Tips & Tricks: Quality materials and proper installation are powerful sales tools
Most signs get removed or moved sooner or later, yet hardly anyone thinks of sign removal and/or relocation. For example, if cheap materials… Read More
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Tips & Tricks: Flatten your wood before you V-carve
When doing V-carving in wood, don’t assume that the piece is perfectly flat. Even a small difference in thickness from one side to… Read More
Tips & Tricks: Easy edge sealing of PVC letters and graphics
Router-cutting PVC leaves a raw edge that is more porous than the smooth face of the PVC board. To solve this, I seal… Read More
Tips & Tricks – Hang Eco Sol inkjet prints to cure before laminating
My trusty Roland VS-540 printer uses Eco Sol Max ink, and I’ve discovered that when it comes to laminating these prints, you must… Read More
2023 Reader Survey: What’s your hourly shop rate?
Most sign businesses build their pricing around an hourly shop rate. Ideally that number is based on an accurate, current assessment of their… Read More
Shane Durnford | Jayce Fox: Carved signs and workshops for sign makers
Shane Durnford—who now goes by Jayce Fox—has always specialized in designing, carving and building exceptionally beautiful signs. Looking back through past articles in… Read More
Watch for these six “red flag” customer comments
There are some comments that sign customers make that should put any sign maker on alert. Mike Jackson has spent decades in the… Read More
What would this 4×6 sign sell for?
Randy Howe, Getzumexposure.com, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada So the customer walks in your shop and says his landlord allows a 24 sq. ft…. Read More
Sam Pitino: Behind the brush once more
Back in 1990, SignCraft interviewed a young up-and-coming sign painter who was living in North Florida. Sam Pitino was 22, full of enthusiasm… Read More
Eric Taylor, village signwriter
England’s roads connect one small town after another, and in years past, many of those towns had a signpainter or two. They provided… Read More
Custom signs fit right into this large format printing business
Ian McLellan’s roots are in the printing business, but getting into trade show displays eventually led him to the sign business. He has… Read More
Download this beautiful teak wood background for FREE!
Download Ian McLellan’s classic teak images today for free! Choose from the Photoshop files or TIFF files, which are smaller and will download… Read More
CNC and LEDs make these all-acrylic illuminated letters happen
Some customers want a sign that is unique, different and creative because they realize that such a sign projects that image about their… Read More
Tips & Tricks – Make adhesive removal easier
The world of vinyl lettering often leaves us with the task of removing glue residue from a surface after removing old vinyl letters…. Read More
Bob Parsons – February 2023
That little bottle of Fish Eye Remover looks frightfully like a lot of bottles of health care products—and that got Bob Parsons [Bob… Read More
Design & Price: 2-by-4-ft. site sign
For every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More
Use copy blocks to manage the copy
Most signs carry more than one message. This presents an immediate problem to the reader. Their brain asks, “In what order should I… Read More
Tips & Tricks: Try Krylon spray paint over ultra metallic vinyl
I love spraying colors over ultra metallic silver vinyl film then cutting the letters and graphics from it. It retains the metallic look… Read More
PVC monuments deliver durability and lots of appeal
A monument sign delivers a much different look and message than a sign panel mounted between two posts. The additional mass of its… Read More
Free lunch? Send us your Tips & Tricks!
Chester Board, a sign painter friend of mine, told me once how traveling sign painters used to stop by his shop, looking for… Read More
