[Dave Springate]

Thanks guys ! much appreciated.

Bestrgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Paul,

Sorry for the late reply, been real busy!

Thanks again

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi, yes i understand, now… what, if any wrapping material will go through my gerber, I have a spare vespa side panel that Richard gave me and would like to try to wrap it.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi
Sublimation will only work on materials with a polymer-based surface. You can coat virtually anything with a polymer-based surface and can buy items ranging from t-shirts to metal plaques that will take sublimation prints. Sadly it will not work on 100% cotton.
Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Why do people automatically assume you are a mod if you ride a scooter? The graphic above was taken from an old SKA album front cover and the writing around it is a name of one of the tracks on that album. The guy who owns the scooter is defiantly not a mod.
Hey Mr Sticker, I take it you are saying that if i ran some “wrap” through my gerber that it would not be wide enough as you needed the full width to have something to hold on to? If you are pulling the vinyl to that extent how on earth do you stop the printed image distorting?

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

While we are on the subject of wrapping can someone have a look at the above pictures and tell me if they think it would be possible to wrap one of the side panels shown above, if so what can i run through the gerber?

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
I would be interested in how you get on “wrapping” a vespa, I put a 12″ round graphic on the front of one the other day and had a complete nightmare at the point where the front horncasting meets the front legshields ( original target design was bigger and covered the top right corner of horncasting where it meets the front legshields) I dont envy you at all. I was using Oracle 751 printed on my gerber.
Ended up shrinking the size a bit so that the graphic didnt cover the top right corner but just lapped over the horncasting and all went well. Other probs i have encountered is round decals on the side panels, these can be a headache too.
Mind you the model i was fitting the graphics to was an older PX model the newer models are probably a better shape to work with. Good luck with it though and please post a picture when youve done it.
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Any chance of posting that “race” font?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Been working from home for about 6 years now, started in a spare bedroom, now in a purpose built workshop and wouldnt want it any other way, especially since my daughter was born 3 yrs ago. I have seen her grow up and like simon above, have saved a fortune in child care!

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi guys,
Yea i aint to bothered about what i could have got it for as i am aware that if i ordered full sheets i would have payed a lot less. This used to be how i bought this stuff but as i said above i very rarely use it now and so dont stock it.
All i was wondering is what the going rate for the size of “sign” that ive made is at the moment.

Thanks for the input though!

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi John,
Thanks for the reply mate, i used to hold the stuff in stock when i was doing a lot of this type of thing. But as i said dont do much now but the customer is local and asked if i could do them for them. You know what its like….. dont like to turn anything away. Anyway i pay a little more than normal for the boards but only ordered them this morning from supplier and they arrived this afternoon so i guess you expect to pay a little more for that kind of service, and as i didnt have any in stock i didnt have a lot of choice.

[Dave Springate]

Hate to do it but bought the boards in ready cut to size………… £42.50 + vat not cheap i know but i dont do much of this sort of thing anymore so no option, vinyl cheap as chips.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks guys,

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Well said Jem !

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Thanks lee, and everyone else. Uksignboard to the rescue once again!

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Nobody recognise it ?

[Dave Springate]

No Sorry guys and girls its none of the above, its definitely “MARGARET” maybe as Jem said its known by a different name??
best rgds
Dave

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[Dave Springate]

I purchased one last year and its earining its keep every day, would i buy another one….. yes but not from Spandex. Crap installation service and even worse after sales.

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Dont worry mate i opened it ok in sign lab, its just what i needed thankyou very much.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi
Thanks for posting the flag but having trouble opening it, Corel keeps saying file corrupted??

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Richard,

No problem mate, glad i could help.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Rich,
Sorry for the late reply mate, been in Prague for a few days, Panel arrived safely. Just wanna say thanks mate, very kind of you. If i can be any help to you in the future please dont hesitate to get in touch.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Steve
Thanks for posting the SX panel outline, will download it tonight as i aint near my PC till then.

Thanks

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Nice one mate, …..thank you very much…… how much do i owe you for the postage?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Xpres do a film called “extra flex” its got a sticky backing and is supposed to be good for small or detailed logo’s. But i would still print them.
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Cheers Steve nice one !

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

I would definately not try and cut something that small, go for a garment film you can print onto then just apply the “disc’s ” to the garments. Much easier.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

mm……. (:) Spandex, what a great company with excellent customer service…………NOT!

Dave (another not so happy customer)

[Dave Springate]

Hi Rich,
Thanks for your help with this one mate, much appreciated, and nice talking to you!

best rgds
dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Rich,
Ive tried to call twice mate ive left my number on your message service.

best rgds
dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Rich,
Are you sure you dont want it? I presume both sides are identicle? That would really help me out to have a blank panel i could spend some time trying to get a template from it, how i dont know, but there must be a way. What do you want me to do about delivery as im in Kent?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks very much Jill & John, most helpfull as always !

