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Which substrate should i use for fitting onto a wall?
I have a customer who wants two signs supplying and fitting to the wall outside his office. He wants a 1000mm x 400mm sign above the door with the company name and logo and then a 400 x 600 sign by the door with a list of what they can offer. I have proposed using aluminium composite board that will be fitted in a frame but he has decided that frames look untidy and he would like the signs to be fitted with stand off locator’s.
Would I still be able to use 3mm ali composite for this and just drill the holes for the locators slightly loose or is the expansion/contraction going to be too much? Failing that what other substrate should I look at using?
cheers
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5 Replies
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hi steve i would recommend dibond trays save messing around with locators
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Steve, i would use DI-bond and make some nice boxes, that would give your customer what he’s looking for or you could use some nice clear 10mm Acrylic flame polish the edges and use satin stand offs.
Then put the text on the reverse of the sign, these would look very effective.
Jus
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Fantastic idea, thanks for that.
I’ve never worked with dibond trays before, how do you go about fitting them to the wall? I’m presuming it’s just a case of fitting two wooden battens and then screwing the tray to them?
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You got it Steve, we use treated 2 x 2 wood, try to get all your fixings on the sides and top and bottom of the tray if you can, gives a much nicer finish.
For none lit trays we just do them with a 50mm return.
Jus
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Thanks for your help Justin, it’s much appreciated.
I’ll put the proposal forwards and all being well i’ll be able to post some pictures of my work up soon
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