John Simpson
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Just out of interest my local S E closed down about 2-3 years ago.
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Hi Bart, Version 111 still has same fault as version 1 then?
All i do is lift up the handle & let it re set it self again, usually works on 2nd time.
Or does yours keep on doing it.
This fault can also happen if the front of the machine has very strong light shinning on it……..it baffles the sensor.
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Hi Jim, :welcome:
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quote Lynn:nice John did you get any free fish ? I’ve always fancied a fish tank but my choice would be sharks whales and dolphins 🙄 my house is’tn big enough 😀
Lynn
Hi Lynn, Our fish pond at home has recently had 15 baby Goldfish, so i don’t think we want anymore as yet.
Mike, Customer already had a similar design on the back of a Bus, so he gave me that on a Cd in eps format. As i was looking for the originals I came across them & more on Beeline Cd’s so he was thrilled to bits that i could improve on his original artwork.
This has been a pleasure to work on as it is so different to my normal work……….I actually enjoyed it. & he paid up on completion 😀L J
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Hi Rich, forgot to mention they are mounted on 1" spacers………makes them look better
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Hi David, benvenuto alla vostra nuova sede. La maggior parte di noi sono pazzi su here.
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Brilliant job Mike, must admit never thought of offering that idea to customers.
Know what you mean about up & down ladders, just spent last 2 days doing the same also next Mon & Tues over at Hull (will be posting pics).Was this job printed in strips & sewn together?
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That’s good Steve, i like it………it’s easily readable & makes use of one of their main tools of the trade.
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quote Chris Dowd:As for room for big banners, we just finished two 10 mtr x 1 mtr double sided banners on a 10′ bench!
I have a 20′ x 6′ work table, still not big enough sometimes.
Dave: whats up mate, haven’t you got a home to go too?
nite nite,
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quote Dave Rowland:also we have to keep the staff working.
daveWho says my staff are stood around? 😉
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quote Nicola Rowlands:i cant see what the hassle is with this disscusion…. i make more money everyday since buying my cadet…couldnt do so subbing out 😉
nik
You would Nik, if your cadet was printing wraps or vehicle prints instead.
Just depends on your customer base!L J
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Sorry Chris forgot to say, no i haven’t tried that make of tape but have tried 2 other makes & i was very disappointed with them. Still think sewing them is strongest way.
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quote Chris Dowd:John, I understand what you are saying, however, when you look back at Gav’s original post, he is clearly asking what type of printer would be suitable for printing directly to banner, not “should I buy a printer or sub out”. The fact still remains with the printers currently on the market it will still be more beneficial to Gav to print in house!
ChrisYes but what Gav doesn’t say is whether he has taken into account the extra expense on top of a new printer for setting himself up (as you have) to do the finishing of the banners by buying a decent plastic welder or sewing machine. Also does he realise the room he will need to lay out big banners?
IF he is just starting out in this business, i still say he’s better off subbing them out till he’s built up a big enough customer base & tested the water. Then decide if he wants the big expense.
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must add to that, I really must print a few banners myself soon as i have almost a full roll of 54" banner material stood there doing nothing, (dead money)
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1st of all Chris you have to realise that i bought my Rockhopper 1, 4 years ago on lease hire, Just finished paying for it in June. Compered with new printers mine prints so slow it’s unbelievable. I need to replace it i know but it will have to be later not sooner as i have recently bought a laminater & took on the unit next door & replaced 3 computers etc, etc..
Secondly, i have an eyelet machine but no welder or industrial sewing machine, so i find that taking my printed banners to a local "lorry sheet maker" the best way to finish them at a cost of £10 to sew the hem & eyelet them…..i have to pay out for diesel, use of my van & pay Julie half an hours wages to take it to the sheet maker & pay the same again next day to go & collect it.
So it works out far cheaper to sub it out & let us get on with other more profitable work back at the unit.
Yes my printer can & does cause problems recently (since finishing paying for it) whether i am printing banners or wraps, but i allow more time to print wraps where as banners i can sub out & forget about them.
In my situation i still say it’s not only cheaper to sub out but also a dam site easier & less hassle.
I pay about £26 for 6′ x 2′ up to about £39 for 10′ x 3′, as i say not worth me doing my own unless i have nothing else to do.
