Such sad news.  Condolences to his family.  I will certainly miss him here on SS.  Just goes to show you, you never know when your last minute here will be.  Live every one like its your last!

Have you had any luck getting paint to stick to the edges of alum composite? what are you using?

As a "real" sign wholesaler I find the practice of these EMC mfr's reprehensible.  To knowingly go in and take work for a 1 time shot  compared to a lifetime of repeat sales is plain dumb. I guess the greed is strong and everyone lets them get away with it so they continue.  I remember back in the day when I had a retail shop you could get 100% mark up and now I hear in our are its 20% if you are lucky.  Daktronics has a nice product but they are very open about selling to stadiums, schools churches and DOT direct.

RIP.  I enjoyed his posts over the years.  

Prayers for the family.