How Loooonnnggg Should it Take ??? - General Sign Topics

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How Loooonnnggg Should it Take ???

Posted by Gordon Forbes on June 1, 2004 at 7:19 am

Doing a large project at the moment and cutting and weeding and laying up application tape for roughly 120m plus of vinyl.
I the more experienced users opinions how long should this take me one man to cut weed tape up and get ready for going out the door?

I want to get an idea of my performance if its acceptable or if I need to get me finger out.

Seems to be taking a little longer than I expected or is it just me.

Thanks for any info from youz guys an gals.

Goop.

Bill Dewison replied 19 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Carrie Brown

Member
June 1, 2004 at 9:17 am

Hi Goop,

Dont think we can be classed as very experienced like ……….. ummm ……… Rob … but we have been doing it for two years now.

The cutting and weeding time will depend on how intricate the graphics are, we usually work on:

basic graphics: 10mins per meter to: load, cut, weed & tack
text & more intricate stuff: this can double or even trebble depending how much weeding there is to do per meter, If there is a lot of small text then it can take a while longer.

😀
Gordon Forbes

Member
June 2, 2004 at 11:41 pm

Thanks for the info completed it in just under three days but I will be applying your method from now on. Also made a bit of a boob (can I say that here?) have to learn to weed and then apply the app tape after an not weed everything first ooops

Goop
Bill Dewison

Member
June 2, 2004 at 11:46 pm

120m! 😮 😮 Are you lettering up the QE2?!?! 😉

I’m the same as you Goop, it always seems to take me longer than I’ve anticipated. 40m a day is pretty good though, I bet your fingers are sore now though 😕

Cheers, Dewi
Andy Gorman

Member
June 2, 2004 at 11:56 pm

It’s one of those things that is really difficult to guess at when quoting for a job. If I’m quoting on a lot of vinyl, I sometimes look at it in smaller units of say 5 metres. I find that’s a more accurate way of guessing, if that isn’t an oxymoron.

(Blimey, I’m using a lot of posh words tonight!)
Bill Dewison

Member
June 2, 2004 at 11:59 pm

Oxymoron? 😮 Is that an idiot with zits? 🙄

Cheers, Dewi
Andy Gorman

Member
June 3, 2004 at 12:00 am

No Dew, an idiot with zits is a McDonalds staff member.
Gordon Forbes

Member
June 3, 2004 at 7:04 am

No Big G YOU got that WRONG thats the MANAGER

Dewi ! sore legs wi standin all day I actually used less vinyl as I changed the shadow layout and cut em for best fit on the roll couldn’t stand to see all that waste but as I’m not fitting it doesnt matter.

Just got to try and make a decent 3 D looking flag from vinyl now.

I don’t like seein em one flat colour

Any Tips?
Bill Dewison

Member
June 3, 2004 at 8:00 am

Which flag is it Goop? Scottish?

Cheers, Dewi