Petter Sadd Carpets – Flexface Signage

[John Harding]

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I don’t usually post my work so I think it’s about time……

😀 all good though Mike

would appreciate a blow by blow account of the flexface carpet install to go with the pics well done though

John

[Robert Lambie]

Hi Mike

Missed this one mate…

Your horizontal running aluminum extrusions. is this a banner or flex-face tensioning system or something you have come up with yourself?
if its a tensioning system, which one is it?

thanks for any feedback on this mate.

[Ian Johnston]

quote Robert Lambie:

Hi Mike

Missed this one mate…

Your horizontal running aluminum extrusions. is this a banner or flex-face tensioning system or something you have come up with yourself?
if its a tensioning system, which one is it?

thanks for any feedback on this mate.

looks like Spirit-FLEX CC2-SECTION to me , good system

[Mike Grant]

It was a system called Crystal flex or something similar, I think they have gone to the wall as I nearly lost my £1600 I paid up front for the extrusions, they were taken over by another company but I cant find any info on the net or in my files sorry.

[Robert Lambie]

think ill have to give spirit displays a call Ian, hadnt seen that one… ive used their extrusions in the past on a lightbox. "not its intended purpose" but wanted to try something different… anyway, worked a treat but found it too flexi and clumsy to work with due to my make-shift lightbox. this one looks far more rigid.

mike, was it a hammer in nylon T-shaped type tensioning strip you fitted to the extrusion to tension your banner mate?

[Mike Grant]

quote Robert Lambie:

mike, was it a hammer in nylon T-shaped type tensioning strip you fitted to the extrusion to tension your banner mate?

YES!

This was the heavy duty extrusion you can get lighter profiles for different situations.

[Gwaredd Steele]

Would love a job like that – but have no idea how flex face even works! 😳

Few questions:

1) How do you print 35 metres in one go with tracking issues?

2) How much do you charge for a job like that! 😮

[Mike Grant]

quote Gwaredd Steele:

1) How do you print 35 metres in one go without tracking issues?

Sub it out to a company and leave them with the headache! Simples!

quote Gwaredd Steele:

2) How much do you charge for a job like that! 😮

Sorry but that is between me and my customer and not for public consumption.

[Gwaredd Steele]

Fair do’s, but I’m guessing he’s gonna have to sell a fair bit of carpet 😉

[Robert Lambie]

quote Mike Grant:

quote Robert Lambie:

mike, was it a hammer in nylon T-shaped type tensioning strip you fitted to the extrusion to tension your banner mate?

YES!

This was the heavy duty extrusion you can get lighter profiles for different situations.

Cheers mike, yeah used same sort mate, but the extrusion i used wasn’t as robust as that. will have to have a look at whats available nowadays because that was a couple of years ago now i used that one last.

Gwaredd, flexi-face systems vary allot with regards to how they are tensioned. to be honest though, they are all pretty straightforward and a dream to work with on monster sized signs.
suppliers of the systems normally manufacture the whole sign in-house.
disassemble it into parts and deliver. you, the sign maker, just erects it bit by bit and apply the face. the face is basically like a drum skin.
you tack it into place, then begin tightening it bit by bit working your way around the edges until taught.
ive fitted a good lot of flex face signs now, but only using a few systems. would like to have a go at more.
Saw an extrusion you could buy from a french supplier at the sign show, forget their name now. but liked the idea of it as it allowed you to build your own flex-face signs in house.

anyway, im waffling, :lol1: just sat down to a cuppa tea after a bloody cold out door fitting. 😀

[Robert Lambie]

quote Mike Grant:

YES!

This was the heavy duty extrusion you can get lighter profiles for different situations.

Mike, did you not experience allot of bounce/flex from the extrusion between your projecting uprights? by that i mean, as you hammered the nylon gripper in place. did you find it a bit difficult to hammer home due to the flex? or did it just all close and tighten up as you went along?

[Mike Grant]

Rob, solid as a rock. No bounce to worry about.

[Robert Lambie]

Thanks mike,
Thats good to know mate… having had another look at your pictures. your support brackets are pretty close together. by that i mean not allot of span to create much flex. sorry, i know im "looking" for issues here. not meaning to sound that way… just thinking out loud here on me finding a regular use for this type of extrusion.
think the only thing to do is just buy in a length and have a mess about with some tests of my own. could be a good tutorial along the way also. 😀