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Suggestions of type of sign for cladding
Hi
I have a customer looking for a large sign to go on the front of a newly built care home but the fascia is wooden cladding. The sign would look nice as flat cut but the cladding is going to cause an issue (feathered cladding)
Any ideas or suggestions for a nice looking sign on cladding, it’s going to be about 5m wide by about 1.3m high.
Cheers
Warren
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6 Replies
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If you use flat cut letters, draw your own template and include a layout of the cladding. Then glue the locators to the letters so they align with the cladding.
If that makes sense 😕
John
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when you say feathered Warren, do you mean like this mate?
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Hi John
I understand what you saying 😉
Yes Rob it’s like that.
Cheers
Warren
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As you will know Warren, flat-cut individual letters on cladding like this can often look bad even if located properly because of how uneven the surface is.
even subtle uneven areas can be unsightly when the sun shines over them creating letter face shadows that exaggerate the issue. its much worse on smaller letters.being a new care home ide imagine you could go for a modern, clean looking sign panel against the traditional wood backing.
maybe a folded pan sign panel with raised letters and an over sized logo jutting off the panel top and bottom?difficult to suggest without visuals etc but im sure you get my line of thought. :lol1:
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Didn’t realise the effect with flat cuts on uneven surfaces, thanks for telling me.
I wanted to try stay away from a big tray but the boy other option I thought of was a shaped panel on locators with flat cuts on top, so the back panel sort of ollows the shape of the entire outline if you get my meaning.
I think the more subtle it looks the better
Thanks for the tips
Warren
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quote Warren Beard:Didn’t realise the effect with flat cuts on uneven surfaces, thanks for telling me.I wanted to try stay away from a big tray but the boy other option I thought of was a shaped panel on locators with flat cuts on top, so the back panel sort of ollows the shape of the entire outline if you get my meaning.
I think the more subtle it looks the better
Thanks for the tips
Warren
go for thicker flat cuts or built up warren, 19mm foamex with filled edges and sprayed, even 38mm( doubled up foamex),
or builtup stainless , Always looks the best.
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