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Printed Sign: Wildlife Sanctuary

Posted by Shane Drew on 26 December 2005 at 00:18

1200x1800mm printed 3551 laminated with 215.

Flood coated onto 9mm painted timber using my ezy taper. Did 3 in total.

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Shane Drew replied 19 years, 12 months ago 6 Members · 8 Replies
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Robert Lambie

Member
10 January 2006 at 00:58

sign loks good mate, how did the ezytaper cope with this size of board?
John Singh

Member
10 January 2006 at 01:02

Great stuff Shane
Did you set into the ground?

What is your method of setting?
David Rowland

Member
10 January 2006 at 01:11

That last statement. “The Wildlife park accepts no responsibility for damage etc”… so if a big elephant breaks loose in the car park, the park is not liable?
Ok .. time for bed
Carrie Brown

Member
10 January 2006 at 01:13

Nice sign Shane ….. did you fit it into the ground too?

😀
Shane Drew

Member
10 January 2006 at 01:52

Thanks for the comments

The easy taper is 1500 wide so that was not an issue. The 9mm thickness was 😮 in the sense that I am a not as strong as I thought I was, and my muscles are not what they used to be… but dad and I did it after a little effort.

Rang ezy taper to tell them the issues I had, and found out that if I took it thru the back, in the reverse, it would be easier. Have done it since and it work very well, as the springs are not as strong coming from the rear.

I only supplied these, the sanctuary have staff on hand to do all the posts and stuff. They were Koppers Logs that were set in concrete with treated timber frames behind the timber face.

I’d probably use dibond next time.
steve geary

Member
10 January 2006 at 02:14

Nice Job Shane!
Something I’ve been meaning to ask….
What do you tell customers the lifespan of a print will be?.. Realistically.
Laminated or not??

steve
Shane Drew

Member
10 January 2006 at 03:03

quote steve geary:

Nice Job Shane!
Something I’ve been meaning to ask….
What do you tell customers the lifespan of a print will be?.. Realistically.
Laminated or not??

steve

I tell them it is a hard call to be honest. Given the aspect of the sign face, etc.

I sold these ones on a 3 to 5 year for vinyl life, but explained that there are so many variables in the weather here, plus the exposure to the elements, they may only get 2 to 3 years for print life. I don’t give an option for unlaminated in this situation.

Truth has it, the sign will likely be vandalised inside 2 years anyway, so the client is happy with the timeframe.

The signs that we replaced were 18 months old, but were peeling away from the substrate as the previous sign shop had not used a quality vinyl to print on.
Shane Drew

Member
10 January 2006 at 07:54

quote Dave Rowland:

That last statement. “The Wildlife park accepts no responsibility for damage etc”… so if a big elephant breaks loose in the car park, the park is not liable?
Ok .. time for bed

actually THAT would be a cause for concern… as they don’t have elephants at the sanctuary 🙄 😉