Banner Stands

Many people think about getting a banner for an event or convention to put up information they want to present. The problem is when I see banners, most of the time they are tied up by zip ties or a rope. This is unprofessional and is not good for the banner itself. In business one of the most important aspect that all people look for is quality, and if you are looking at a company for the first time you decide what kind of quality work they do by two ways. Looking at past work they have done if any and by the quality of the stuff they have to represent themselves. Although it seems like such a small detail have the correct banner stand to go with your size banner can make a big difference in the way your banner is presented. The stand will make it so your banner is pulled tight from all corners making it more visible and easy to read then if it had a bend in it. A stand will also increase the life span of your banner. A more professional look will give you better customers who are more worried about what their finished product looks like instead of finding the best price in town and its up to you to show them that the quality of your work is better then any competitors.

  

Channel Letters Material Options

  

Channel letters are one of the best signs to choose from to mark your business. When I say mark your business I mean these are the best signage piece to go with for the front of your company, these should be used above your front door to attract passing customers and identify your company.

Then industry standard for backings of channel letters is made from a aluminum with either a pre-painted finish or a mill finish. Other types of finishes could be anodized, brushed anodized and mirrored, the difference can be found in the thickness of the aluminum. The facing of the letters is where you can get more customized and create your own identity by selecting from color schemes material types, size and trim of the letters. The material for the facing of the letters comes in any color you would like, depending on the type of material you choose the LED lights will shine brightly making your letters brighter or dimmed down some by the material giving you a deeper color. Before LED lights were the standard channel letters did not have the depth they do know and were not as vibrant. Now the depth has been increased and the LED lights are very effective in lighting up the letters making them colorful and easily visible. Channel letters are a great  for getting attention during the day and night, they are big and easily read making it easy for customers to locate or stumble across your company. Either way they are a great and inexpensive investment to attract more business.

Adhesion Sealer

At Laser Sharp Sign Design we improve the quality of our wraps by using 3M sealing tape to seal of the edges. It helps to seal and protect all edges of the wrap including wheel wells, hood, trunk and doors. Because its optically clear no one will be able to see the tape and you can extend the life of your wrap. This is a must have wrap tool that we use at Laser Sharp Sign Design to insure that our customers get the best quality products.

Dry Erase/Chalkboard Vinyl

Dry erase and chalkboards are things of the past. Now we have vinyls which give you the ability to write/draw on and be able to erase afterwards. This is great for a kids room, class room, office space, ect. You can turn a whole wall into a whiteboard/chalkboard. Whether for the kids to have fun, keeping a to-do list, grocery list this is a simple and fun way to add some creativity to a wall and you can always just erase what has been done and start with a clean slate. These types of vinyl are recommended to be used indoors, the white dry erase vinyl is perfect for dry erase markers while the blackboard vinyl is perfect to draw with chalk on. Both come clean easily with a eraser or damp  towel. The vinyl can also be cut into all kinds of shapes and sizes. If you really wanted to add decor to a room you could cut the vinyl in a specific design so even when there is no writing on it, it still looks good.

Both of these vinyls would work very well in a business such as a restaurant  As soon as customers walk in they could look at your board and see the deals for the day. It can be erased and redone easily for every day the deals change. It waste no space on the floor and is easy to install just by sticking to the space you would like it to be located. If you think your home or business could use a feature like this give us a call at Laser Sharp Sign Design and will get you what you need.

  

  

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Special Effects Vinyl

Use Special Effect Vinyl to create a visually stunning graphics that boost your profits. When being manufactured colors are incorporated into the resins not just surfaced dyed. This improves durability and permanence, the colors will not scratch off!I will introduce a few specialty vinyls to you starting with Decorative Diffrato-Lite Mosaic. This type of vinyl is for interior use only. The light diffraction creates the appearance that the intricate interlocking geometric pattern is in motion. Another type of specialty vinyl is Decorative Multi-lens. This type of vinyl is also for interior use only, continually repeating patterns of 3D concave or convex lenses that create the effect of metallic spheres. For a special effect vinyl that has outdoor durability you should go with Diffracto-Lite Brite Overall. This is a smooth silver iridescent vinyl that appears to change colors when viewed from different angles or in different light. There are many more specialty film styles that can be used to give your print, whether its a vehicle wrap or a banner, that wow factor to grab the attention of people everywhere.

