Education
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How to Assemble Acrylic Awards
After engraving, the body of an acrylic award can be glued to the base. A special glue and applicator make…
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Dress Up Corporate Awards with Simple Stage Carving
Unique to sandcarving, stage carving is a quick and easy process to add to your bag of tools to help…
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Iron-On to Shine On: Applying rhinestones to trophies
Spice up traditional awards by adding a little bling to them. Below are the basic steps. Place a piece of…
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What is the difference between etched, cast, and multi-dimensional plaques?
Etched is generally used for thin material such as stainless steel, zinc, or bronze. You can etch into a substrate…
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What considerations should be made when pricing perpetual plaques?
When pricing a custom perpetual plaque project, make sure you consider all of your valuable time. Include time spent with…
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Try This: Twice Etched, Twice Painted Tumblers
Powder-coated stainless-steel tumblers are a popular commodity. One way to add a custom twist is with a double etched image.…
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Dealing with Moisture During Sublimation of Hard Substrates
During production with a heat press operating at 400 F/204 C, moisture can flash to steam and blow the ink…
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Positioning Promotional Products: The restaurateur’s approach
Promotional products are often seen as either appetizers or desserts, not the main course or signature entrée. Let’s assume for…
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What strategies should I employ this summer to knock out maintenance tasks?
During the slower summer months, whenever you have a half-hour or several hours to spare, consider knocking out some maintenance…
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How can I attract the best job candidates for my business?
Think of your job posting as a sales ad to attract good people. Most of us think about writing a…
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Boxed Illumination
Signage in a box – the venerable cabinet sign. In a completely elementary sense, that’s essentially what users are receiving…
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How can I show customers I believe in my product or decoration offerings?
As creators of promotional products, we can show that we believe in our product by creating garments and accessories featuring…
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Don’t Sink Your Business with Cash Flow Mistakes
Just because your business is profitable, doesn’t mean it’s a success. On the contrary, if your company doesn’t have a…
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Growing Pains: Building Your Impressions with Lessons Learned-Part Five
Learning never ends. Growing pains don’t either. The latter breeds the former. I’ve had my share of both over the…
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How can screen printers ensure quality curing?
Heat is one of the biggest challenges we face as printers. It really surprises me how little some printers pay…
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What are the basic steps to cut foam shadow tool organizers with a laser?
Open a new document to create a template to match your tools. Scan your objects and, utilizing either the Bezier…
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