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Need some advice on which materials to use for a shop sign
Hi
i need to make a shop sign 400cm by 60cm and i’m just wondering what is the best material to use.It needs to be gloss red with gold lettering (customers choice of course).
I will try to explain:
My colleague wants to make this out of clear perspex and then flood coat that in red vinyl from the reverse to get a high gloss finish (he says this will be cheaper than buying red perspex.) He then wants to put the gold lettering in vinyl on the front of the perspex.So you have a clear sheet of perspex with red vinyl on the back and gold lettering on the front.
He insists this will work, but i just want to double check with some second opinions.
What are the alternative options that you would recommend.
Many thanks
Liam
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4 Replies
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Straight forward gloss red ali composite for me Liam…
The money you save on clear as opposed to red acrylic will be more than offset by time taken to flood coat the rear… and I don’t think you’ll end up with a gloss look anyways, depending on the glue of the vinyl over time
Ian :lol1:
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We’ve done this type of thing before, what it does do is give the effect the letters are floating off the panel, looks quite good.
The only problem is the panel would need to be in two bits, and which ever way you joint them be it rebate or butt join you will end up with a line.
The other thing is you have to be careful when installing them into a box or frame as it can damage the vinyl on the back.. -
Unless you use gloss dibond behind the acrylic, depends on your frame channel
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I agree with Simon……It does work and it does look nice but at that size you would need to join the acrylic
Dibond comes in 4m lengths but only in white (I think) so you would need to flood coat anyway
Other than that you might be looking at painting something up
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