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Signtray Respray Problem
Afternoon Folks,
I have been asked by a customer to take down their sign trays and have them resprayed and apply new graphics. They insist on them being painted/powder coated so wrapping in vinyl isn’t an option.
How do I tell if the trays are wet painted or powder coated, are there any points to look out for which will indicate how they have been done, they are not a standard ral colour so it isn’t dibond colours etc.. Reason I ask is because I believe you cant powder coat onto paint!
Also, where would you get such a thing resprayed, I deal with powder coating but not much with spraying.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Aaron.
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5 Replies
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If you take the trays to a powder coaters, they can sandblast or beadblast the existing paint/power coating off them before powder coating them the colour you require.
Dave
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If they are not too big it might be less expensive
starting from new.Also a lot of shot blasters wont
have a dedicated blasting set up for aluminium(assuming that’s what they’re made of)so will charge acordingly for a system change over.
And a nice visit to the scrapyard with the originals!! 😉 -
sound advice chaps, guess I need to weigh up the options and check out the costings. I did think it might be cheaper to start again! Its just they are really nice, well made trays and I wanted to re-use them. We’ll av to see.
Interesting point about the shot blasting, i’ll check it out.
Cheers Guys.
Aaron. 😀
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I would work it out like this, say each sheet 10 x 5 costs approx £100 and you can get the reynobond aulpanel in the correct colour its would cost more than this to paint and transporting the sheet (damage free)
so i think i would make new trays and let the customer know to paint powder coat the old trays would cost as much as to supply new ones
size dependent
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Cheers Rich,
My only problem is that the colour is non standard so even new trays would need painting anyway?
If the trays are powder coated I can get them redone down the road hence no pricey delivery costs, I’m waiting to find out if they were powder coated in the first place!
Cheers for the pointers, I think with all the hassle I will probably go for new trays if I have no luck.
Cheers
Aaron.
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