Richard Urquhart
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OK so my son who works for me had a baby at the start of this so he’s been off on paternity leave, he’s now off until its safe to come back, its been so slow its not worth me going into the unit, lots of our work is dealership and body shop related and as the car dealers are closed its been very hard, what with the amount directors are due its going to be a tough time, all we can hope is we come out the other side, stay safe everyone and good luck, Rich
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[quote="Phil P Davies"]This may help. Though no mention of directors.
further down it does and is only paid on salary so a very small amount if its 80% of £719 per month
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Wayne this sounds promising :smiles:
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lol I bet I would be impressed
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Thanks Kevin we have been told that, to be fair speed for us is not a major factor, saying that when I’m trying to run one before I go home I’m thinking OMG Hurry up lol
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Machine arrived, punch in account details and up and running thanks for the post on the SumUp machine what a great add on for the small amount of times we need to take payments [emoji108]
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quote Richard Urquhart:quote PaulHughes:I took delivery on the more expensive Sumup 3G yesterday which is a standalone system with its own SIM card, rather than rely on a tablet or phone. Cost £69 +VAT, up and running in 5 mins. My wife paid £1 into the business account using the contactless method. The Sumup website shows transaction fee of 1.69%……bargain!! If you’re interested in getting Sumup, then click on the “refer a friend link. http://r.sumup.io/oGHNY
Hi I have set up an account and want the 3G terminal which is reduced to £69 but shows in my cart at standard price of £99 any one know the code to apply at checkout ?
Sorted now thanks
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quote PaulHughes:I took delivery on the more expensive Sumup 3G yesterday which is a standalone system with its own SIM card, rather than rely on a tablet or phone. Cost £69 +VAT, up and running in 5 mins. My wife paid £1 into the business account using the contactless method. The Sumup website shows transaction fee of 1.69%……bargain!! If you’re interested in getting Sumup, then click on the “refer a friend link. http://r.sumup.io/oGHNY
Hi I have set up an account and want the 3G terminal which is reduced to £69 but shows in my cart at standard price of £99 any one know the code to apply at checkout ?
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quote David Hammond:I’ve never had much luck tracing a template to make a cut file.
I think it’s when we take the photo of it, the image distorts.
You can’t do it from a photo to be fair, as Rob said the outlines are good for designs and some are very close but you can’t beat app tape and a marker, if it’s a one off van I normally template and place the app tape on top and cut the panel by hand but when you know your have a few to do or it’s a popular van it’s worth the time. This took me about 4 edits and a few meters of old vinyl and now it’s good to go
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Thanks guys I did send an over the top email before I posted on here and amazingly the full amount has been paid, the tricky bit they need lots more vans doing and I won’t now offer them credit !
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Thanks Rob, looks like the one I remember, it’s been really hard work chasing not just this customer but some I’ve done work for before, I’m angry and have taken this personally [emoji849] it’s enough money to make it worth going down the right route
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Perfect many thanks Rich
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wow What can I say just set this up and its really going to help, I can now put jobs up that are in my head and my son will know whats going on ! Brilliant thanks so much
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Thanks guy, that’s given me something to think about, will take a look now, many thanks Rich
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Thanks David
any more anyone
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David this is what I do and wanted to pass this on
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Right handed
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Thanks Rob
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quote Chris Wool:Banner box I would try first
Thanks Chris
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quote Alex Crosbie:Be very careful with preptone on plastics, it can melt them!
And if a vehicle has been repainted in can be strong enough to soften some aftermarket paints.
thanks for the heads up, we have been using it for a few weeks now and most of my work is in Bodyshop’s, no probs as yet but we’re keep this in mind thanks RIch
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quote Daniel Evans:Wow, what are all. Those and what do you use each one for?
The first one is a product called tango and good for trims after we have wrapped a van, the clear is prep tone, the orange is surface cleaner from spandex, the yellow is G101 and the last blue one is easy apply for when we apply ppf foils or wet application of etch etc
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quote David Hammond:Come on Richard I’m curious. We have colour coded triggers, and made a nice hanger for them. I’ll share a pic tomorrow when I get in
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OCD with the cleaners
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[quote="David Hammond"]I’ll ask next time they pop in.
