Topic: Cheap Magnetic Signs

[Dracho]

Any of you who may own a business or have other reason to purchase magnetic signs for the sides of your vehicles may have been aghast at the price of these things.  Well, being unemployed, more or less, has made me creative.

I used The Print Shop to make a sign.  I then found the magnetic decals at CompUSA for around $9.  They are made by Avery and are 3270 Magnetic Sheets.

They look great until it rains, then being printed on an ink jet causes them to bleed.  But Wait.. I found Clear Window Decals (Also by Avery) for another $8.50.  I printed my sign, then coated it with a clear window decal, protecting the ink from the water (rather than printing on it) and viola.. car signs for $less than $20, when the sign guy in my business club wanted $185 per sign.  


Hope this helps someone.  

[Sirgod]

That would have been very usefull, back when I had my MA school. great Idea there Dracho.

Stephen

[Death_Merchant]

What happens to them in the sun?

UV + Most Ink Jet Inks = bad fading  

[Dracho]

Hmm.. we'll see how it holds in the ink..still, I can print a lot of them for the $200 the printer wanted..  

[EE]

Quote:
Any of you who may own a business or have other reason to purchase magnetic signs for the sides of your vehicles may have been aghast at the price of these things.  Well, being unemployed, more or less, has made me creative.

I used The Print Shop to make a sign.  I then found the magnetic decals at CompUSA for around $9.  They are made by Avery and are 3270 Magnetic Sheets.

They look great until it rains, then being printed on an ink jet causes them to bleed.  But Wait.. I found Clear Window Decals (Also by Avery) for another $8.50.  I printed my sign, then coated it with a clear window decal, protecting the ink from the water (rather than printing on it) and viola.. car signs for $less than $20, when the sign guy in my business club wanted $185 per sign.  


Hope this helps someone.  

What size are you looking at? Was it a custom design or just letting cut out on vynil stickers with a plotter?

I used to do sticker/banner/sign work. Even started to dab in making neon signs before the company i worked for went out of business. for $180 when I worked, you would be looking at several signs, about 12" high and 24" long, lettering, and possibly logo as long as its not to extensive on cutting and colors. All that with 1 year warrently. Maybe more, depending on situation, if you tried to talk us down and if it was slow that week.

Biggest job I had was a $7000 sign for a chicken drive thru place but a majority of the work I did was custom stickers for kids riced out cars, powered by honda etc. I hated doing those but it paid the bills.

[Dracho]

Any of you who may own a business or have other reason to purchase magnetic signs for the sides of your vehicles may have been aghast at the price of these things.  Well, being unemployed, more or less, has made me creative.

I used The Print Shop to make a sign.  I then found the magnetic decals at CompUSA for around $9.  They are made by Avery and are 3270 Magnetic Sheets.

They look great until it rains, then being printed on an ink jet causes them to bleed.  But Wait.. I found Clear Window Decals (Also by Avery) for another $8.50.  I printed my sign, then coated it with a clear window decal, protecting the ink from the water (rather than printing on it) and viola.. car signs for $less than $20, when the sign guy in my business club wanted $185 per sign.  


Hope this helps someone.  

[Sirgod]

That would have been very usefull, back when I had my MA school. great Idea there Dracho.

Stephen

[Death_Merchant]

What happens to them in the sun?

UV + Most Ink Jet Inks = bad fading  

[Dracho]

Hmm.. we'll see how it holds in the ink..still, I can print a lot of them for the $200 the printer wanted..  

[EE]

Quote:
Any of you who may own a business or have other reason to purchase magnetic signs for the sides of your vehicles may have been aghast at the price of these things.  Well, being unemployed, more or less, has made me creative.

I used The Print Shop to make a sign.  I then found the magnetic decals at CompUSA for around $9.  They are made by Avery and are 3270 Magnetic Sheets.

They look great until it rains, then being printed on an ink jet causes them to bleed.  But Wait.. I found Clear Window Decals (Also by Avery) for another $8.50.  I printed my sign, then coated it with a clear window decal, protecting the ink from the water (rather than printing on it) and viola.. car signs for $less than $20, when the sign guy in my business club wanted $185 per sign.  


Hope this helps someone.  

What size are you looking at? Was it a custom design or just letting cut out on vynil stickers with a plotter?

I used to do sticker/banner/sign work. Even started to dab in making neon signs before the company i worked for went out of business. for $180 when I worked, you would be looking at several signs, about 12" high and 24" long, lettering, and possibly logo as long as its not to extensive on cutting and colors. All that with 1 year warrently. Maybe more, depending on situation, if you tried to talk us down and if it was slow that week.

Biggest job I had was a $7000 sign for a chicken drive thru place but a majority of the work I did was custom stickers for kids riced out cars, powered by honda etc. I hated doing those but it paid the bills.

[Dracho]

Any of you who may own a business or have other reason to purchase magnetic signs for the sides of your vehicles may have been aghast at the price of these things.  Well, being unemployed, more or less, has made me creative.

I used The Print Shop to make a sign.  I then found the magnetic decals at CompUSA for around $9.  They are made by Avery and are 3270 Magnetic Sheets.

They look great until it rains, then being printed on an ink jet causes them to bleed.  But Wait.. I found Clear Window Decals (Also by Avery) for another $8.50.  I printed my sign, then coated it with a clear window decal, protecting the ink from the water (rather than printing on it) and viola.. car signs for $less than $20, when the sign guy in my business club wanted $185 per sign.  


Hope this helps someone.  

[Sirgod]

That would have been very usefull, back when I had my MA school. great Idea there Dracho.

Stephen

[Death_Merchant]

What happens to them in the sun?

UV + Most Ink Jet Inks = bad fading  

[Dracho]

Hmm.. we'll see how it holds in the ink..still, I can print a lot of them for the $200 the printer wanted..  

[EE]

Quote:
Any of you who may own a business or have other reason to purchase magnetic signs for the sides of your vehicles may have been aghast at the price of these things.  Well, being unemployed, more or less, has made me creative.

I used The Print Shop to make a sign.  I then found the magnetic decals at CompUSA for around $9.  They are made by Avery and are 3270 Magnetic Sheets.

They look great until it rains, then being printed on an ink jet causes them to bleed.  But Wait.. I found Clear Window Decals (Also by Avery) for another $8.50.  I printed my sign, then coated it with a clear window decal, protecting the ink from the water (rather than printing on it) and viola.. car signs for $less than $20, when the sign guy in my business club wanted $185 per sign.  


Hope this helps someone.  

What size are you looking at? Was it a custom design or just letting cut out on vynil stickers with a plotter?

I used to do sticker/banner/sign work. Even started to dab in making neon signs before the company i worked for went out of business. for $180 when I worked, you would be looking at several signs, about 12" high and 24" long, lettering, and possibly logo as long as its not to extensive on cutting and colors. All that with 1 year warrently. Maybe more, depending on situation, if you tried to talk us down and if it was slow that week.

Biggest job I had was a $7000 sign for a chicken drive thru place but a majority of the work I did was custom stickers for kids riced out cars, powered by honda etc. I hated doing those but it paid the bills.