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Good question. If I drink, I wind up getting online and buying tools. I get the tools and realize what I spent and that makes me drink. Then I buy more tools. It's a vicious cycle.

You bet.

I always use an adhesive along with the VHB. I've also never had tape-mounted letters fall off a wall. You should be fine. I use RP45.

Since I only install, my "shop" is spread between my van, my garage and my office:

The spelling. They're basically interchangeable terms. The material is essentially the same.

What town? What town?

Redhead is a brand name. They make all sorts of anchors and aren't affiliated with Hilti. But, agreed, there are better anchor choices out there....

They're threaded but they generally don't screw out....not in my experience, anyway. Most hardware stores carry them. If you want to be nice to the next guy removing them, leave part of the head proud so it can be pulled out with a claw hammer. Is there a reason you don't want to use the steel...

Do you have a picture of the install surface?

I would use 1" x 1" standoffs, one in each corner and one centered at the top and one centered at the bottom (6 total). 1/4" acrylic for your backer panel will be fine. The standoffs will keep it from bowing.

When I got into the sign business, I was taught to give dimensions as height x width. This was for a large company that primarily dealt with electrical signs, so most signs were landscape-oriented rectangles. So that was the preferred format used by the art department, manufacturing/production...

I love when customers spec stuff for install. :rolleyes: I get what they're wanting, but pole barn screws are for attaching to wood. Unless they have ultra-rare-never-heard-of wood corrugated siding, you'll want to use a self-tapping screw with a neoprene washer. As long as the surface of the...

Yes, it can be done. I've actually done this at the end customers request because they didn't want a bunch of holes in the wall. I explained that it would very likely still damage the paint and likely the drywall as well, if they ever removed them, but they said they would just paint it. I...

If I remember correctly, they require that you have a minimum number of employees....like 2 or 3.

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My suggestion as well - Dryvit. Their customer service should be able to tell you if it will work well on ACM.

Yeah, I'm usually all for VHB, but save yourself or the next guy some trouble and screw it in. Paint the screws to match the face, if possible.

There are no codes that I've ever heard of. The only code you're even remotely coming close to is for a sign/object that falls between 27" clearance and 80" clearance, in which case it cannot extend more than 4" from the wall. But you're less than half of that, so that wouldn't affect you.

Jester1167 Agreed, for one post, whip out a recip saw. He asked what we used and mentioned "them", plural. So if he's doing a bunch, those blades are a dream on aluminum and pay for themselves quickly. Then again, he mentioned galvanized aluminum, which exists but not sure if aluminum is what...

Miter saw with Diablo blade for aluminum / non-ferrous metals.