sarconastic 29 Posted April 7, 2009 Here's a Magnet I did for a friend. He has had to start doing basic handyman service just to keep food on the table,due tot eh lack of jobs here right now. So I went out in my shed, and found a set of magnets I had made for my company 12-13 years ago( I paid a fortune for them back then even, around $98 for the pair). they been hanging there for 7-8 years. Anyway my friend didn't have any advertising on his truck, and wasn't sure he could keep making the payments on it. So I took my old signs, stripped them down and re-vinyled them for him. He gave me his business card (which I used as a sort of template) and we talked about signs for his truck. But he just can't afford it right now. So tomorrow I am going over to give him a set of magnets, and hopefully help his business take off a little. And hopefully he'll talk and help mine take off too. This guy used to work for me when I had the home improvement company that the magnets are from. Everyone needs a hand now an then. Before and after. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
john! 1 Posted April 7, 2009 Looks good! Today a local guy starting a lawn company ordered 2 yard signs and i threw in 3 free small logo stickers 12x4" and he was tickled to death with them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mars 45 Posted April 7, 2009 This is something your buddy will appreciate - and I hope it helps him - and you get more business - good looking out and helping out - it will come back to you. -Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kenya Posted April 7, 2009 Nice work on the layout. Word of mouth is the best. He'll really tell people about you after this nice job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cre8tiveCutter 7 Posted April 7, 2009 Awwww......this is GREAT! Good job on the magnets and I'm sure your friend will be very appreciative! Renee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarconastic 29 Posted April 7, 2009 It was like a touch of fate today. I was going to wait to run into this guy at our local lumberyard and give them to him. I had a job to do here in town, and when I pulled around the corner next to the house I was going to, there was his truck. He was working on a house 2 doors downs. So I jumped out and slapped the magnets on his truck, then went up and knocked on the door. He came out a looked and was really grateful. It made me feel really good to help a friend. And he'll talk to everyone about them and definitely get me some business. Plus I needed the experience making a set of these. I used both the wet and dry method to apply the colors, so I could see the way i wanted to do it in the future. I applied the white dry, using the hinge method. then applied the Yellow and red wet. Both way worked really good, but I think I like the wet method for that one. I applied the green background wet too. Made that go a lot easier. No Bubble other than the bumps from the original magnet that I couldn't get smoothed out perfect. Overall a good learning experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aries58 0 Posted April 7, 2009 Thanks is what friends are for to help each other in times of need. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris H. 0 Posted April 8, 2009 Nice job and that is what friends are for if more people would look out for others and lean a hand when in need thing would be better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
painteddesigns 0 Posted April 9, 2009 Very nice work. You are a great person for helping out too. You know what goes around comes around! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
