We did almost the exact same thing with our flea market booth signs last year. Had a 3 color logo that looked great on our website but turned into a muddy blob on a 2 foot banner. Switched to just black on a cream background and it reads from the parking lot now. Kept the full color version for our business cards and the website since it still looks good up close. Cost on the banners dropped about 30 bucks each too.

Took me three visits to my dad's place in Tucson before he stopped using "Fluffy2011" for his email and his banking. Getting him to actually check the real site himself like your mom did is the whole ballgame, that's a bigger win than the password manager.

212 buttons and one paper tail per pin adds up to a real mess, but tearing the die apart every few weeks seems like overkill when a good wipe down usually does the job. That spring wad sounds like a fluke, not a sign you need a full breakdown routine.