I have a friend (I know, hard to believe) that collects bicycles. Along the way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
Thanks for any advice.
-Jim
Incorporate some sort of bicycle parts into that area to cover it up, or perhaps some other, smaller Schwinn logo/icon. Whatever it is, it could extend beyond the borders of the rectangle of that sign.
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
Apparently it is plastic, cut it smaller/square and build a light box behind it as part of the frame.
----------------------------------------------------------- Place a mat behind it like you do with any picture being framed, then frame it.
If you use a gray mat, it will highlight the defect.
Lew
I have a friend (I know, hard to believe) that collects bicycles. Along the way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
Thanks for any advice.
-Jim
Standard rectangle frame with triangles in all corners.. WW
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
Rather than try to hide the defect, use it to your advantage. I'd make a frame that had the corner missing. Run a couple of braces behind the sign to hold the frame square.
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
the wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
+1Give it an artistic presence.
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
Hack the bottom left off so it matches the bottom right, hack the flange off, then use a dadoed frame around it? Or match all 4 corners so it looks like it was built that way.
-- Energy and persistence alter all things. --Benjamin Franklin
he way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
Attach it to a piece of plywood. Build a frame over the edges. Mount an bic= ycle seat or some other interesting bicycle related part over the missing c= hunk. Maybe even some other small Schwinn logo sign or framed photo, etc. T= he extra item will look like it belongs there as an embelishment, vs hiding= the flaw.
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
This idea works as well as WW's idea. If you could match the plastic in color you could da a repair. Only other idea is cut the plastic to a straight line and do a custom frame.
Mike M
Agree with that. A matching damaged corner to compliment the already damaged sign.
jtpr wrote the following on 10/9/2012 6:54 PM (ET):
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
Paint the backing in that area the same color as the sign, or attach a piece of matching plastic it to the back of the sign and paint that.
way he picked up this Schwinn sign: [to frame, with a missing corner piece}
Other suggestions are good; you might consider make a face frame that has an elliptical or oval aperture. Start with wide boards joined to make the frame, then do the loop-of-string-and-two-nails thing to lay out an ellipse. Rout the aperture to the elliptical shape.
Possibly, also, get a local sign shop to make you a new sign, you can get your choice of colors, fonts, size, text, etc.
Maybe I'm not understanding the question, but after looking at the picture, I have a hard time imagining a frame that WOULDN'T hold the sign, regardless of the broken corner & side.
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
The sign is as it is.
Use photomount adhesive* to carefully fix to a piece of MDF painted a neutral colour and frame leaving a border all round just like you might when framing a photograph.
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--------------------------------------------- Correction ( It was late that night), the mat goes on top of the sign and will totally hide the broken corner.
Mount the sign on a piece of ply.
Make a mat using a door skin (1/8" ply) with a retangular opening inside the door skin that allows about a 6" overlay per side of the sign.
Paint the door skin light gray or similar neutral color.
Picture frame the whole ball of wax.
Crack open a brewski and admire your work.
Lew
way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
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way he picked up this Schwinn sign:
wall. The problem is that the bottom corner and one side are missing. I'm not coming up with any clever ideas and thought somebody here could.
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