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Freestanding Sign: Barbeque sign
Here is a sign that we installed today. This job was a breeze with the design, as I literally designed the whole thing in about 30 min. and the customer loved it at first presentation. Now actually making the sign was another story.
It is made from custom cut sheet of MDO Plywood with the edges filled/sealed and painted with print cut graphics applied. The real booger about this job was the edges, as I really wanted to use alumacore but didn’t know how I could completely seal the edges as I did with the MDO. Any suggestions of how I could have used alumacore for this job? If it were rectangular, I could have just used the trim cap available from the sign supply, but wasn’t sure what to do with this shape. I don’t know, but either way, I am pleased with how it turned out. Any critique is welcomed.
(I am obviously talking about the Barbeque sign, the lower sign is not my work)
Thanks
Doyle
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you should be proud of that one mate, well done
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Love the barbeque sign but why is the panel below it so small?
Looks like it would be unreadable from the road?Lovely sign though.
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that is cracking sign 😎
but as joe said whythe bottom one so small?
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Excellent work – well done. A very good example of what can be achieved with print and cut that couldn’t be done with vinyl alone. 😀
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very SignCraft! very nice!
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Simon
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Great looking Design and Sign!
In this instance I think you could have gone with the alumalite (alumacor)
since you have a fairly heavy outer border in black – the edges would have blended right in without any trim. -
You can also heat the edge cap to fit around soft curves.
Conact Laminators, Inc., for answers.
They put out a nice catalog to go with their Alumalite.
Nice job!
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Thanks everyone. As for the bottom panel of the sign, it was not meant to be readable from the road, just from the driveway in front of the sign. Going any larger with that text would have required another 4X8 panel (what is shown was made with a single sheet) and the customer was working on a small budget as he is just starting out. I suppose if he decides to enlarge it later, we will do so. Fitting 2 lines of copy on a 7″ tall panel made readable from 50′ is pretty difficult. He loved it, so I am happy with the job, and yes I am very proud of this sign, and so was my father when he saw it (I took over the business 2 years ago from him). I love designing digital print jobs, as the possibilities are endless. I have been a lot more creative with my design work since I got the printer, and I’m making a lot more money.
I will be posting more soon!
Doyle
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One more thing, is the trim a necessity when using the alumalite? I wasn’t sure if the edges need to be sealed or not, or if it is fine with the edges open. Thanks
Doyle
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Hi Doyle
I Love that.
Is it all printed or just the fade on the large text?
Anyway, top work.
I look forward to seeing more of your designs
paul r
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nice sign doyle 😀
nik
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quote drogers4:One more thing, is the trim a necessity when using the alumalite? I wasn’t sure if the edges need to be sealed or not, or if it is fine with the edges open. ThanksDoyle
It’s not nessacary to seal the alumilite. It’s aluminum and plastic and as weather proof as you’re gonna get. the only concern would be if the flutes are running verticle, and water could get in and freeze in the winter and expand it. That’s a slim chance though.
I’ve already finished the edges with vinyl. just cut strips and wrapped two layers on for a litle extra thickness.
Did the vinyl edge on this sign, but it was fiberbrite. It had flutes showing… pretty much like alumilite
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top notch work doyle, great looking sign mate. thanks for taking the time to show us mate… 😛
steve/doyle, is alumilite like dibond, but… instead of having the sort of hard rubber core it has correx? i am sure i have read up on this in the past along with some other alternatives in same way.
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Yes i believe so… i had the same question in reverse, of Di Bond….
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thats the very site i found my info on… nice one mate.. 😉
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Is the material you are talking about similar to this?
If so it was probably not necasary for a sign like this I would probably just have used dibond and stood it off from the main board.
Would work a bit cheaper also
Peter.
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Paul, the whole sign was all print/cut, done in a few panels.
Yes the alumalite is just corrugated plastic with aluminum stuck on each side.
Another question I have is about the edges of the print/together with the sign. I like my signs to have full bleed with the prints all the way to the edge with no white space showing. What is the easiest way to acheive this? In the barbeque sign that I did, how would I have made it from almalite with the print all the way to the edge? Is it okay to apply the print then cut with a jigsaw? I was afraid that this might damage the edge of the print and cause problems. I like to use custom shapes but I’m already seeing problems doing this with the printer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to everyone for the info. and feedback.
Doyle
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nice one
think the material liegh was talking about is this
http://www.bayplastics.co.uk/Product%20 … Panels.htm
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