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Why Ultraviolet Ink?

What is UV Printing?  While ultraviolet printing is only available for commercial use, it has risen to the top for the most popular ink choice for wide format printers. As the name implies, ultraviolet inks will not dry unless it is cured, but once exposed to UV light it dries very quickly. As projects come out of the printer, a burst of ultraviolet light cures the ink, insuring that it comes out completely dry and ready to display.UV ink is preferred for lawn signs because the results are crisp and vibrant colors that can catch and reflect light, making it ideal for outdoor usage. It's environmentally friendly and safe as well as environmentally able to withstand intense weather.That's awesome, but...

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Coroplast Goes Camping

The worst part about packing is making sure you have everything. It is even worse when it comes to camping. You may not have the ability to run by the corner store to pick up any forgotten supplies. Luckily for those avid campers out there, there is the Camping Kitchen Box. It's lightweight at less than 10lb and equipped to hold all of your cooking camping supplies. Made of corrugated plastic so you know it's waterproof and made to last. It currently is available in black or white.    Check out how durable it is in this video. Fully packed with gear and falling at the height of 10ft ten times.     Original Source: https://www.campingkitchenbox.com/

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Corrugated Plastic as a Challenge

While looking for awesome coroplast projects, I fell upon coroflot with Rebecca Coy's creation. Coroflot is built to connect designers to professionals. Rebecca has a number of cool posts but this one from 2012 is relevant by material and definitely deserves some recognition. Here is from the original post: The design challenge: construct a full-sized chair, able to hold the weight of an average adult, from a single piece of 4' x 8' coroplast and using an additional fastener (glue, nut and bolt, etc.) in only two places.  Original Source: https://www.coroflot.com/rebeccacey/Coroplast-chair    

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Is it Coroplast or corrugated plastic?

    You say "Coroplast." I say "Corrugated Plastic."   Although these two phrases are often used interchangeably, they are only different by name. Coroplast is the brand name of the most well-known manufacturer of corrugated plastic. Other popular corrugated plastic manufacturers are Correx, Twinplast, and Polyflute. Here at Online Yard Signs we use Coroplast for all our corrugated plastic projects. Another name for corrugated plastic is corriboard, so these two terms can be used interchangeably without regards to brand recognition. The two main types of corrugated plastics are twin-wall (also known as fluted, shown in image above) and wave-like (shown in image below).       Corrugated plastic is just like cardboard, except it is plastic. Their structures are very...

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FUN FACTS: Did you know?

Here are a few fun facts about some things related and loosely related to yard signs. Enjoy! Campaigning dates as far back as the Ancient Romans. They were much more limited then, considering they were supplied only with simple tools to scribble on their walls. Much like today, they displayed few words and focused on the positive traits of the candidate running using very little text. Most corrugated paper boxes (also known as cardboard boxes) are used by the agriculture industry to ship produce from farm to grocery stores. Fruits and vegetables are packaged in corrugated boxes because it is proven to kill bacteria. The wavy center traps bacteria where it doesn’t have access to the nutrients necessary to grow....

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