 Decorative Diffracto-Lite Mosaic                                  Decorative Multi-Lens

   

 Diffracto-Lite Brite Overall

Metallic Enhancer

At Laser Sharp Sign Design we have the ability to use the MACtac metallic enhancer which will give your prints a whole new definition. There are many different options with the metallic enhancer to give your prints a fantastic look.This enhancer can be used over digital prints to create a metallic paint like appearance  It can also be placed on colored vinyl to create special effects in your prints. With the ability to add the effect to the graphic or just laminate a ‘regular’ print with this product you can get an awesome look that makes you stand out from the rest.

  

Camo Wraps

If your a fan of the outdoors a Camo Wrap would be the thing for you. Camouflage wraps are produced in many different kits in order to fit your vehicle the way you want. Kits such as a Deluxe Truck Kit which provides enough Camo vinyl to cover most full size pick ups and SUV's. Jeep Kit's provides you enough Camo vinyl to wrap your particular jeep. Another kit that is offered is a Camo Grass Kit. Instead of fully wrapping your vehicle Camouflage the Grass Kit comes up your vehicle from the bottom about 10 inches and gives you the Camo effect with out going all out. Camo Wraps are also made for back windows, rather then tint or nothing at all show your love for the outdoors by adding some Camouflage to your vehicle!

 

Camo Wraps don't just have to be your standard green and brown color with a wood or grass effect. Camo Wraps can be done in any color of your choice whether you decide to go one color with different shades or three different colors is completely the customers choice. There's also different designs of Camo that give your vehicle a different effect. You can go with the army digital effect or a simple Camo designs which distinguishes the colors from one another and give your vehicle a cool and unique look.

  

Intermediate vs High Performance Vinyl

Intermediate vinyls have improved a lot since they first got introduced in the 1980's. Now most intermediates are glossier and last longer, but by no means have they replaced high performance vinyls. High performance vinyls continue to be sold a lot more because they are more comfortable to uneven surfaces, they shrink less and they don't fade as fast. Also, there are usually a lot more colors available in high performance vinyls because the manufacturer can run smaller batches of cast high performance vinyls vs calendared intermediate vinyls. If you want a high quality sign with the longest vinyl life possible it is important to use a high performance vinyl instead of intermediate

Acid Dew

Acid dew comes from pollution mixing in with dew drops and becoming increasingly acidic with the more sunlight that hits it. This problem seems to be coming more common especially in warmer climate areas. 3M has come out with a new product to prevent damage to your vehicle wraps, 8528 laminate will reduce harmful effects of UV light and acid dew. This new lamination was designed specifically to guard against spotting and discoloration caused bu UV light damage and acid dew. Another way to prevent from this sort of damage is to maintain washing and polishing your vehicle. There are certain chemicals that should not be used on a vehicle wrap, doing so could cause discoloration, holes in your vinyl or removal of the print. Be sure to use chemicals that are friendly to your vehicle wrap, washing it constantly will keep your vehicle wrap in the best condition with no effects from UV lights and acid dew.

Should You Laminate Your Wrap

Our customers tell us that over laminating their vinyl wraps is a necessity. The vinyl over laminate not only protects the print from fading, abrasion, gasoline, ect., but also strengthens the vinyl which makes installation easier. Using lamination will also make removable of the vinyl easier if and when you decide to do so. The best part about lamination is the extra protection it will give your car. If you ever accidently set a chemical bottle or paint on your vehicle it is no problem with the lamination it will come right off.

This Avalanche is laminated with 8518.

Test Wrap Before You Wrap

TransferRite Ultraclear 1310 Grid material is the best way to plan your vehicle wrap before actually applying it. This material with 1'' grid squares helps you determine where your images are going to fall so they don't end up on the wheel or wrong door panel. You apply it to your vehicle before wrapping and map out how you would like the imaging and where the printing should take place. This is not a material that is used often but it is good for the perfectionist who wants to make sure all things line up perfectly. Many graphic designers and wrappers will do their measurements without this grid system, but sometimes it shows in their work. If you want to prevent any mistakes and leave a happy customer paying the price to insure that this is used on your wrap could be worth it.

