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acrylic sign advice needed please?
Heres my problem….
Customer wants two perspex logos making up for interior of his shop. Nothing big, which we can stand off from wall. The logo is oval and needs to be in lime green perspex with a second perspex shape stuck on top in a purple acrylic. Lettering would be applied on that…
But I am having no luck finding anyone who can cut the perspex in these colours and small sizes. Can anyone recommend a supplier who i can give a try? it would seem lime green and purple aren’t very popualr colours 😕
Other alternatives for making these would be applying the vinyl in the lime green and purple to cut shapes of forrex or dibond or something, but the edges are going to look naff. If anyone has any ideas on a way i can get round my problems here i would be grateful, if i bang my head against this brick wall any more I’m gonna have to go the hospital!
Kate 🙂
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8 Replies
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Why not use clear acrylic and apply the vinyl to the reverse side.
That way the edges will appear to take on the colour of the vinyl…if you polish them.
Sand (fine wet & dry), scrape with edge of stanley & flame with a mini-torch or a bit of elbow grease & some brasso / t-cut.
(Flame polishing is best – just got to be careful!)
Dave
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quote David Rogers:Why not use clear acrylic and apply the vinyl to the reverse side.That way the edges will appear to take on the colour of the vinyl…if you polish them.
Sand (fine wet & dry), scrape with edge of stanley & flame with a mini-torch or a bit of elbow grease & some brasso / t-cut.
(Flame polishing is best – just got to be careful!)
Dave
excellent advice here Danny. I do this all the time when I need a coloured perspex. Saves buying a full sheet just to do a small job, plus it is always a good result with the vibrant colour that vinyl gives when reverse applying to clear.
Remember your main enemy doing this method is dust tho. Keep it clean and you should have a good finished result, Wear cotton gloves to avoid finger markes under the colour too
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thanks guys this seems like a much better option, and i can get the edge flame polished rather than attempting to do it myself.
cheers for the help
Kate 😀
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quote Shane Drew:excellent advice here Danny.
Sorry Kate. Only read the first and second posts quickly. 😳
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No problem Shane!
Can anyone recommend the best glue to bond the two acrylic shapes together with? The clear acrylic shapes will be covered with vinyl on the back (after the advice above!) but will dabs of glue still be visible through it?
thanks again
Kate 🙂
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you might be better covering the front of the acrylic in the same vinyl aswell – because depending on which kind of standoffs you use it could look unsightly with the vinyl just on the back.
If putting the vinyl on the front is an option the best method for glueing acrylic is tensol 70 which is a 2 part liquid which gives a very strong bond & dries clear
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I’d recommend Tensol 70 if it’s acrylic to acrylic, but a VHB tape if it’s acrylic to vinyl (as tensol melts vinyl!). As it’s solid colour – you can make quite large (surface area) standoffs to ensure a good fix.
Tensol 70 is basically 2 part liquid acrylic and hardens clear.
Danny, if you’re worried about male fertility…don’t go licking your fingers after handling the hardner!! The COSHH data makes for some scary reading….on the upside, the resin comes in a cool aluminium flask.
Dave
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Cut the pex in white , cheap and plentiful , duco spray with the colours you want , use superglue/contact adhesive to hold em together.
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