UV stabilized signboards

[southernandy]

Plexiglas, Perspex etc- shiny acylic material which is what you have probably seen.

to perspex.co.uk or degussa.com to find local stockist to you.

[Nicola McIntosh]

it could also be forex-top which you can by from europoint 😀

you’ll find the info for it lorraine in the europoint products & prices

nik

[Lorraine Clinch]

Hi Andy, thanks, will try them, but was more ‘solid’ in colour if you know what I mean.
Nik, is Forex-top UV stable, or does it fade, do you know?

Loraine

[southernandy]

Acrylic comes in solid, frost and loads more variants. A lot of Perspex colours do not actually transmit light very well. Not sure why you think acrylic doesn’t give a strong, solid colour- it does.

Gloss foam is better than standard foam but no UV stabilising- well not as good as acrylic anyway- Red gloss foam still goes Pink.

Acrylic has guaranteed colour retention measured in years rather than months.

[Martin Pearson]

Lorraine, All the foamex type plastics will fade in direct sunlight, although some are suitable for outdoor use it is really short term as in a few years maximum. The red colours will fade the quickest and most manufacturers will put a lot more red pigment into a product to try and avoid this. Thats why some products in red cost more than other colours.
How long they last is really going to be down to how much direct sunlight they recieve but I would be inclined to offer the customer 2 alternatives one in foam and one in something like alucolour either floodcoated or powdercoated. You can justify the price difference by the length of time each sign will last.

[Lorraine Clinch]

Thanks to you all for your replies, am now getting quotes for all suggested ways!