Corribind – how strong is it?

[Marcella Ross]

I’ve used corribind several times Lorraine and find it good. But hopefully someone here from Europoint will give you a better spec as I’m not sure what kind of weight it will withstand. But I have used it on foamalux and alupanel without any problems.

[Lorraine Clinch]

Thanks for that Marcella. The sign isn’t large (12" x 72"), on brackets, but the locators have come off the centre of the board, so whole thing needs to be fixed to either ply (I’m concerned about the weight on the brackets), or to 2 strips of ali & then screwed to the brackets. (At least I THINK this is the way to go….)

Hopefully someone will be able to advise.

[Phill Fenton]

As far as I know it’s not designed to be outdoor durable and certainly is not as strong as VHB tape. I wouldn’t use it on its own as a method of fixing outdoors but would consider using it in conjunction with mechanical fixings (e.g screws or rivets) – Cameron is the best one to ask for advice

[Peter Normington]

I’m Probably to late Lorraine. but as Phill says.
Not sure what you mean by the brackets and locators though?
For dibond to wood/ply if not using vhb, which is expensive, I would go for that "serious stuff" that has been mentioned before, you can always tape or otherwise temorary hold the dibond in place untill it sets.
Otherwise screw it to the ply and hide the screws with a pastic trim.
(double glasing suppliers usually have stuff that does the job (only in white though) Or the trim from Jag sign supplies comes in a few colours.

Peter

[Lorraine Clinch]

Thanks for your replies everyone. We ended up screwing the panel to the ply, just covered screwheads with vinyl dots same colour as the board. Customer was concerned re litigation if the sign fell on someone (as was I) so screws were the safer bet.

I really am going to have to sort out fixing methods for signs with ‘invisible’ fixings. (if you know what I mean!)