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Thanks guys!

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Marek,
I couldnt open your file mate, Corel saying that the file is corrupted ????
Any chance you could repost?

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the help with this one (especially marek and rachel), sorry i didnt get back earlier but been away for the weekend.

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks very much!!

[Dave Springate]

Or if anyone might have the above logo and could let me have it ……………………………….

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Thanks Adrian but looking for something more like the font used in this logo.

Dave

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Hi
I was looking at the one i did and i couldnt work out why it didnt look right have altered it now if anyone wants it.

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Dave

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[Dave Springate]

Hi Jill,

Thanks i kinda like that too. here is one that i was drawing.

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Dave

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[Dave Springate]

Hi Paul
They will do very nicely mate thanks very much!

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Paul
Can you repost it as a Corel 10 file please.

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Paul for some reason i cant open it ???? its a Corel 10 cdr file right?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Paul
Hasnt been specified so anything will do i think?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi
I typed in esso “oill drip man” and also tried “old esso advertising” turned up a lot for sale on ebay but no “artwork”.
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Jill,
Thanks for that will have a go at downloading and vectoring them tomorrow. strange you found them on google ive searched and found nothing.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,

That might just do the job, thank you very much.

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Adrian,
Bang on mate thanks very much!! will download tomorrow as im not in the workshop at the moment.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Still got the keys to his shop?? if so empty it and dissapear back home and set up on your own!

[Dave Springate]

Hi, i have been doing MX graphics for nearly 4 years, started off by buying a thick clear plastic stuff (cant remember the name of it now) i used to screen print it in reverse then hand laminate a 3M type high performance adhesive to it then had to run it through a real old die cutting machine using knife type cutting blades.
Found out about Convex and havn’t used anything else since, run it through my GerberEdge 1 machine and cut it on my GSX plotter. (this was the reason i bought the Geber)
I have never had a problem with convex and the two dealers i supply are really pleased with the stuff i do. However be carefull as Danger UK are very well known and MX riders are very finicky. Ive had a couple of sets of backgrounds sent back to me because “they dont look like Danger’s ones mate” This transpired to mean that the font for the numbers wasnt quite as bold as what Danger UK use. mmm with the price of the Convex you dont want that happening very often !!!
best way forward for getting the shapes needed for the plastics is to get friendly with a local dealer and go measure the bikes it takes a while to get them done but its the best way.

[Dave Springate]

Hi Gordon,
Thanks for your help mate, but customer has decided not to place the order nothing wrong with the logo’s at all they just couldnt get the sizes needed so i suggested they went back to the original printer. Thanks for your help with this though its very much appreciated and if i ever need some printed garment logo’s again i will be in touch.

Thaks again

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Terry that was exactly what i needed !

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi
Any chance you could e-mail me that font ? i cant seem to download it correctly!

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Graham,

Will get them applied this weekend and let you know about the other designs.

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Gordon,
I received the samples you sent me yesterday thank you. Now i havnt used this before so can you give me an idea as to how its applied? ie what temperature is it applied at and for how long on the press also does the print need protecting with silicone paper while in the press?
I normally use xpres stuff and have no knowledge of the product you have sent me. Thanks for your help so far mate its very much appreciated.
Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Ali,

I bought a Geber edge machine and the software came with it. Otherwise i would not have upgraded as i can get by with Corel for what i do.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Be carefull with using the “red bull” logo they are one of the few companys who real hot an anyone reoproducing it without permission!

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
I started out with Corel draw and cut straight from it, have done for the last 6 years! just upgraded to sign lab and although its very good i sometimes “cheat” and go back to Corel to edit and design as i know my way around the program better than signlab. I started with Corel 7 now on Corel 10 but have resisted upgrading as i really must get to grips with Signlab.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi forbie whats your e-mail address mate as i dont really wanna post my address in the forum!

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Forbie,

Thanks mate, that would be cool. have you an old logo printed on this stuff that i can have a look at will of course reimburse your postage costs.
Just wanna see how it looks compared to Flexi-cut.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Paul,
Thanks for that mate but i only have the standard printone cartridge’s for my Gerber and not sure if these will be any good for garment vinyls.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Peter,
Much appreciated ! wouldnt happen to have the Left one would you so i can make a pair?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Guys,

Now how the hell do i vectorise that cherry red boot, could do with showing the lighting effect if poss?
Like the idea of the boot print, so basic, why didnt i thinkof that? (Couldnt see the wood for the tree’s) i think.

