Lynn Normington
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Hello Hugh welcome
the question is only dumb of you don’t know the answer so ask away we as you say all had to learn, you are quite fortunate finding this place early on. when we started it was literally trail and a lot of error 😀Lynn
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wouldn’t work for me Marek 🙄
it may be differant for Peter :lol1:Lynn
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Hi Martin
welcome we do quite a lot of honour boards from golf to terratorrial army no pics though sorry why the interest?Lynn
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sorry jem meant to say a bit scary for you at least you wern’t confronted by them we got broken into one night whilst we were in bed,fotunatly we didn’t hear them.
we didn’t have this business then they stole quite a bit including a video camera and the bits that go with it + cd’s etc it is quite a long story but the outcome was the police recovered the camera etc,brought it back to us Peter noticed the wires were differant asked the detective if they had looked at the video 😮 he said no Peter played the video they had only filmed their selves (they said they had found the stuff in the car they nicked to cart our stuff away with) very embarrased detective says “would you mind if I take this back cause now we can charge them!!) 😛Lynn
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the only lg I have used is reflective ,properties are ok but have noticed vinyl lifts from backing in sort of ridges.
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😛 😛 ok
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Nik is the young lad Brad your young lad ? congrats to him I have heard they are quite selective on who they take you will miss him with his air rifle lurking hope it won’t make a problem for you 🙂
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can’t belive that of you Carrie 😛
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are boson chairs not something to do with boats (?)
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which gerber? they make quite a few!
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sorry simon I have been to thailand and every thing I have bought has been value for money depends what you buy though obviously not a cartier watch you only buy them from cartier unless you are a bit silly like I say depends what you buy 😛
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😳 what are you talking about (?)
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where are you based stephen ours is approx 100
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never seen a sea bass fight if you get a pic could you post it should be interesting 😀
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I have mostly found Indian/Asian people honorable
Haven’t tried these wares would be interested to hear if anyone has 🙂Lynn
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Phil do you do all the graphics your self or have to trust some one else has got it right ? 😛
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If you do go for the overdraft mode check the interst rates some are prohibitive just watch your back guys
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Your work should inspire us all lovely 😀
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I think you would have been waiting a long time for MG to answer!!!
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only lo res but may be ok for small print
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Me and my big mouth!
Just turned my back on the plotter, and it chewed up a couple of metres!
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Hello Dave
a very warm welcome nice looking work only crit left back panel on the back I think would have looked better left justified just my thoughts very brave to post pics on first post 😎Lynn
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Carrie the car was a bit of a rust bucket looked quite good though for it’s age is was a J plate used to belong to a school teacher apparantly the inside was tidy as well
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Don’t forget Rich Croydon isn’t far from Luton you can alway’s come by if you need anything 🙂
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me too
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you will be fine judging by the stuff you have put up,
will you do it from home or a smaller work shop which ever all the best and you always have here to fall back on 😀Lynn
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Chris is that a week or day ?
We do have abit of throw away when you look at it and think how did that happen !! but not massive amounts maybe it comes down to not employing any one elseLynn
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sorry nigel you are half right when you have weeded what ever it is,
you are left with the up side (smooth) of the backing paper around your graphics you need the app tape to stick to this other wise it flaps around every where and sticks to what you don’t want it to,
does that make any sense?? I do seem to be going through a senseless period 😮Lynn
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Chris are you talking about weeded bits or full original bits (?)
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maybe a stupid question why not use banners or banner material 😮
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too much information Jem 🙄
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no we haven’t changed the name Brian it’s just that we find graphics a crazy business
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thanks Dewi yes it is our van one of the fleet 😛
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I bet that was scary Marek do you live near the coast 🙂
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What are you like MareK !!!! by the if you are this way in october (luton) you will be welcome.
Thanks for that Dex did find the site last night and choose one similar to you 🙂
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Hi Ian
this is probably a really stupid question but can you not up date with coral and adobe 😕Lynn
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hi Dewi any good (?)
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Dewi I’m sure I have but it’s on the missing list will keep looking :lol1:
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Why do these people think we have been waiting just for them all our lives and if they don’t come today tommorrow will do like we have nothing better to do 😛 had it happen in the past haven’t really found a good solution
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Dewie, is it not possible to make an array of what you have, then rotate
or mirror the diffent elements so that it looks random?
