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Pricing Workshop - 8ft x 4ft correx sign panels.
Mr Piggy needs a couple of cheap 8x4's to advertise his market... Read more >>
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Sign School - Easy one-way window graphics.
Create one-way vision graphics that go on the inside of glass. Read More >>
SignLab - Workspace
A multimedia tutorial showing what the different elements of SignLab are. Read More >>
Sign School - Window Tinting
Neal (SignWorks) gives us an excellent demonstration on putting a little Bounce into window tinting!Read More >>
Cleaning your Roland Versacamm in 10 easy steps.
Are you getting small dots in your prints done on the Versacamm? If you are it seems your printer needs a good cleaning but before you lift the phone to call out an engineer, it's not a difficult job and one that if done regularly will help to keep your printer in top condition. Read more >>
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Sign Gallery
Check out some gallery pictures and read about some of the great work by SignPig.com members.
In this feature article you can see some of the stunning work produced by traditional signwriter and artist Ron Lloyd, a man who after many years in the trade still has a great passion for paint as can be seen in many of his recent masterpieces... Read more >>
Sign Workshop - Carving a HDU sign
Many thanks to Bernard Hibbs of Clover Signs for sharing this great tutorial on making HDU signs Read more >>
Pricing workshop - Up-Selling
Up-selling can greatly increase your profits if done properly. Most of the time customers don't really know what they want and arrive at your door just wanting their name on their van or sign. So, how do you get them to go for something fancier but more expensive? Read more >>
Review - FESTOOL PF1200E v-groove cutter
Review and video of the Festool PF1200 milling cutter for cutting perfect v-grooves for folding aluminium composite sheet. Read more >>
Sign School - DIY Etching a Brass Plaque.
Not many of us have cnc engravers but there is another easy way to make brass plaques... by etching. You'll be amazed at just how easy it is to produce great results. Read more >>
Pricing workshop - Small & medium vans - Part III
These vans have a large clipart image in vinyl and more spread out lettering to help make the overall design stand out more. Offering customers a layout like this ... Read more >>
Pricing workshop - Small & medium vans - Part IV
The final part of this workshop looks at pricing small and medium vans with digital prints incorporated into the livery... Read more >>
How long does it take to do a 2 hour job?.
Strange question you may ask but with time being one of the most expensive commodities these days, do we really answer this truthfully to ourselves when pricing jobs? Read more >>
Two colour vinyl registration
A Step-by-Step tutorial on accurately applying two different coloured layers of vinyl... Read more >>
Sign Workshop - Glue tests on Foamex
We put a few different adhesives to the test to see which is best for sticking pvc. UPDATED... Read more >>
Sign School - Doming tutorial.
Doming not only makes decals look great, it can also be a very profitable service to add to your business. A gram of polyurethane resin can increase the value of a 25mm square decal from a few pence to a quid. Read More >>
Sign School - White Space and Word Shapes
Good use of white space can make the difference between a good sign and a bad one. But what is 'white space' and what makes it so important to the signmaker? Read more >>
Sign School - Traditional Signwriting for Beginners - Part 2.
Time to lay some paint in Part 2 of our Signwriting for Beginners tutorial. In this part you will learn some of the techniques of the trade to create the proper brush strokes necessary for producing lettering... Read more >>
Sign School - Making a Dibond sign tray.
Sign trays made from a composite aluminium such as Dibond can be very attractive yet they are quite easy to make and erect... Read more >>
Pricing workshop - Jumbo Transit
Big vans need big amounts of vinyl, what would to expect to get for this basic layout? Read more >>
Multimedia Tutorial - SignLab
A multimedia tutorial showing how to install TrueType fonts into SignLab. Read More >>
Sign School - Applying vinyl to glass.
Flood coating vinyl onto glass is a practice that many newcomers to the sign trade shy away from as it is perceived to be very difficult. In fact, it is not that difficult at all and with a little practice can be done in a very short time with good profit.
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