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routing question
hi folks hope you can help?.Ihave a customer is really keen on the way another hotel has there sign done and wants his to look the same .The problem is he doesnt want it to be done in wood ive emailed a few companies but i have come up with nothing to be honest. Plenty have sent me Dibond cut letters but nothing else. He has sent me these photos of the other hotel,l and to me it looks like wood. What are your thoughts im running out of ideas
regards Brian
ps squirrel not needed 😀
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looks like steel or allly posts and mdf to me, hope it lasts..
Peter
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Am I missing somefink? Is it not just routed out of 20mm PVC or Foamex?
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thanks Peter. Its what ive thought from the start peter but thought i was going off my head (hot) 😀 . I wondered how there was so many companys i had contacted but very few offered to rout out any thing other than MDF.
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It’s 20mm Foamex, v carved,
very common around here
We do it all the time
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is it gold leaf lettering?
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quote Harry Cleary:Am I missing somefink? Is it not just routed out of 20mm PVC or Foamex?
hmmmm the gold is very vibrant harry although it doesnt show in the picture. Perhaps as you say it could be 20mm dark green foamx with the lettering being painted in with one shot gold or even guilded. Id rather walk away from this one if its Foamx or MDF i wouldnt use any of them for exterior work
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quote Ian Johnston:It’s 20mm Foamex, v carved,
very common around here
We do it all the time
ian how is the letttering done is it guilded which i could do but it would be expensive or one shot
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I wouldn’t use MDF either Brian But Foamex properly keyed and painted would be fine.
I’ve seen pieces Ian has done and they are brilliant, as he says, its very common here., routs beautifully. -
quote Brian Little:quote Harry Cleary:Am I missing somefink? Is it not just routed out of 20mm PVC or Foamex?
hmmmm the gold is very vibrant harry although it doesnt show in the picture. Perhaps as you say it could be 20mm dark green foamx with the lettering being painted in with one shot gold or even guilded. Id rather walk away from this one if its Foamx or MDF i wouldnt use any of them for exterior work
It’s 20mm white foamex spayed green with guilded or infilled gold lettering, It’s not complicated
Ian
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ok people you are educating me here .Question ….this is buy the roadside, a very busy road how would you secure this ? I notice that the hotel in the picture has secured the foamx from the side. how is this done? the bolts wouldnt be drilled into the foamx surely. Its going to be double side so would it be better to have the poles running up the inside of the boards
brian
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Would like to know myself Brian for a wee job coming up. Looks like a neat solution. I wonder is it something like this?
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I’m confused. Why is everyone against MDF? It lasts years if treated properly. I would stick pins in my eyes before I used foamex for a sign like that one.
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Just a personal dislike with me Andy, hate working the stuff…dust seems to react badly with me.
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quote Harry Cleary:Would like to know myself Brian for a wee job coming up. Looks like a neat solution. I wonder is it something like this?
hmmm intresting harry where did you see that? just spoke to ian on phone seems to be the answer to my problem 😀
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mdf /Foamx but which is best fIGHT FIGHT!!!!!! 😀 😀 sorry a bit of harry hill coming in i never miss him hes great
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took that of an American website Brian, I’m sure Screwfix would do similar.
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Tradesignz use 19mm foamex for their swing panels with eye hole bolts threaded in the top to swing from, if it can be used for that I’m sure would work great for that application and if I was doing a job like that I would actually feel more comfortable using Foamex over MDF.
JMO
Warren
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Yes but a swing sign isn’t going to have any problems with expansion. If you restrict the expansion by bolting it in between two posts then there is a chance distortion will occur, especially with a dark coloured background.
Harry, yes it is a nasty substance. I wouldn’t blame anyone for avoiding it for that reason.
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Anyway, if you struggle to find anyone who will rout it in whatever material you want, you could try Advent Plastics in Wellingborough. 01933 224716
http://www.adventsigns.co.uk/
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