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Can acrylic letters glued onto acrylic panels be taken apart
Hi Everyone,
I have a problem maybe someone can help me out with.
I need to take out some opal acrylic panels from a lightbox so that we can stripdown the vinyl and re-apply new graphics to it, the only problem is the panels have acrylic letters stuck to the fascia. what i want to know is that can the letters be taken apart from the panels i.e chip them off or remove the glue that the letters are glued to the panels with?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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4 Replies
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Hi
It will depend on the glue of course, but if something like Penloc or similar was used in the first place then you won’t be able to remove the letters without damaging the acrylic in a major way. With this type of glue it’s like the letters just become part of the acrylic backing sheet. I’d tell the customer it’s not possible and quote them for new.
Cheers
Macky -
Definitely not possible, acrylic glue melts and welds the parts together.
Even if you got them off the panel would be a mess. If it was’nt a light box you could turn them around but as it is then its new panels. -
Totally agree Martin, and the type of person doesn’t want to pay for new panels is also the type that likely to complain if there’s a single imperfection.
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as has been said, removal of the letters is not an option. don’t even waiste your time trying. if it has to remain a "lightbox" then acrylic is your only, and probably your most expensive option.
If illuminating the sign is not a necessity, then you should be able just flip the acrylic panel over and use the back. but you may find that there has been an acrylic strip glued in the same way on the rear to make a joining strip, this being the case, your beat again.
again, if it doesn’t need illuminating, the cheapest option is to "replace" the panels with something else. i.e. Aluminum Composite.
dont get caught up in a big "what if this and that" debate with the customer… you may end up doing allot of work to end up resorting back to changing the panel anyway. waisting allot of your time/effort for a relatively low profit job.
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