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Can anyone give me any advice of how to mount perspex?
A while ago I agreed to do a friends daughters Shop Lettering. The deal was that I would do the letters in brown vinyl and he would apply them to a glossed wood. I had said that it wouldnt look very good as the roughness of the wood would show through the vinyl.
He called me today to ask me to go and measure up as he was at the shop, when I got there he has told me he now doesnt want it applied to wood but wants me to apply the vinyl to perspex to be fitted to the shop front.
I normally do vans, cars and promotional stuff so to be honest with you all im pretty lost.
On one hand its a good opportunity for me to learn knowing that my friend is very patient and quite handy, but on the other its a lot of hassle for not alot of money.
Can anyone give me any advice of how to mount the perspex? He wants to just drill and screw it, I have tried to talk him into one of the Ashby Aluminium Trays but we dont yet know the price as it was closed when I measured up.
Any advice whatsoever on the best way to mount my lettering will be greatly received.
Thanks guys.
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if it’s clear perspex i’m sure you’ll need to use ‘stand-offs’, they’re basically spacers, drill the perspex, mark thru the holes, screw the spacer to the fascia and then screw the tops thru the panel into the spacers, 1/2hr job if you pre-drill in the workshop.
if it’s coloured perspex, you can use a frame, the panel just slides into it, mount it by screwing 3 sides down, slide the panel in, and fix the remaining end in. or again, you could use coloured stand-offs.
does it have to be perspex if it coloured? gloss dibond (or equivelent) would be heaps cheaper for you.
Hugh
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You need to use an aluminium trim extrusion to fit the sign panel. e.g Panatrim or Unitrim. This allows the material to expand and contract according to different temperatures and prevents the panel from warping. The frame also hides any visible fixings.
I suggest you read through Robs demos beginning here:-
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Dibond panels with oversizes holes and plastic screw caps, apply lettering, job done.
cheap and chearful, you get what you pay for 😕
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Cheers for the advice guys. I managed to talk the customer (my mate) into going for a 2700x700mm dibond panel with a 30mm recess in Ivory. Should look loads better than what he wanted originally.
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