What surface cleaner do you use, after the G101?[/quote
I like spandex surface cleaner, signgeer and also Hexis
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Not that this will help now, but I always remove a bit of tape from the letter and when fitting apply a tiny amount of clear silicone, this way the double sided tape does it job until the silicone has set, this way the sun and other factors on the tape won’t make a difference !
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quote David Hammond:Not come across preptone, is it a T&G remover or general purpose panel wipe?
Ask your auto smart guy for more info, mine told me the people who defleet the BT vans love it and it really does break down the glue so your not left with a big snotty mess lol
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quote David Hammond:Tardis tar & glue remover from Autosmart for us.
Buy 25l drum of the stuff, and decant into a spray bottle :thumbsup:
Also use G101 from them too, as a general purpose panel wipe :thumbsup:
David that 101 is the business mate we pre clean with this then clean again with a surface cleaner, brilliant stuff!
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I’ve had good results from concept tar and glue remover, big brand in Bodyshop supply shops, however just the other week we were given a sample of autosmarts prep tone and it’s brilliant !
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I have the same printer, it’s under Roland care and I’ve had less deflects and they just change the head.
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I’m not saying it’s a wrap film and it grabs like help but it needs must works
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I have had great success using non air release 751 with the clear app tape applied to the face, I can’t explain why but it allows it to be fitted with easy and no bubbles, remove the clear and heat in the parts you need
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All good guys and girls
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Thanks Jason
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Thanks all will try a sample, don’t need to worry about reg marks as I forgot I can print and cut in one hit
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Ah that’s a point I didn’t even think of lol
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Thanks David, I would think B1 is more than fine but did want some feed back for the boards, the current use is nearly the same as mine and the unit is classed as B1 so could work, thanks
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Hi thanks for the reply, sorry maybe not clear, if I were to take over a small unit that has B1 planning and was used as a similar use would B1 cover this use as a sign maker or printer
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Nice to hear from you Dave, the network man !
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quote Hugh Potter:quote Richard Urquhart:It’s brilliant but 3 door handles
I spotted that too, weird but, I guess most won’t notice it!
lol I would everytime i tried to get in the passanger side lol
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OMG Rob I’m so glad you agree ! hours and hours of work and 3 door handles is a big no no
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It’s brilliant but 3 door handles
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I’ve done a large fleet of curtain sided vehicle for many years and can only recommend APA the lorry’s are in constant use and touch wood not one fail, very easy to work with and really does last !
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We have been in the flat rate scheme for years and for me works well, you can’t claim vat back unless it’s for one item purchased over £2000 and only on certain items, new van, computer etc I leave this to my accountant so don’t hold me to amounts.Im not sure what rate we are on but it does simplify things, although this for me has to change due to starting a limited company as I have had to pay 40% tax on some profit [emoji85], we use Sage line 50 and will be going to Sage cloud in the next few months [emoji849]
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Hi mate we were going to go ahead but the unit I needed didn’t come off so lack space which is a massive shame for now !
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Hi Jamie, thanks for looking, we had to get this redrawn and its all sorted thanks again to uksignboards !!
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I would like to Give a quick but massive thanks to Rob for sorting this out for me and glad to hear UKsignboards will be resuming vectorising services is great news, first class and super fast, so impressed, big pain sorted out !
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Thanks mate, just sent an email, if you could let me know, thanks Rich
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thanks mate still looking the G IS A PROB Ahhhhh :bangshead:
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Think that’s just nailed it thanks all [emoji120]
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My thoughts, we have the tech to flat and polish I may suggest that to him, Rich
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me mate, very good customer and just put it down to experience lol,
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Just a quick update guys, the job was a repaired vehicle and where the new paint was blended to the old (ie not the complete panel painted) was where the wrap failed, we asked for the paint to be redone and we left it for sometime before we rewrapped, the outcome was perfect and we can only put it down to where the repair was done, thanks Rich
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If your using flexi sign(production manager) we make sure the settings don’t override what I have set on the plotter.