Thanks again
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Yea me too, good service from Print one would highly recommend them i am slowly changing over to them as i run out of gerber foils.

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Thanks rob i get all my garment films through xpress as it is, i didnt know i could get it sprocketed to run through a gerber though becky?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks for that could you possibly e-mail me the file you have shown above, i can convert it myself.

Thanks

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Lamby, thats what i thought, just wasnt sure due to no feed back from customers.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks everyone who replied with advice, printed them out this morning and they look really good and more importantly customer is well happy!

thanks again

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for that, i have a Spandex account but they are VERY expensive, for everything, do you have any contact details for Cox’s or do you know of their website.

Best Rgds

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Keith, just what i was looking for!

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks guys, spent about an hour yesterday looking for the items i mentioned to no avail. Becky, i will PM you on Monday thanks.

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Dave

[Dave Springate]

oh well i guess they will fill it even quicker than it was dug.

[Dave Springate]

As i said let me know when its finished and i will join you!

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Marcella,

You name the place i will bring the brandy !

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Here is one i did earlier for a local maggot farm, guess the boss had a sense of humour, it was a bit fiddly but charged accordingly. Whole design cut on my Roland camm 24 using Extra-flex from Xpress.

[Dave Springate]

Hi Paul,

On the same subject, how do you rate victory’s stuff against expres’s t-shirt vinyls?

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
Just wanna say thanks to all who have offered me advice with this job, especially Dave from Cadlink who called me this morning, and to the people who sent my file back “ready to print” I have done it now and it looks great ! Thanks again for all you help.

best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Colin,

Yes i agree ive nothing but praise for the guys at Cadlink they have been a great help. As for the guides, yes ive read them cover to cover and keep them handy in the workshop so i can refer to them while im learning. This decal is giving me a real headach though and its not doing what i expect it to do at all. I bet its a real simple solution though, and im sure its just my inexperience that causing the problem.

Thanks
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
I know you are just starting out but you really need a heatpress mate, they can be had second hand but they are few and far between. I borrowed a Hix heatpress when i was starting up but the guy got funny with me when he realised how much i was doing and took it back. had to bite the bullet and buy a new one ouch!

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Outline, i tried to do that at first mate and the result was a lot of white areas showng aroung the different colours in the image. Thats why i thought i had to weld it all to get the bleeds but its caused me more trouble. Any other ideas you may have to help me out would be appreciated or i could mai you the plt file?

Bets rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Yea i could Rob but then it would print as process colours, if you print it in spot colours you get a far superior finish.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Yea sorry its a gerber edge 1

[Dave Springate]

Here is the decal im trying to print its 51mm x 39mm

[Dave Springate]

Hi Rich,

Been all through mine and i aint got anything like it either, if you do find something could you let me know as it would look good on the motocross shirts i print.

Best rgds
Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Thanks for that, so by selecting reverse print it will print top layers first finishing off with a flood coat ?

dave

[Dave Springate]

Whats your e-mail address mate and i will send it to you, its in Corel 10 CDR format is that ok?

[Dave Springate]

Hi rich had a spare 5 mins and did this for you is it the one you are after?

[Dave Springate]

Hi rich thought i had one at least but i aint, however none of the logo’s on their website would be hard to re-draw, which one you after as in their own sticker range there are a few to choose from.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Will have a look for you rich.

[Dave Springate]

Hi Dave,

Is this what you are after?

http://www.xpres.co.uk/ultragraphics.html

Dave

[Dave Springate]

hey Dewi,

Where do you get your reflective vinyl and perspex from for your number plates?

dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks for that Colin

[Dave Springate]

Hi Chris,
Yea i guess he is looking for something like co-cut?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi,
I use UK Leisurewear too, but if outline knows a better one any chance of the contact details?

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi, I have been cutting direct from Corel for years you dont need an add on!

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Thanks Carrie, did it today, along with some other stuff as i am away all next week, no rest for the wicked eh? 😉

[Dave Springate]

Hi,

Well i was told to fill the banner up as much as poss, i want it BIG was the customers request.

banner is a heavy duty one, hemmed with brass eyelets and is written with mactac banner vinyl, i was thinking around the £100 mark for a price but please tell me if im too dear.
Sorry about the photo but i had to hang it on the fence to get the picture.

[Dave Springate]

Hi Dave,

Use very light pressure mate or you will flatten the pile on the fleece, try a tea towel on top of garment and vinyl before pressing works every time for me. Oh and the best stuff to use on flleece that i have found is the flock material.

Dave

[Dave Springate]

Hi Mandy and Neil, i hope you find it as usefull as i have being part of these forums.

[Dave Springate]

Bloody Hell !!!! think i need some too.