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Martin,
I am sure there are many excellent employee’s out there like you,
you are just very hard to come by, the sort around now finish what they are doing and wait and wait and wait until some one tells them what is next in a small place you can’t afford the waiter you need someone who looks and thinks that needs doing and gets on and does it,
hope whoever you work for appreciates your worth you didn’t say you were unhappy 😕Lynn
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must say that is a big improvement pity you couldn’t talk him out of the red
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It should be , In the Toolbar, window, colour Pallette and then select the one you use
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sorry Dex I probably opened my own 😳
I have had the error of my ways pointed out to me 😉Lynn
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it’s good Shane pity they want the other one differant do you have to do a differant design ? maybe you can add a bit on for the second one you cut that you are now not going to use so you will gain instead of loose
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Yes is is nikI ended up with between 91 & 92
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dex thats the same as mine (?)
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Hello Pete or bigpete
welcome you will find lots of helpful stuff here and a laugh every so often what sort of sign work do you do any qustions just ask you will usually get an answer
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just had a thought Paul as you are in the lands end area would it not be better to start there and finish at john o groats at least you could rest on the train/plane on the way home you would need the rest more after the ride than before it wouldn’t you 🙄
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Paul how long do you think it will take you ? what is the shelterbox charity I haven’t heard of this one
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Paul we are in Luton
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😥 so sorry vinny hope you get sorted soon and it doesn’t loose you any work take care
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Paul if you find yourself this way feel free to call coffee will be on the go
Good luck why are you doing it (?)
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nik do you mean numbers stuck on posts (?)
if so Iv’e got to 25Lynn
just got 45
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I did look at your post but I don’t have what you need so I didn’t answer I think we all do our own bits for our own charity’s and get on and do it 🙂
ours is keech cottage hospice for terminally ill children and thier partner pasque for terminally ill adults we proberbly don’t do as much as we could but as much as we canLynn
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nik tried it can’t figure out were you get the score 🙄
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quote :“You will make more money from this sign than I will!”
I will remember this one jill well said
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supposing the grahics were £250.00 for a decorator, gas /heating enineer, plumber, builder they would have the graphics paid for with half a job so why do they say things like that to us it makes me cross as they are not saying but implying we are less skilled or proffesional than them 😛 call any of them out and say good bye to a lot of money
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Brian,
ive done quite a few of these, Never had any problems getting the vynil to stick, just make sure its cleaned properly. and if its not brand new, a rub over with a brillo pad will bring it up shiny.
Some colours dont look to good on galvanised, but you could always flood coat it, cheaper than dibond.
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no your right he’s gone now and it was longer than 3 mins and he wouldn’t get his back up to you 😛
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agree with Simon looks part of the shop stupid comment by me it’s supposed to it does
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ok John I’m with you now panels my thought are something else :lol1:
I’m bit slow toniteLynn
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yes John they do when you cut them right but macky d was suggesting buying them panel sized unless I missunderstood (?) I also put mine on the side of the fridge till customer collects them it’s the biggest flattest metal surface I have radiators don’t work well 😛
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Hello Macky
nice idea but I don’t think many sign makers would buy them as i’m sure most buy magnetic on a roll that makes it that much cheaper and don’t mind the extra time it takes to make them fit just my thoughts 😀
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Hello Mark
welcome you will find a lot of use full things on here,what is it you are doing and how did you start 🙂Lynn
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Hi Ady
looks good clear and simple wish they were all like that
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Looks nice Jill, Only crit, the outer border may have looked better varnished or stained to its natural redwood colour. (But who am I to cast an opinion?) 😉
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John not sure, I think its a wyvern or e series. the same body style was also badged as a cresta, and i think had a 6 cyl motor. Btw Im A yorkshireman. Only passing through Luton 😀
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just came across this one as well
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what sign show was this John cause we wren’t there either
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Rich
I would be tempted to right justify on the panels cause they are odd shapes and I think you need at least your phone number higher
and instead of black what about charcoal metalic, looks good as it is just my thoughtsLynn :lol1:
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Hi paul
welcome I’m sure you will have some tips to pass on it would be nice to see some of your work I do admire the ones among us that can use brushes
the only brush I’m competent with is the sweeping brush 🙂Lynn
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going back to dougies original post is this not a one day free banner so it really doesn’t matter abour vinyl quailty just how it looks for it’s” one day of fame” 😛
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becky, for small stuff I wouldnt bother, unless you are doing them by the thousand Most small stickers are short term anyway
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mark,
the coat of alms wasnt that simple!
