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How Do You Fit Signs Over Awnings?
I know this should be in the sign topics, but I couldn’t post the picture there and I thought it would be helpful.
There is a problem that surfaces for me from time to time, and I usually end up turning down the job.
How do you get to the wall over an awning to put a sign on a wall above the awning? I can’t use an extension ladder, an a frame ladder or a scaffold and still reach the wall directly above the awning. If you were to put a sign in between the two windows above the awning in the photograph (photo is one I found for discussion purposes only, not the actual place), and you could not remove the awning, how would you go about it.
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I would sub-contract it out.
Or you could rent something like this?
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I would cut out three sides of a rectangle out of the awning leaving it joined at one edge. Flap the material down. Now you can get your ladder in place to fit the sign.
When finished, sew the material back in place.
The customer will never notice – and you’ve saved the cost of a cherry picker hire 😕
(Hopefully you’ll have been paid before it next rains…Yeee Haaww..)
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Thank you for the replies.
I’ve seen the place in person now, and it has a faux facade made of canvas stretched on a frame above the awning, and it’s removable. It’s 17 ft long by 6 ft wide, they are going to take it down and I’ll paint it in their back hallway and then they’ll put it back up.
Does anyone have any experience painting on awning canvas and care to share any pearls of wisdom? -
kim not much help i know ..but im expecting clint to come out of that shop …taking aim at lee van cleef 😀 "hey pedro …where is ra gold " a bit of tumble weed would be nice
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Kimberley,
I just read on another forum some good advice about awning painting.
Here is this lady’s advice, hope she doesn’t mind me quoting it:quote :I paint awnings all the time. My procedure is to use FabTac (Astrup paint mask). I use high quality exterior latex house paint, satin/eggshell/semi-gloss finish. Sherwin-Williams or Kelly Moore (since they’re nearby).Cut the mask on the plotter. Apply and set with an iron. Paint the first coat to match the awning fabric to seal the mask and make cleaning up the bleeds easier. Paint two coats of the finish color. Peel mask and scratch off the bleeds, touch up where the mask pulled the paint. If you have the right color Sharpie, you can use it to do minor edge cleanup.
If the awning is installed already the first step is to increase your price. In this situation a pounce is a more viable option than the FabTac mask. Make sure the client has had the awning cleaned before you start unless you know for certain that it has just been installed.
I think that is so smart! (making the first coat the color of the awning to help camouflage the invariable bleed-thru)
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Jill, Thanks for finding that – actually, I found the thing about FabTac and painting the awning the same color as well, very happy to get that info – I’d have painted the first coat white.
Brian, yes, the pic looks like it should have some horses hitched out front – that’s not my client, though, far from it – that’s a pic I found on Google images that illustrated my dilemma reaching the wall. The place in the pic looks like a place who’s time may have passed.
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