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Booper

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Seams on Glass
« on: October 22, 2011, 02:33:29 PM »
Just an FYI for y'all so you can learn from my mistake. Im wrapping some 9 ft glass bathroom doors for an office building with 3M 1080 Brushed Titanium & I had the bright idea to do a butt seam on the door so that the grain of the material would go left to right instead of up & down. Well you cant seam on a glass door. The vinyl allows light to pass thru it so when the bathroom light is on the door actually glows, but the seam is REALLY visible so I had to rip it all off & gotta redo it Monday. Wasted 400 bucks worth of vinyl so just wanted to give you guys the heads up! LOL!  :cheers:




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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2011, 04:09:47 PM »
That sucks sorry you have to do it all again plus eat 400+ dollars. Thanks for the info
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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2011, 05:51:21 PM »
sometimes the hard lessons are the best learned.

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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2011, 06:04:54 PM »
Ouch.... Sorry to hear that....
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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2011, 06:41:52 PM »
Yep! Tough too see all that material go in the trash but at the end of the day we gotta make it right! I wont LOOSE money cuz I charged out the ying yang for this job but I wont make anything either after travel etc but it will be amazing looking when its done and keeping the client happy and possibly more work from them in the future its the right move  :cheers:




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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2011, 08:10:35 PM »
Quote from: Booper on October 22, 2011, 06:41:52 PM
Yep! Tough too see all that material go in the trash but at the end of the day we gotta make it right! I wont LOOSE money cuz I charged out the ying yang for this job but I wont make anything either after travel etc but it will be amazing looking when its done and keeping the client happy and possibly more work from them in the future its the right move  :cheers:




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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2011, 03:19:39 AM »
Seams in general are tricky. I noticed a place where we stop by to pick up lunch installed some perforated vinyl displaying pics of their food, and they made a seam right in the center, and from a distance and with the right light is not visible, but once you get a little closer and there's enough light from the back is horrible.

Glad you're doing the right thing, next job they'll still call you, no doubt about that !
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Re: Seams on Glass
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2011, 05:31:45 AM »
Quote from: jfought on October 22, 2011, 08:10:35 PM
Quote from: Booper on October 22, 2011, 06:41:52 PM
Yep! Tough too see all that material go in the trash but at the end of the day we gotta make it right! I wont LOOSE money cuz I charged out the ying yang for this job but I wont make anything either after travel etc but it will be amazing looking when its done and keeping the client happy and possibly more work from them in the future its the right move  :cheers:




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