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On vinyl you can only cold lam as far as a I am aware, hot lam is for paper prints
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Dave
trounce, bannerbox or others will supply
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Sounds like a good idea, but price guides are just that, guides!
How much do you charge for a pound of spuds? the answer, if you ask the big supermarkets is, Buy as cheap as you can. and sell for as much as you can get! Keep an eye on what the comp is charging, that is a good a guide as any. Get your friends to phone other sign companies for quotes, and you will soon get a feel for your local market.
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I think to cut them manually is going to take a bit of time, if you have to, use a band saw,you will be able to get a more accurate cut.
But there are now lots of companies that supply flat cut letters, at very reasonable rates, its hardly worth the effort to make them yourself.
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Again Phil is that three times ?
they say three times lucky I was
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so no one want’s to prove how clever we are 😛
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yes Shane that is what I mean I don’t really know what it’slike were you are but I think you have more of a community feeling than any of us do
I do try to “keep it local” it’s hard sometimes cause your local shops don’t always have what you need but i try my bestLynn
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didn’t mark mine debbie but i got more right than wrong peter got more right than me but thats life 😛
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I know you would know the answer to a silly question Nik cause you wouldn’t think it was a silly question its is only silly if you don’t know the answer
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Do you recon we can all get together and do it? we would have to choose the cleverest people how do we do that?
I think if we could it would be a good laugh it’s not serious like millionare you don’t win or loose lots of money for a wrong answer don’t know how you go about it spect we could find out
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ok then John your on the team I always knew Nik was in to astrophysics
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Nik
to do what you do you must have assorted knowledge on all kinds of things unless you start thinking about it you don’t realise what you know when/if you watch milllionare or any quiz programmes I bet you get most answers right without giving a great deal of thoughtLynn
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Yes we barter a little bit Patio doors Plants for pots and baskets. meat from the butcher all local all kept local we all have to take care of our local communitys other wise we won’t have them, I would sooner go down my local high street and they know who I am and also know I’m getting good stuff mostly they only do good stuff not always cheapest, my sister came down to stay for a day or two she was so impressed that the butcher said oh hi Lynn you ok? how’s Peter she shops at the big supermarkets and don’t know her from adam. keep it local
Lynn 🙂
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Hi Phil
welcome hope you find it usefull here I’m sure with the years behind you in the business you will be a great help to others. 😀
Do any of your children work with you ?Lynn
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Hi Packman welcome 😀
when ever you spend money on making money always pay as much as you can and always buy proper stuff you may spend a bit more but you know youv’e got the back up and help that goe’s with it for example buy some thing form impact have a problem it’s sorted with a phone call (not in impacts pay) it could be anyone. and buy your vinyls as you need them most firms deliver next day so if you haven’t got it no customer can expect to see you and get sorted the same day. you can always ask for samples to show customers you don’t need to be stacked out with vinyl.
O.K. big confession time when we first started ordered lots of vinyl I liked the colour of unfortunately (or fortunately) most of our customers are big burley decorators buiders gardeners so they didn’t really want pink purple or teal.
still have quite a bit left sorry of on a spin
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I wish I could remember what being a virgin felt like 😛
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Hi Andy
welcome I expect afer 24 years you can teach us a trick or two
questions ask in your case answer I think you will have a lot of learning to pass onLynn
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L J I’m sure I spoke to you last nite or may be the nite before but if you have been mising welcome back :lol1:
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owd you know that then? And OK so which tower and which bit of the earth is it standing on? 😀
Peter
OOps sorry used the wrong ‘puter This is peter using lynns, if she finds out I’m DEAD (:) -
sorry L J I haven’t even heard of it checked and I don’t have it sorry
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