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I have been really busy lately just cutting and applying vinyl which bring me to the question: you know you're a vinyl jockey when.... 1. You seem to have less spills in the work truck 2. Your finger nails are clean 3. You have squeegee RSI 4. There are more $$$'s in the bank but you're having less fun. 5. There are thick skins in the paint tins. Add your own comments...
-------------------- Drane Signs Sunshine Coast Nambour, Qld. dranesigns@bigpond.com Downunder "To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer" Posts: 965 | From: Nambour, Qld. Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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ya dont have time fer yer shop bunnie ya cut the tips a yer fingers off more offener n ya shave one shot fumes make ya sick wash cans a thinner are evaporated yer client says..i member when guys dit that with brushes duh so do I exacto blades by the hunderd is the standard order.. in place a sapphire oil n paint sav jess gittin warmed up
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those $90 orders of tranfer tape happen 2-4 times a year....plotter blade spares are more important then havin a # 20 quill spare.
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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You spend hours trying to digitise a file to get it "just right" when you realise you could have made a transparency, projected and painted the thing in half the time (or just roughed it out and done the bloody thing). You buy some app tape and the thought doesn't occur to you "man this stuff makes good masking tape" Your trusty paint bench is littered with disks marked "windows boot disk", none of which actually work.
-------------------- David Fisher D.A. & P.M. Fisher Services Brisbane Australia da_pmf@yahoo.com Trying out a new tag: "Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth Peter Ustinov Posts: 1450 | From: Brisbane Queensland Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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To be a vinyl shop is one thing - to be a "vinyl jockey" is a whole nuther kinda critter.
1. You don't know which end of a brush gets wet. 2. You think paint is for houses, and sign painters are all dinosaurs or drunks. 3. You bought your computer, plotter, printer and router table on credit, and any minute now all that investment is going to teach you something about sign making. 4. You're solution to any problem is to buy more equipment or another upgrade. 5. You never have time to learn anything about layout, 'cause you're too busy slammin' out helvetica on coroplast to meet the monthly nut on your equipment. 6. You call the supplier that knows what he's talking about, pick his brain, then order from the place that saves you $15 on a $300 purchase. 7. You tell your customers any or all of the following: a. "Gold mylar on your window is just as good as gold leaf" b. "We can beat any price" c. "Nobody paints signs anymore" 8. You constantly complain that "nobody around here will spend decent money on signs." 9. You've been in business for six months, and will likely be out of business by the end of next year. 10. You thought his was going to be "easy money." (Wrong!)
...In other words, don't ever call yourself a "vinyl jockey". It's just too unpleasant.
-------------------- "A wise man concerns himself with the truth, not with what people believe." - Aristotle
Cam Bortz Finest Kind Signs Pondside Iron works 256 S. Broad St. Pawcatuck, Ct. 06379 "Award winning Signs since 1988" Posts: 3051 | From: Pawcatuck,Connecticut USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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A guy came into the shop the other day. My plotter was pluging away cutting some "no parking" signs. He took a look at the plotter, then said to me "I remember when the old timers took pride in their work and would GET OUT A RAZOR AND CUT THAT STUFF BY HAND".
Just passing along a dumb comment...
-------------------- Jeff Vrstal Main Street Signs 157 E. Main Street Evansville, WI 53536 1-608-882-0322 Posts: 670 | From: Evansville, Wisconsin | Registered: Sep 2001
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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-airbrush - an effect that can print if you could afford a vinyl printer, just need to sell 2,000,000 more coroplast/vinyl signs -you've upgraded to a state of the art PC, bought the latest versions of all the different software on your PC, bought a fastest plotter on the market and your signs still look the same -you like the smell of RT so much you use it in the house to save on buying Fabreeze -you sub transfer tape for saran wrap when you run out -you can differentiate vinyls by their smell -you bought a better vacuum to attemt to dislodge those pesky vinyl remnants that stuck to the carpet.
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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quote:Originally posted by Glenn S. Harris: You can point out to your girlfriend, a sign you made on every street in your town but you can't afford to take her to the Dave Mathews concert.
You don't care because you don't like Dave Mathews anyway and your girlfriend still loves you.
That was great! And Funny! Thanks Glenn.
-------------------- Jeff Vrstal Main Street Signs 157 E. Main Street Evansville, WI 53536 1-608-882-0322 Posts: 670 | From: Evansville, Wisconsin | Registered: Sep 2001
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