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Thanks guys I don’t have an photos as I peeled it off, it failed in a couple of places and that we’re not under any real stress, I’ve ordered another roll of material and also their final cleaner(I used Avery surface cleaner) so it was cleaned well before hand. Strange one will re wrap on Monday and update
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HX2000 skintac normal wrap film unprinted used loads before not had this problem
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It’s funny it just feels faster and you can just click and click and no hang time [emoji108]
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Did the upgrade today, all good and feels faster at processing large files so all good
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I’ve done a few of these jobs and been lucky or the material has helped, we print and trim the paper which is pre pasted and all we do is spray the back with water and let it soak for a few mins and hang, apply and squeegee the printed paper, works well and the media does not stretch, we get ours from all print supplies [emoji108]
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Brill thats a great reply and sounds good about the ink, thank mate
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Wow thanks Alex
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James its so sad, you have helped us many times and you always looked after us here at Dynamite, sad mate
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quote Neil Somers:You are right. The castors are not height adjustable. They are removable but that is not too helpful.
In saying that I have used one several times all for installs inside and found it very good.Fair play, every time I have used a tower I’ve needed to adjust the feet, be good if there was one available for this money with adjustable feet [emoji108]
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Again is it me or this looks as if the wheel height can’t be adjusted ?
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That’s a great buy, shame it’s not got adjustable feet [emoji85]
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Personal pref I guess, wrap cut is very cost effective but not a clean enough cut line for us.
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29 quid
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Yeh or signgeer Mate
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I get looked after by Spandex Mate [emoji108]
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If that’s the case you will
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As above Mate
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It’s not cheap it’s more than knifeless tape and still a 3m product but it’s great for sharp cuts and going round corners etc
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Ahh ok yes I’ve had that, which is why for quality jobs I use design line [emoji6]
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Was it 3m design line Mate, with the red inner ? I have used 25 plus rolls and never has it cut like that, as above I always make sure it’s applied well before removing the filament?
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Never had that mate
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For speed I like to copy Phil’s way if I’m doing a lot of the same vehicle as it’s quick once the application paper template has been made, then use the cut graphics to repeat, if it’s one I’m not likely to do again or a one off, you can’t beat Wrap cut, however I like design line as it gives a much neater cut, but you need to be very careful with it as it can snap on thicker materials.
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Yeh the ones I have are a little smaller and cut to size for a transported and edge sealed sorry though I may have been able to help
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Ok only I have some kits for the rac ones
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Is this on an RAC van ?
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Could you find out if they had been super guarded or a similar paint protection system? Normally we can tell when there is going to be an adhesion problem after it’s cleaned with IPA as it still feels very slippy when lining up the graphics [emoji85]
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This was done with 3m cast [emoji12] but fitted with clear app tape you get no bubbles also I only used fine line on this one
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Design line is a winner just remember it is a little more fragile so when pulling the filament take care but the stuff is brilliant
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I think you should stick to the quote, you should not have given a time scale or price for just the reason above, have you tried the 3m graphic removal gel ?
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The Steinel ones are the business have 2 and nice to have the clip in temp sensor, best gun I’ve had
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Thanks guys, yes just looked at Metamark and they say 5 year and for vehicle use so could be a winner !!
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James I really didn’t think it could happen so Im over the moon, always falls on a bank holiday but the sleepless nights were just not worth the worry as you guys nailed it !!!!!!
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I use a new sheet to cut on to and use a good straight edge and scalpel, I don’t know how people except overlaps as it looks really poor, we only ever butt join and due to the material even after time does not shrink like vinyls.
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Lol thanks guys Pencarrie
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You are the font man Chris ! Thanks so much, Good to chat mate [emoji6]
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found it think its Andulka sans
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Jon what adhesive system is used on the image perfect and do you know the code, the only ones I’ve fitted have adhesive on the back and we just spray with water and apply ?
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I would go up to the joint and over to just Past the centre then come from the other way doing the same, I try to feed into these as it’s asking for a fail
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Hi mate do you think it would come out in a photo ? To save post mate
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Thanks Rob I’ve got some I can try mate [emoji6] but I think it’s worth a shout to grafityp for a sample first thanks guys