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All done with magnets!
Maybe it’s old hat to some of you guys but I have found that using small badge magnets are excellent when signing a van or metal pavement signs.
Using the badge magnets which are really powerful but small and light I have found that I can save a lot of time. Simply hold the graphic in place with a couple of magnets and slide it into final position and when satisfied add a few more, (can’t move the graphic with more then four magnets fitted).
No need for tape which saves time and handy when working outside and the weather isn’t great. I have even found the magnets are great to act as the hinge instead of using application tape. The magnets being small just stick to van until you need them.
I reckon I save 30% on the time it take to do a van because I can slide the graphic to exactly where I want it without having to keep sticking / unsticking bits of app. tape.
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Yes there are magnets available with hand-grips for this very task.
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quote autosign:Yes there are magnets available with hand-grips for this very task.Where can I buy those? …. 😀
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I’m very cosmopolitan…….I use one fridge magnet with skegness on it & another shaped like a big red apple from New York 😮
Does the trick and amuses the customers :lol1:
Cheryl
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This link should hopefully take you to details of them.
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … net#126048
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it does work, ive seen a few folk use them. one was the vehicle wrapper on the every stand. he had the ones with the little handles, i dont know where you buy those though.
i will get round to giving it a go, but i pre-measure everything when lettering a van, so by the time my marks in place im removing the vinyl from the backing tape completely to apply anyway. if its very big graphics i would use masking tape because ide worry that magnets, allow grip and not fall off, would slide with all the movement i create when applying. well theres that and the fact if the graphics are very big they are on box vans and the like and they are normally GRP Panels 😕good tip though dave 😀 i "think" some place like anchor magnets would do these or at least tell you where to buy them.
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Could use them to hold the a4-printout on the van while placing graphics
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Have been using them since the last thread on this subject. (Jan)
You have to ring them as they aren’t in there regular catalogue. Cost about £4.60 each, very strong magnets, ideal for the job. Also rubber coated bases.L J
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those look pretty nifty actually… i might give them a go. what size are those about?
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sorry Rob, been away most of the week.
They are about 2" dia, very strong, was certainly worth investing in half a dozen
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so how do they work on window graphics then ?
do you have a young lad holding another magnet on the other side of the glass ? 😮
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quote Hugh Potter:so how do they work on window graphics then ?
do you have a young lad holding another magnet on the other side of the glass ? 😮
they only work on magnetic glass Hugh ……… 😮 😮 😮 😮
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thanks john
im gonna buy a set to give them a go. 😀hugh, they wont work on glass mate… ive tried before. gave up after 5 minutes and went back to hammer and nails.
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thank goodness i didnt try that then, i woulda looked prettu silly hey ? i’ll try the hammer and nails instead !
hey marcy, where can i get this magnetic glass from ? would it be the skyhook, long weight and left handed hammer shop ?
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