Other than the brushed versions of AluPanel, the stuff is perfect for outdoor letters. Flat shapes in a large palette of colours and gloss. The back can be v- carved to within the face foil and then folded as a box or beam. There are v-bits made just for that.
How do you treat the edges, or do you?
I'll bet shipping is hell for the big sheets...
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Often times, I don't do a thing to the edges, but if they're indoors and people get close, some filing and sandpaper will clean the edges up nice.
The sheets are supplied to me by my client, who has them delivered by their distributor who runs a truck our way weekly... so no direct charge when *I* need a sheet or two.
SignFoam costs me $60.00 - $ 90.00 depending on 1-4 sheets per shipment.
The shit that kills me is the Extera. I won't be handling any of that for while. Dirty, expensive, and heavy.
Do you ever fume or flame polish them?
that.http://acmesignsupplies.com/file_library/prods/156_Belin%202008.pdf>> >The no-paint and durability makes it a good choice for letters to be
Yer one lucky banana farmer, dude.
Is that the cost or the shipping fee?
Extira: wood, phenolic resins, zinc borate, water repellent, and other ingredients. Yum! Sounds like chem-petrified Ipe. I don't blame you for not liking it. --== But it's RENEWABLE/SUSTAINABLE ==--, right?
-- The ultimate result of shielding men from folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer
Not The AluPanel edges. But I have used a proper electric heat gun to polish the edges of acrylic. Now I don't remember which ends up with a nicer edge, the extruded or the cast acrylic.
Shipping.
There is an MDF which falls in between Extira and regular MDF binding technologies. It is water resistant, not water proof. I'm looking into it. Still heavy though.
Yeah, I meant the acrylic.
That's positively a real issue with quoting prices for a sign. Wow!
MDF is always a bitch to work with. Heavy, dulls bits quickly, full of formaldehyde, butt-ugly grain. ;) Is MDO what you're referring to? I haven't yet worked with it but have heard it's made for outdoor signage. I'd think the foams and AluPanel were better for that nowadays.
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MDO is plywood and coated with a resin impregnated kraft paper. Weather resistant. Nice flat, clean surface (usually one side) ready for primer/paint. A lot of guys primer then high gloss colour paint then vinyl cut letters. A relatively low-cost durable sign. Edges are often coated with epoxy to waterproof them.
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