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thanks a lot everyone, appreciate it Val

I just found a company called H&H Sign Supply. They have awsome prices, and the shipping is quick to my address in Michigan. Thanks for all of the info. Val

Not just under the bridge, but a long way from the top. How is the weather up there right now??? Val

thanks for having me

thank you very much

Howdy again, I was wondering which supply companies that you like the best. So far I have: Sign Warehouse: Havent ordered anything from them yet Beacon Graphics: Ordered backing paper, and black vinyl. Ordered a starter set as well, and they havent sent it out in well over a week and a half. Also purchased the bid squeegie Fellers: Cant figure out how to order a cataloge??? They want an customer number to even look at the catalogue and I am not a customer as yet?? Some help would be great. Thanks Val

We are from Lapeer

Hello everyone, I am new here, and although I have most everything down, I have a question about transfer tape. A couple of days ago I transfered several images with no problem. No creases or bubbles. Well, yesterday when I transfered some images, the tape didn't want to stick, and there are air bubbles everywhere. The vinyl is sticking to the transfer tape fine, but there are air bubbles in between the areas where it is transfer tape to backing paper. It has been really humid the past three days here, and I am wondering does humidity affect the stickyness of the transfer tape?? Should I have an air conditioner in the room with the cutter and supplies? Thanks Val

thanks guys. Yeah, the signs101 guys would rather tell you that you are stupid rather than help :'( Thank you for the graphics tip. I have a lot of cusomers that like women lol. They want big murals of big women. I have two image CD's of stripper poses just for that little niche.

Hello everyone, We purchased our vinyl cutter a couple of weeks ago, and we have been practicing like crazy in our basement. We have a huge walk-out basement that is basically empty, so it was a good place to put everything for now. Before we got the cutter we researched for about two months. Vinyl, Solvent Printers, Cutters, Market, and Vector. The truth is we were starting from scratch, and so far my boyfriend has learned how to convert images to vector and run illistrator really well. He signed up for some online classes for some extra help in graphic design. Before we started this we made custom painted murals, and it was fun for about the first six months. I didn't realize how demanding all the kintergarden moms were lol. We did that for about two years, and then I had enough. We stayed up for days getting orders finished, didn't have time to eat, or sleep. It was hectic. I researched about two years ago on printers that could do the same thing as hand painting. Only problem is that I would need about ohhhhh twenty grand to even start, and that's not counting the laminator. So, I figured oh well im done. Now I am in accounting. Well, I found out about vinyl cutters by accident, and they can do nearly the same thing, so here we are. The nice thing is that they have a pen adapter, so I can print the painting outline with the cutter if I choose to paint again. Makes the work a little easier. I do have a lot of questions, and ive read nearly all of the forums so far. Everyone on here is very helpful and very laid back. I appreciate that because I also write on signs101, and most of the guys there are pretty darn spiteful. It makes it very discouraging to even get started. We plan on doing decals, and wall art. Its fun. Now, vector seems to be the biggest problem. Some CD's are well over 2k. WOW........ We have some for now, and will expand later I suppose.