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As Peter says there are firms out there that can print them far cheaper that we can (approx £35) because that is all they do, they don’t make fascia signs, or letter vehicles or wrap vehicles………all they do is printed banners or lettered banners. They are geared up only for that purpose so they can produce them far cheaper than those of us with printers can do.
All you have to do is the design & email to them, approx a week later they turn up on your door step. All you do is put on your mark up & phone the customer to say they are ready……….what could be better.
No paying out approx £10 – £30,000 for a printer, then you need to buy an eyelet machine & a plastic welder or industrial sewing machine.I USED to print my own banners, but now i have found this firm that Peter & I are on about i wouldn’t even bother switching on my printer for that price, (£35)
Another major thing to think about is when you have your own printer what happens when the dam thing lets you down & needs repairing (when it’s out of warranty) average costs for repairs approx £1,000.
Just think how many banners you would need to print at £35 each to make enough profit to pay that bill.
Take my advice sub out the work & put a healthy profit margin on top, sit back & let someone else worry about repairs, breakdowns & deadlines.
Do yourself a favour go on a wrapping course after you have bought your printer & learnt how to use it, & specialise in printing vehicle wraps……..bigger profit margin & sub out the banners.
sorry to go on but this is all from recent experiences.
Good luck with what ever you decide to do.
L J
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quote Cheryl Tissington:quote Ross Archer:Are you using a Versacamm? If so how do you rate it?
I laminate most of my stuff by hand. I’ll probably look at a laminator early next year.
At the moment, its easy to apply by wet application.Cheryl
Hi Cheryl,
Hope you aren’t hand laming with water when using wrapping vinyl over recesses?
Would not advise this as the adhesive on the clear needs to be 100% in contact with the print.I know through experience………even the same when laminating with the machine but not left the print long enough to out gas before laminating.
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That will certainly get noticed Phill, & that’s the name of the game.
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Would suggest if all else fails try altering this one,
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quote Lynn:John they were only puppies in that pic!! 😛
Lynn
Thought i remember them as being ginormous 😳
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our suppliers (also members on here) http://www.northern-signcases.co.uk/index.html
have used them for a few years now brilliant people very helpful.
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Told you didn’t I, Donkeys.
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John, you don’t want to know……..Donkeys comes to mind……..I’ve been there, i don’t think Lynn takes them for a walk…….it’s a case of they take Lynn for a walk :lol1:
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Hi Rob,
just be careful, don’t ask advise on a Fri night……..there is only me & Lynn still sober. 😉L J
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I’m glad you mentioned "Frog juice" Richard, I was wondering who might be interested in a full box of 12 cans. I don’t need them now that i have a laminator. Make me an offer if your interested.
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quote Richard Urquhart:john did you notice i left the top part of the skewers off !!
just didn’t look right so howrich
Yes, i was wondering if you would take them off, or should i say alter the "Graphic Designers" work, funny how they always think they know best.
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My wife, who runs "Garden Angels" says’s that you will have to be quicker with the quick answers, or put downs. My dear wife has had to learn to do the same…………trouble is she is that good at it now, i have to watch my step.
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perverts come to mind or even normal
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Brilliant job Richard, the van really stands out. Even makes the print look good 😉
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Have good time mate, when you get back you can tell us all about NZ.
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Happy Birthday Dynamite & you Martin…………had never thought about the New Years bit, nice one.
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I would say a very lively one Chris………………hello Cheryl, welcome aboard, you will love it here…………we are all friends.
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Neil, Northern signcases make made to measure ones & snap frames.
They are members of uksb.L J
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quote Darren Bolton:Hi David
We have had the same problem about a year ago with our grenadier. Simply enough it just out that we had a dodgy batch of inks. something wrong with the nozzle where the cartridge releases the ink.
Darren
That’s what was wrong with mine.
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Sorry cannot help then, but i find that answer about it not being level as very unusual. Especially since you say it’s been in that position for some time.
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Might be a silly question to you……but…..what make of carts are you using?
I ask this because i have recently had a similar problem with a different make of printer, turned out to be the carts leaking.L J
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well b*gger me, i was only talking on the phone this morning to his gorgeous wife……twas never mentioned.
Happy Birthday mate (hot) (you old b*gger)
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curved part to rest your knee on, cuts fine with heavy duty blade, one man or women operation over a 10 x 5′ sheet.
