff

Ooops- Thought I did. Here ya go. Thanks so MUCH!!!

Hi all, I need a quote for 10 banners - 8ft x 2.5ft. The customer is a member of a local 4x4 club I'm in and I really want the business but haven't priced banners before. I don't want to give the business away but I want to make it a no brainer for him to picke me. Attached is what he wants. Any help with pricing is appreciated! -Jeff

Thanks BannerJohn! That's more than I thought I could get. Looks like a better market to be in than $4 car decals. LOL -Jeff

This is a strange question I know- I do my vectoring in Inkscape and export to signcutx2. Sometimes I'll open an inkscape file and it has lost my font that I saved it with- don't know why- just occasionally it happens. It's a major pain to figure out what I had used to post it on my store so I was wondering if there was a way to put some text on the page that would not get exported (i.e. ignored) when exporting to signcutx2? Any help appreciated. Thanks! -Jeff

I agree- but for some reason, every once in a while when I pull up a design to cut, it just stares at me in a generic font and I have to figure out what I used. Was hoping there was a way to type something on the screen and have signcut ignore it- I guess I could make it a different color and then de-select that color.. hmmm.. seems like there should be a way. Thanks for the reply. -Jeff

Don't give up yet- I had the same problem and stumbled across my problem. I found that the aluminum base was slightly warped and the front and back touched before the middle did- so any amount of pressure wan't going to get the center (the part you need) to have good pressure. You can easily test this by taking a good quality carpenters square and placing it on the base (after removing the pad) and see if you have any gaps. Since I don't have tools to file down aluminum, what I did was place a 11x11 inch 1/4 inch thick square of wood paneling under my 15x15 inch pad in the center. The ensures that the center (where I place the vinyl) will have the greatest pressure. Eventually I will just replace the press but this is what my issue was. I completely understand your pain and frustration!!!! I was just convinced that it was NOT possible to get a good stick with vinyl. Now I know better. -Jeff

Thanks, Kevin. That's a great idea. Hopefully that will tell me something. As it is, I have the press clamped down to my workbench and it take about all I'm worth to pull the handle up when done- will give this a try and report back. Thank YOU!

I've been selling vinyl decals for just over a year now and have had a ball with it. Been very successful and never a disappointed customer because I use good stuff. I've had more and more requests for tshirts and a while back bought a heat press off ebay and I have had really mixed results with it. I have the infrared temp gauge, I've used all kinds of pressure and time settings but still find that almost all the test shirts I've done, begin to peel after just a couple of washes. I'm using siser ezweed and gildan heavy cotton shirts from jiffy shirts. I've tried unwashed and washed shirts. The small stuff always seems to start pulling away. I've pressed- re-pressed- no change in results. Using a teflon sheet. I've done alot of reading on there and I'm suspicious of the press (chinese) and perhaps colds spots (even thought my thermometer doesn't support that theory) but after numerous tries, It just doesn't seem logical that I haven't been able to get small lettering to stay stuck . My current dilemia- I have a chance at a fairly large order that I'm sure I can get (100+) shirts and this is for someone I work with. I'm really having a hard time pulling the trigger on it because I don't want to produce stuff that she will bring back to me in 2 months. Question: Should I just assume it's the press and get a well know USA machine and assume that's my problem OR is it really not a very good way to do shirts (vinyl)? Please- any suggestions very much appreciated. -Jeff

I have a guy who is asking for the simplest thing- he builds camera mounts that have up to 10 parts that need to be assembled by the customer and has been stenciling each part 1-10 with 1 inch letters to match the directions and has asked me what I would charge for 30 each of numbers 0 thru 9. White vinyl 1" high. I wanted to say it would make more sense to just buy them from walmart or somewhere but he wants to do business with me since he bought some vinyl from me for his Jeep. This will probably be an ongoing request as he's very busy- any thoughts on what to charge? So- 300 numbers total- 1" high. I'm at a loss for some reason due to the simplicity. Thanks!!! -JJP

THANK YOU!!

THAT's EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED!!!! THANK YOU JAY!! ;D

Hey all, any help appreciated. I have a friend that has a non profit football group I want to help out but I can't figure how to rework the image. Here's the deal: have a great cuttable pdf. You will notice it is black/red/white but the helmets are black so no black vinyl needed- right? Assuming that I only need red and white I thought just plug this in inkscape then export to signcut and I should be able to cut each color but its not coming out that way. I thought about just cutting the red letters but need the black to show through (the claw marks) I know I can cut and layer these if I just have a good red outline and a white outline. Can someone take a look? Thanks SO much! -Jeff ACYFL_Wildcats1.pdf ACYFL_Wildcats1.pdf

Have a customer asking for about 50 decals like this. Can't figure out what would be the best method... black background with cut out gold to show the black letters through? Anyone want to take a stab at vectoring this with the colors? Any help appreciated.. -Jeff

That's what I thought. Don't know anything about printing, just cutting. He wants both 3" and 6" sizes so I'm probably not going to be able to do it. Anyone want to share how to get into the "printing" vinyl business? Thanks!

I have been asked give a quote for a guy that has an original decal design much along the lines of the calvin kid pissing but this one features "the messiah" aka obama pissing on our 2nd amendment. It is 4 in x 7 in and takes me about 2 minutes to weed, no designing necessary as he has provided a cuttable image. Standard white vinyl- I'll use decent quality- Oracal 651. Wants pricing for 250, 500 and 1000 decals. I don't have a clue. I generally sell these for 3.95 - 4.95 but don't know how to figure a break down for these numbers. Any help appreciated!!! -Jeff

Thanks, TLZ that's the kind of logic I needed to see. Appreciate it! -Jeff

That's insane! I agree that they should find something else to worry about. I was thinking about this- I get some logos from www.brandsoftheworld.com and before you can download the logo, you have to check a box that says something to the affect: "By checking this, I am authorized to use this logo/image".. I wonder if the same could apply for someone buying from us and have this "validation" on our websites? -Jeff