  

Static Cling

Static cling is a material which has a static side and a print side. Its important that you don't print on the static side, doing so will cause a bad image and take away the static cling effect.You also want to be sure not to apply the print side to the glass, this could cause for color stains in the glass and will also ruin your image. Static cling material is great to advertise your business by sticking to cars, empty building, essentially anything that will except the cling. If you put your static cling flyers in the right places then you can expand your customer base. People always need some type of service, sometimes their just to lazy to find where and who can provide it for them. So if your providing a service using static cling flyers can be a great way to advertise, because now you take away the searching people would have to do to find your business and give them all the information they need on your flyer. The ability to stick it to peoples cars and office windows gives you more probability of getting hits from people that could use what you have to offer. Static cling print outs are usually smaller but can be a very effective form of advertisement.

  

Lamination

Lamination is like the last couple touch ups you would put on a project to make it perfect. Lamination provides the shine and the protection. Depending on what type of sign and vinyl you are working with lamination can be essential or not important at all. For example, if you are putting in an order for a banner that will be outside at all times and you only need it to last about a year, this would not require any lamination. But without lamination the banner would need to be handled carefully. The lamination acts as a protection to scratches, whether and fading. So when your putting in an order for a banner that will be used in and outside and you want it to last 3-5 years it would be recommended to get it laminated. You banner should still be handled with care but now there is extra protection for it. The lamination also gives your banner a nice shine and reflects sunlight and protects from bad whether which prevents fading. Some times its worth spending a little extra to get more, lamination is not required but it can be vital to have if you want the best looking sign.

Wrapping Fleets

There are two ways to use fleets of vehicles to improve advertisement of your company. The first way is if you are the owner of all the vehicles. If you have 20 vehicles for your company that drive around every day they are being seen by hundreds of thousands of people. If you advertised on your vehicles the amount of people to see your company name, logo and information would be through the roof. With the simple installment of wraps on your vehicles you have increased your advertisement immensely.

Secondly if you are a small business owner without any company vehicles, make some calls and advertise on another companies fleet vehicles. This may cause for payment to the company and for the wrap but, if you get 10 out of the 20 vehicles someone else owns you are know advertising all over town without having to drive around or spend your own gas money. Take advantage of fleet vehicles, they do nothing but spend their days on the road and for every mile they travel is another 100-200 people you can be advertising to.

QR Codes

You have probably seen these small digital looking boxes around before, but unless your involved in marketing you might not have understood what they do. QR stands for quick response. These codes are created to give your customers a simple way to get to your site, see promotions, or describe the product that they scanned the code from. You can use these codes to advertise anything, just tell your customers to scan them and see what the code has to offer. All they need is a smart phone and to download a QR scanner app, some smartphones are coming with this scanner as a stock app. Once they scan it with their phone it will direct them strait to the page that the code is set for. This is a great tool in advertising to give your customers a new and simple way to view your products, see sales and get descriptions on what they are buying. If you use these QR codes effectively you can gain a lot of customer visibility and will keep your customers active with your business by having them stay up to date with what your business is offering

Vector Color

Coloring vector objects is similar to coloring with crayons in a coloring book. Its all about staying between the lines. With vector images you can change the color of each individual object without having to worry about pixels. With a drawing program a user can click within an object and define its color, it also enables users to define the color and the widths of lines. Vector images are much easier to color then bitmaps.

  

Vector Resolution

Unlike using dpi such as a raster image does, a vector image is defined by math. When a program sizes a vector image up and down, it is simply multiplying the mathematical description of the object by a scaling factor. An example would be, in order to double the size of a 1'' square object, it would need to be multiplied by a factor of 2. The math is simply recalculated to produce an object double the size. Since vector images are capable of scaling up or down without the loss of image quality, they can be printed at any resolution that a printer is able to produce. Because the vector images don't use dots per inch or scanning resolution like the raster images, they create a much better quality and this is a big reason why vector graphics are mainly used in clip art.

                                                        

Laser Sharp Sign Design

Live in Tampa Fl and need a sign of any sort? Come check us out at Laser Sharp Sign Design, located right in Tampa at 301 and Causeway, we are always ready to take any project you may have in store. With great customer service and state of the art technology and printers we will get you in and out quickly and have your sign completed within the week. Our number one goal is to satisfy the customer that starts with kind and friendly service and ends with a laser sharp final product on time.

Even if your not sure exactly what you want, come through our doors to see what the show room has to offer. This might help make your decision or you can sit down with an employee and we will help you to come out with the best finished product possible. We have plenty to offer and you have plenty to express, so bring your ideas to us and we will express them with the most laser sharp products possible. Out moto, "A business with no sign, is a sign of no business."