02-18-2008, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbiana,Ohio
Posts: 214
Printer: HP Design Jet 3000, SP540V, Orca I 55" laminator
Laminate,Laminate, Laminate
If you are trying to come up with a standard real estate sign then I would say laminate. You can also come up with an unlaminated version at one price and a laminated price. Let the customer know what the expectations should be for both. You will have to average the expectations because you will not know how much UV each sign will see, I have a customer that is seeing some slight edge curl on one of his signs that I did over a year ago, I said that I would redo it because I know that I must have had too much tension on the laminate when I applied it, He said that this sign has been on a property every single day for over a year, the real estate market is in bad shape and alot of these signs are out in the elements and are seeing no down time in the trunk of cars or in garages--That is why it is hard to say how long these will last. Speaking of trunks of cars-without laminate the ink and vinyl will get scratched and damage from customers stuffing their signs in the trunk of their Benz.
If you are trying to come up with a standard real estate sign then I would say laminate. You can also come up with an unlaminated version at one price and a laminated price. Let the customer know what the expectations should be for both. You will have to average the expectations because you will not know how much UV each sign will see, I have a customer that is seeing some slight edge curl on one of his signs that I did over a year ago, I said that I would redo it because I know that I must have had too much tension on the laminate when I applied it, He said that this sign has been on a property every single day for over a year, the real estate market is in bad shape and alot of these signs are out in the elements and are seeing no down time in the trunk of cars or in garages--That is why it is hard to say how long these will last. Speaking of trunks of cars-without laminate the ink and vinyl will get scratched and damage from customers stuffing their signs in the trunk of their Benz.