Couldn’t get the one for the edge of bench even though the bench is 20′ x 6′ as there is only 2′ walk around space between bench & wall.
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£400 i think. we use it on the wooden floor.
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quote Robert Lambie:hi john
sorry mate, i never elaborated….i find the cutter restrictive in “some” ways….
by that i mean Length. as you will be aware it cuts the depth of the board but not the Length.Quite agree, that’s why i bought the 3mt flat one as well (more bl**dy expense)
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quote Robert Lambie:have them cut when you buy the foamex in.
see demo in members area for doing it by hand.
keenkut i have, costs about £1200 i think… not perfect but very good.
Rob: have you changed the blade! buy the heavy duty ones, what a difference.
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I like the oval, very striking. Well done.
I actually get on well with the graphic designer that usually sends work to me……….she actually listens to my advice regarding colours & fonts …….so much so that she now only uses the 751 swatches that i gave here & repsol acrylic swatches.
Makes our life a lot easier.L J
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He’s only showing off again 😀
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quote Dave Rowland:hey John the bubbles is our idea!
grrrr 😉Dave: thought i had seen the idea somewhere 😳
Richard: Yes, i find it wont stick permanently to rubber (or not for long) so i remove them where possible.
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Looks an interesting job.
Hope you have plenty of room in workshop 😉L J
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Just noticed "Arfus" name on the car in the background of pic No3.
Lots of detail in your prints, must be a nightmare to size up to fit the car.
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quote Robert Lambie:very good mate, nice job…
how confident did you feel doing this after being on the course?
what vinyl did you use?Far better equipped in our minds on actually doing the job after doing the 3 day course Rob, just need to hurry up a bit which will come with more practise.
Always use Graphywrap system, never let me down as yet.Lynn: The car was or is a silver grey.
Dave: istock.com or customer supplied artwork. .This "frozen" pic is on istock.
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Thanks for your comments both of you ladies.
To be honest it was our 1st attempt & we only wrapped it in stages in other words in between jobs, so it probably took us 2 days instead of one. The part that was the hardest to do neatly was the door mirrors. We took out the glass but still found them very difficult to finish them off neatly. i think we did one of them twice to get it right.L J
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Sorry Ady, don’t understand your problem with Flexi, we never have any problem with importing .eps .ai .pdf .jpegs etc.
Have you tried re installing Flexi? That might cure your problem.L J
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quote Richard Urquhart:sorry john they wanted my balls !! even though yours were better 😉 😉
I cannot help it if my balls are photo quality & yours aren’t 😳
Good job done though.
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I know you say it’s on the Mac, but i have Techno on PC & it’s nothing like your sample. Are you sure it’s the right name.
L.J
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The only trouble with drinking a pint of milk every day for years is you end up with too much calcium in your system which means you have kidney stones which bl**dy hurt.
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last i heard you have to have council planning permission to fly the union jack but must be from a proper flag pole, which you also need planning permission for as well.
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years ago when i was a welder on the steel works, we were always given a pint of milk to drink before you started your shift. This was to line your throat against the fumes, i would think it would do the same to a degree for paint fumes. The pint of beer is for after you have finished to take the taste of the milk away 😉
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Try this link Matt, it has picture of them, we always use them now.
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … net#126048L J
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quote John Harding:I think its great we can solve our cash flow by working straight through the holiday periods and save on presents!
John
nice one John, quite agree.
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Welcome to our family Knut…………just need a picture now eh 😀
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You’ve had that parked on your driveway all day & you let customer come & take it away??……………..couldn’t you have told him it was nicked, then brought it up to me & we could have wrapped it a different colour for you so long as i could have a drive.
Apart from that good job done Peter / Lynn only part i don’t like is the business name & job description………….saying that though, there must be some money in that job.
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a job to be proud of, well done Jill.
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You beat me to it Peter 😉
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You obviously have 2 good lads then George.
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very smart George, do you mean you did all 3 in one day?
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must admit i have had nothing but help & good service from Nigel / Joe at Graphityp.
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quote Phill:Tell your tight fisted MD to buy his signs from a proper signmaker 😉
either that or we start up a side line selling vans & trucks!
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I know it’s expensive to get married nowadays but i didn’t think it would have taken you all these years to save up! 😀
well done to both of you.
