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Opinions – change plastic locators to brass 4ft letters
Hi All,
Best way of changing the existing plastic locators to be brass locators.
Existing plastic ones breaking (age and weather conditions).
With No template, over 1000 locators letters total for 4ft high acrylic letters(over 70 of them)
Each one will need new brass locator fixed and correct drill holes in buildingScaffolding or Cherry picker will be needed
Its got to be done , what would you do to ensure the best job?
Cheers
Paul
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6 Replies
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Hi Paul,
Today’s plastic locators differ from yesteryear’s ones… Mostly in UV and weather resistance. I would be wary of fixing brass to acrylic as I do not know what the best adhesive for that could be… Best to change for plastic ones, draw a template and go from there I think…
Robert -
Is it not the female part of the locator that’s failing? If so replacing them would see another good few years
Rare to see the male part falling off unless the wrong glue was used.
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quote Bobby McCormack:Is it not the female part of the locator that’s failing? If so replacing them would see another good few years
Rare to see the male part falling off unless the wrong glue was used.
Agreed, and the chance is the locators used- if it was not you who did it and don’t know the part- are one of two major brands- either snapfix or tradefix… worth having a look, as this would be sooo much easier…
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What they said. I always tell the customer to expect 7 – 10 years from the female cups before they’ll need replacing. Less if in direct sunlight all the time.
Cheers,
G.
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This is exactly what i had said to client but they said they had replaced the cups recently (6 months ago) and they are now braking again….
I have worked out a good way of replacing now if they want to go ahead.
Cheers
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Oh go on then- share the secret.
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