http://speedprogp.com Signs and decals in Grande Prairie, Alberta Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/18/trucks-gone-wild/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/18/trucks-gone-wild/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:18 +0000 Jennifer http://speedprogp.com/?p=1402 Grande Prairie Stompede week gets a bit hectic for the staff, so we bought lunch for our hardworking souls, and when we went outside we noticed something wrong in the parking lot… so we had to step in  ]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/18/trucks-gone-wild/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/18/discovering-your-substrate-diabond/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/18/discovering-your-substrate-diabond/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:56 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1349 UNDERSTANDING AND DIFFERENTIATING DIABOND:   Diabond; it rolls off the tongue nicely, but what exactly is it?  You know its a substrate, and that it has something to do with aluminum, but what about diabond sets it apart from the aluminum you’re familiar with?  Why would anyone choose diabond over aluminum, or vice-versa?   In our last post we [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/18/discovering-your-substrate-diabond/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/10/discovering-your-substrate-crezone/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/10/discovering-your-substrate-crezone/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:05:46 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1367     Whenever I hear the word crezone I picture a fat calzone and get hungry, which is weird I know, because though crezone may sound like something you’d find on a pizza menue, you’d be more likely finding a pizza menue on crezone.  A wooden-based sign substrate, crezone may be an old-timer, but it can still walk the [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/10/discovering-your-substrate-crezone/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/08/discovering-your-substrate-pvc-signage/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/08/discovering-your-substrate-pvc-signage/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:04:47 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1377 Often, a lightweight, simple, and inexpensive yet eye-pleasing substrate is required to direct and advertise information inside a business or organization, and such a purpose can be easily and professionally accomplished through the use of Polyvinyl Chloride, the substrate otherwise known as Styrene.  With its smooth, satiny finish, styrene is coroplast gone formal.  Solid, yet thin and flexible, [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/08/discovering-your-substrate-pvc-signage/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/05/dont-remind-me/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/05/dont-remind-me/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 15:03:56 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1386 I’m not a vegetarian and I’m not a PETA fenatic, but I love animals.  I love people and personality too.  And I love food.  I love to eat food.  I love to eat food but not food that has personality, or food that constantly reminds me it was once alive and breathing… and CUTE, damn it.   [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/05/dont-remind-me/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/02/discovering-your-substrate-aluminum/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/02/discovering-your-substrate-aluminum/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:02:53 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1352 Many people associate aluminum substrate with street signs, and while it is true that street signs are aluminum, this substrate has far-reaching potential and must be recognized as a choice substrate for anything from the mundane to the highly professional.  Versatile as well as durable, choosing aluminum signage makes a purchaser the Master, allowing creativity [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/05/02/discovering-your-substrate-aluminum/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/04/30/discovering-your-substrate/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/04/30/discovering-your-substrate/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:02:39 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1328   If you’re about to invest in a sign, big or small, make sure your first questions aren’t about pricing options, but about which materials are available to you, and which will best suit your needs.  It’s important not to walk into a shop with a budget that’s incapable of providing you with a quality [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/04/30/discovering-your-substrate/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/04/06/big-changes-at-speedpro/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/04/06/big-changes-at-speedpro/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:00:17 +0000 Jennifer http://speedprogp.com/?p=1319 As many of our customers know we have been looking for a replacement for our very talented Production Manager Andrea since January. Andrea had some opportunities (like going to Africa to help children there) that she just could not pass up. And lets be honest Andrea is a hard act to follow. We were determined [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/04/06/big-changes-at-speedpro/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/02/24/where-you-never-want-to-see-your-sign/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/02/24/where-you-never-want-to-see-your-sign/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:18:57 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1287   Have you visited signspotting.com yet?  It’s a must; everytime I drop by the website I nearly bust a gut.  But seriously, you DO NOT want to discover your sign in any of their online categories, or being celebrated as one of their Top Ten.  It would, however, be fun finding your competition’s sign there somewhere now wouldn’t [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/02/24/where-you-never-want-to-see-your-sign/feed/ 0 http://speedprogp.com/2012/02/22/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-round/ http://speedprogp.com/2012/02/22/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-round/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:17:16 +0000 Jess http://speedprogp.com/?p=1291 Them kids had it right all along.  The wheels on the bus do go ’round and ’round,  and they go all through the town.  Holy Smokes, but the eyes they now see!   City buses pass walking people, driving people, bored-in-the-office people, waiting outside in line people, and throughout the entire day, they pick people up.  It’s [...]]]> http://speedprogp.com/2012/02/22/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-round/feed/ 0