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It's been my experience that if you mount fixtures 6-8 feet in front of the sign you will get even light distribution without washing out any colors. I like outdoor fluorescent floodlights. The light is soft and does a good job of spreading evenly. In this case I would probably use two...

That should work. I have seen highway boards illuminated by a single up-pointed high-intensity floodlight. It seems that some of these are mounted just below the bottom of the sign and maybe 10 feet in front. And pointed almost straight up, but not quite. Brad

I would not use spotlights to illuminate a sign. They are not suitable. They emit a circle of light rather than provide wide-angle illumination for the entire sign. The light from spotlights will not be even or effective. The look is visually unappealing, even amateurish. You want floodlights...

No question is stupid, in my opinion. A question may reflect a person's knowledge or level of expertise at the moment. A newbie will ask newbie questions, for example. But to berate someone for asking is not helpful. I bet more than one person has attempted powder coating ACM. Brad in Kansas City

Smalt Cream from Letterhead Supply may be just like Smith's Cream. I haven't used it. I haven't seen Holdfast in quite a while. https://letterheadsignsupply.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1223&search=smalt&description=true

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ACM is probably not a good choice. The more expensive brands, like Alupanel, will fare better than the cheap ones, especially if the paint finish is PVDF instead of polyurethane or polyester paint. Though not intended to be submerged in water, these high-end brands are designed to be used as...

This is the one we now have. Linx 4 Modular. It's awesome. Our old one became unreliable and misfired often, resulting in studs that were not really welded. The Linx 4 welds studs up to 5/16-inch. I think it also stud-welds deep threaded nuts. And I believe it works on 120V and 240V. Anybody can...

What is the "pre-adhesive foamcore" that you use? Is this Gatorfoam that already has an adhesive layer? Or is it actually Fome-Cor brand sheets with an adhesive? Or some other brand?

Good information, nico. I wish manufacturers volunteered more information like this. Your explanation is understandable even if English is not your mother tongue.

Storage conditions can easily affect shelf life. If a supplier's warehouse is not temperature controlled, shelf life of vinyl can be shortened. What happens is the adhesive layer becomes contaminated as the vinyl ages. This is from plasticizer migration from the vinyl itself. It is not...

Yes, it does. A camera lens is curved and a photo is flat. So, edges of a photo will always show the greatest distortion because of this curvature. The viewing angle is much greater at the edges of an image viewed through a lens than at the center. Hence, the least distortion is always at the...

A trade name is the name of your business or company. A trademark is a name or word or emblem used to identify the goods or services of a company. A trade name may be protected under state statutes or principles of unfair competition. But a name may function as a trademark, and be protected as a...

In the picture, the number four is open at the top and the lower case "T" has only half its horizontal stroke. I thought these characteristics would make it easy for me to identify this letter style, but I gave up. I was hoping someone here might identify it easily. And in answer to your...

The open top four and the half tee are distinctive.

A sign with a face this large is not always easy to service. The plastic will be heavy and can be difficult for one person to slide. I would not even consider replacing the faces without hanging bars. If you need to send two people and two trucks to service a sign like this because one person...

When I used to do a lot of fluorescent window splashes, I used sprayable paint stripper to remove old graphics. It was thin and came with its own sprayer. I always made a "rain gutter" of kraft paper that I taped below the graphics. I could catch the entire mess and simply roll it up in the...

What is FDC?

My practice for cutting large numbers of blanks has been to stack the material so that more than one blank is cut at the same time. Expanded PVC sheet cuts easily and cleanly in stacks, and a table saw is ideal for this. Generally, I will precut the material into manageable sizes first, say...

The industry practice for mounting acrylic letters has historically been stud-mounting. Mounting with concealed studs completely bypasses the adhesion problem. There is no waiting for glue to dry this way, and any incompatibility between the adhesive and the wall finish becomes a moot point...