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will i flood coat or get large panels sprayed?
G’day everyone,
I have two 8′ x4′ signs to do for a local real estate agent. Because they are the longest established agency in the district they want me to recreate their old sign done 15 years ago.
The existing signs have a yellow background with plain old black vinyl.
My question is this. Would I be better to get the panel beater / spray dude up the road to spray the metal (colorbond ie @1mm flat tin) with the appropriate colour or do you reckon I should just flood coat it the way I’ve always done? (Not that I’m too keen on flood coating 😀 )
If I do get them painted should he prime and then paint?
1 coat or 2?
How long should I let it cure for before attempting to lay application tape on it?
Automotive paint would be ideal would it not?
If the painter was good enough you’d be able to fades from one colour to another could you not? A bit like having access to a wide format solvent printer for backgrounds.
Or am I talking rubbish? 🙄
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there are a great many companies offer painted aluminum sheet.
one we have here is signicolour 2mm aluminum 8×4. these sheets are basically painted with auto paint but are very hard wearing and good for the job.dibond, alucolour etc etc all have various colours they come in off the shelf. when buying make sure your getting a gloss finish though.
personally if i had sheets in stock anyway ide just flood coat them in vinyl.
job done and walk away… you will probably be out of pocket having to get in the paint, pay the guy to spray and always wait until cured before applying text.yes the painter should be able to do colour blends if he is good. but i have found some are better than others. i personally normally just spray the blends myself if really needed.
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I’m not sure if there are a great number of companies over here offering painted aluminium sheet Rob!
The Colorbond I spoke of is tin, like they make the corrugated sheet roofing out of exept flat, and they supply it powder coated in a range of heritage colours which normally is fine but they don’t do any vibrant colours.
Maybe Shane or one of the other Aussie members would be able to point me in the right direction? 😀
I’ll floodcoat if I have to. 😥 I take your point about the extra expense.
Thanks.
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i may be wrong, but if it’s the same as the tin corrugated roof sheets, but flat as you say, then is it galvanised ? f it’s galvanised i’d flood it, the painter woud have to etch prime, prime, and then paint, even more cost !
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Scozzie, you can buy dibond locally out of brissie now. http://www.alucobond.com.au/
or, I have a good powdercoater at crestmead that would probably charge about $50 to recolour a colorbond sheet too, which is simpler than floodcoating, in that sense.
or If you want to do the vinyl flood Coating, bring your colorbond and tape to my shed, and you are welcome to use my easy taper which will do it dry and in no time flat.
Cheers
Shane -
Guys thanks for the advice.
Shane – you da man 😀
Thanks mate I’d be very interested to try your easy taper at some time but I’m also curious to try dibond and find out what all these pommies are going on about.
Your powdercoater sounds like an option too.
Anything would beat me standing on the table and Di’s wee short arms going like the clappers swiping like a banshee 😮 , the phone ringing, customers coming in and wee Jessie wanting us all the time.
Depends when they want these signs done. Maybe we could combine that and the wrap.
Thanks again for the offer. -
quote Robert Lambie:dibond, alucolour etc etc all have various colours they come in off the shelf. when buying make sure your getting a gloss finish though.Rob is there a problem with mat finish that you know of?
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nah none peter, i was saying ask for gloss because they normally try land you with the matt stuff. because scozzie is considering paint or vinyl i thought it best to make sure he gets the gloss, with this in mind.
ontop of that, when you use gloss on the mat back with a bright colour it can sometimes look bleached by the sun. matt is nice depending on the type of sign you are doing though, but not always best. -
Yeah Rob most if not all of the colorbond we use here is Matt. I guess that would be one advantage of getting a sheet recoloured or getting Dibond, if they do that colour.
Thanks again.
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