GuyDurden

Thanks everyone! I've been cranking out practice runs when my son occupied for a few minutes (he's 3, so it's short burst of work over long periods of time ). I think i will go over there with the two types of vinyl i have, so he can clearly see there is a 'you get what you pay for in materials' factor. Then I can gander at those possible rivets and see the canvas in daytime. I'll offer up the two prices I come up with, and explain to him the pros and cons. After that, I am going to see if I can improvise some sort of application device and maybe order something with the vinyl. As far as heat guns, I'm pretty sure where I am will have a day between freezing and short sleeves in the window he wants this done But it might help with the rivets, but idk about my skills, will prob need a practice piece to work with first.

Me personally? I will let you know after I get this job done! Never done it before, I have heard of the pita of removing them, but honestly idk this is my first large job.

Those darned rivets.....

I am trying to remember his trailer off the top of my head...I'm not remembering rivets...but I had them in mind. I am going to seem him very early next week and I will double check. $400 seems more reasonable, though the design is a *tad* bit more complicated than just letters. He has "wood grain" running off the letters, which is a bit of a pain on my software to get cuts, and some "wear and tear" looking cuts within the letters themselves, additionally, I am installing them myself.. I also would prefer the higher quality vinyl, but I am not sure it is within this customer's budget. 3-5 years on this trailer will make him quite pleased. I am trying to figure out a very precise sq/ft'age for this job as well.......if I didn't give enough information, let me know, I could probably also upload the image if absolutely necessary (or perhaps just part of it to give you the idea) Thanks alot!!

Hello everyone! I got a 24" MH-721, and after a year of just letting it sit, messing with it sporadically, I finally broke down over Christmas break and made a few pretty decent decals. Next thing I knew, my friend (who is in a custom production biz) hired me out to make him 40 stickers for a rediculous profit, so I did those. Now, with those under my belt, it appears I got someone's interest, someone with a large enclosed trailer. He would like 3 large decals on 3 sides of the trailer. the two sides will have 19" letters and an approx 15x15" logo, the total job on the sides is about 40" X 108" in, with the exact same decal on the back, scaled down to fit @ 14"x 70". He just wants one color, black vinyl (IDK if i should recommend matte over gloss for this application? I'm partial to matte) I planned on using Oracle Intermediate CAL 651, and will probably need a few rolls of the 24"X 50 yd. Do you guys think this is an appropriate grade for this outdoor job? I did some *quick* number crunching, and came up with a vinyl cost around $0.37/foot? Sound right? Anywho, I would be installing this for him, which I've never done something this big either. BUT, I would really like to help this guy out on pricing, he's a pretty friend in a bit of a pickle, so what would you guys charge? I figured I would start there, and knock-down what I think would benifit him and I the most.... I used a few simple online calculators, and they seem to think this is about an $780-$800+ job.....that seems a bit rediculous to me (on the high end), or did I just stumble into the right biz? Thanks again everyone!