fixing polystyrene letters to breeze block wall – HELP!

[Nigel Pugh]

Joe,

Couldn’t you drop a wire frame behind the letters, screw the frame to the wall and then hang the letters off the frame.

If it sounds stupid then it’s cus I am and I’m not a signmaker 😳

Nigel

[Joe McNamara]

no mate,
they need to be fixed to the wall .
thanks anyway though
cheers
joe

[Peter Normington]

double sided tape, or if as I presume its for a set, partialy knock masonary nails into the breeze blocks and just pop the styrene cutouts onto them

[Joe McNamara]

ta peter,
they were the two ideas I had in mind!
cheers
joe

[Simon Clayton]

Thats what we do, knock in a few wire nails into the wall, and photo spray mount the backs of the letters and push onto the nails

Simon

[Fran Hollywood]

Joe,

just a few ideas to add to the others. The nails/spray adhesive and the double sided tape sound good but here are few others that have been used on large signs. Hollow out part of the foam and insert 2″ x 1″ batons and fill the surrounding area with expanding foam. When the expanding foam is cured just cut off the excess and then you can screw fixings into the timber.
If the front face has to be finished you can use a plastic frame fixing bolt that has a large washer and drill and knock into the wall, then fill and paint the face.

Cheers
Fran

[Shane Drew]

I usually just do the nail thing, and put silicon on the wall to hold them. Liquid nails is good too, don’t put on a huge amount, just enough to stickem down

shane

[Chris Wool]

have a look at Frans web site its well interesting

chris

[Simon Clayton]

whats the address Chris?

Simon

[Chris Wool]

click his www button at the btm of his post

chris

[Simon Clayton]

for some reason i haven’t had any of the buttons at the bottom for about 7 months

Simon

[Chris Wool]

http://www.madeinhollywood.ie/

chris

[Fran Hollywood]

Thanks for the comment Chris.

I was wondering where you found the site, as l haven’t seen the www buttons for a while.

Cheers

Fran

[Paul Munford]

For all our poly work we use clear silicone from unibond, note: some of the other brands tend to melt the poly so run a test first.