what combination of brass letters work on this background?

[David Rogers]

…brass letters…start off shiny & golden – very quickly turn to a mucky brown colour with special fingerprint motifs acid etched into it!

Brasso is evil…gets over everything else. Laquering them works great for about 3-4 years…then it starts to discolour & mottle.

Have you thought about gold plated stainless (no, seriously) or a gold anodised aluminium?

I’d also be tempted to do a di-bond tray to give it increased rigidity & ‘presence’ with hidden fixings of course!

Dave

[Warren Beard]

Thanks David

I wonder how difficult it would be to keep looking good if they used brasso as it will get in the sides of the letters, I also presume it won’t effect the finish of the Matt dibond 😕

The coated steel options sound like a plan but wouldn’t that look more like gold than brass? 😕

Tray would also be an idea but thought the stand off options might give a nice floating effect instead of a simple raise effect.

Anybody have any other design options for brass letters, anything goes but needs to match the cream wall behind.

cheers

Warren

[Graeme Harrold]

For a cream wall Id try and get bronze letters for a classy touch, Nice dark contrast to the light wall. Brass is also quite easy to electroplate and there are many metal surface finishers all over the country, in fact one of them is a member on the boards……Adrian Yeo……..

Brass is dead easy to clean, but it must be done regular. If you do not want it going all over the place use a thin cardboard tray behind what you are polishing, lightly work the polish over the surface. Only buff it off once the polish dries. Ive done plenty of brass buttons etc and it works………finish off with a soft toothbrush to remove the white powder residue left in recesses /edges etc..

[Warren Beard]

Thanks Graeme

I don’t want to attach directly to the wall though so was thinking more along the lines of some sort of panel behind the letters fixed to the wall.

sorry I have no idea what electroplating is suppose to do 😳

Help !!!

Warren

[Ian Johnston]

warren this link shows bronze brushed titanium and polished gold as described above

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … ight=river

you can get them from http://www.applelecsign.co.uk

Ian

[Warren Beard]

Thanks Ian, those polished gold letters look really nice, are those stainless steel polished gold?

What colour would look good behind those letters to make them really stand out though 😕

cheers

Warren

[Ian Johnston]

those are polished gold titanium, it lasts a lot better in our climate, doesn’t tarnish, i have seen the gold plated stainless steel one, look just as good when new but in a year the become very dull, bit like gold chrome vinyl .
I have used these for 5 years now and have never had a failure.

For the polished gold i would go for a light to mid grey or light cream / white background. don’t use a dark background as they will absorb the surrounding colours and will only catch your eye at a specific angle of light reflection if you know what i mean. (?) if you want to use a dark background i advise using a brushed effect, far Superior light refraction from the different grains so a lot clearer to view.

Ian

[Warren Beard]

Thanks Ian

I will look in to the prices for both options and go with a lighter colour background, maybe I will use a cream panel in front of the cream wall.

cheers

Warren

[Ian Johnston]

why not just use the rendered fascia that there? use builot up letters on 5mm threaded studs , drill a hole use a small comperssor to blow out the dust and fill hole 2/3rd full with grip fill or the likes, and push letters into the hole, they will never move.

Ian

[Warren Beard]

That’s what I was actually just thinking because it is on the road and needs to be secure 😕

Thanks Ian

cheers

Warren

[Graeme Harrold]

quote Warren Beard:

Thanks Graeme

I don’t want to attach directly to the wall though so was thinking more along the lines of some sort of panel behind the letters fixed to the wall.

sorry I have no idea what electroplating is suppose to do 😳

Help !!!

Warren

Electroplating uses an electro-chemical reaction to put a layer of metal onto the surface to protect the base metal. Usually a 24 hour process.