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Happy birthday Rob
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As Jill says don’t show a full list to customers (too much information)
No harm in printing out a list of say 6 or 10 different fonts.L J
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highlight the text on your drawing page…………click on design central, the 1st square looking icon along the top row…………….click on the letter A.
this is easier than going into the text button on the top row
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must be our age Shane!
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James,
Don’t make the same mistake with ordering a new comp as i did………..it turned up with nothing but usb sockets…….then took 3 weeks to track down additional cards for parallel & lpt ports.L J
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quote jamesdeacon:Hi my name is James Deacon and this is my first reply to a thread I have over 5 years experience in vehicle wrapping (you may have seen me on the grafityp stand at sign UK!). Never cut holes in vans – that’s for starters the air with the grafiwrap system can be pushed out after the recess has been done just ensure its in the flat section of the recess and is in a least noticeable area/colour etc I also use the straw technique and also flapping back the wrap to a corner and passing air to it.
Hi James……………….I have had the pleasure of watching James wrapping ……..absolutely brilliant………….just wish i could afford to employ you mate.
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Pat, the last link doesn’t seem to work! or is it me?
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I agree with Dave, looks great to me.
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BIG Happy Birthday Jill, love from us lot here. :cheer:
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Maurice
I find that the only fine lines i get with my Rocky 62" is with the magenta so i have to do a power wash 2 or 3 times before a session which seems to cure it till next time i print which could be 2 0r 3 days later.L J
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Maurice,
Was the fine lines through all colours or just one colour?L J
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Hi Phil, try & persuade him that it would look good as his business name but would spoil the look if it was used throughout.
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Try there websites including Graphityp.
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brilliant flags Gordon.
PS met your Lorry Driver mate today 😉
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quote Robert Lambie:rear window of dog van has the controvison type idea, using lines i did in my past demo.
.Since you posted that demo Rob we have used that same idea at least 20 times so far………me thinks i must send you a %. 😉
Customers always happy to spend another £25 per rear window (usually x 2 per van) as they think it takes ages to fit them. 😳
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Someone on here mentioned the blades are no good that come with the machines (quite agree) have bought new blades from screwfix that are "heavy duty"………what a difference now it works……..nice clean cuts every time.
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Hope all went well today Nige. Congrats
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Vinyl Corp 0115 944 1778
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Thank gawd for that, i thought i was missing out on previous posts somewhere along the line. I have not been on here much recently as i have been too busy.
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Welcome Jenny.
Nik, am i missing something? your flag has changed……or is it my eyesight?
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Good video Rob, as i didn’t caught on it, just need to "Pan" a bit slower as it makes me dizzy.
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Gwaredd, can you not pm Jayne to ask for her email?
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someone has to use it…………..I get nothing but compliments around here. (about the van)
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very good, you should think about being a sign maker, you might make a living out of it 😀
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I don’t know what it is about that bunch of keys, but i think they look marvellous, well done very smart.
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0870 845 8458 This should get you started
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Hi Richard, that’s who we were with AXA but soon changed once we had a quote from NFU.
Do a search on here for them Richard, we discussed this last year & phone Nos put up then. don’t have Nos with me but i found my local office by doing a search on Google.John
PS they come to you once you have rung them.
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Hi Matt,
I think you will find a lot of us on here use National Farmers Union.
We changed over to them last year & saved ourselves just over £2,000 for the year. This is between my business & my wife’s. Between us we have 4 vans 1 car & 1 classic car, 2 units, So total the vehicles, units & employers insurance with the public liability it totalled a saving of over £2,000. We have just renewed for this year with only a slight increase.Hope this helps.
PS what happened about your spare ink carts?
John
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Happy Birthday Nancy
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Goop,
nice to see you back mate.
That Zebra that you have………would you be interested in buying mine?
It was brand new when i took it in lieu of unpaid bills but never used it, so it’s still brand new. Zebra Z6000 6" wide… few rolls with it & green ribbons.L J
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just need a pic now, before Carrie say’s it.
Welcome to your new home NickL J
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That’s it Phil, bring this thread to a screeching halt, why don’t you :lol1:
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quote :just remember, if it is a waterbased adhesive, the glue may go milky for a while, and it will not have full adhesion for a day or two. depending on your weather.
All the best…. I’d still do it dry tho 😉
Shane, don’t you mean "a week or two"
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nice one Phil, hadn’t thought of that, that explains it.