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The frame will likely be a snap frame. Looks kind of like Banner Grip, but I don't know if they use that ribbed framing...? Here are their instructions.

I think your first concern needs to be what the customer is going to be pleased with. "Black is black" isn't the case. Trans, opaque and blockout all give different effects. If you use translucent or opaque vinyl, the face is going to look crappy (in my opinion) at night. Use a black blockout...

February will be here before you know it. Yesterday I believe it was April. Today we're almost at the end of July.

Awesome, wish i had room for one. I would think with an acrylic enclosure, it would dust over really fast to the point where you could no longer see your work. I would definitely go with a dust collection system of some sort.

There are different ways to do this obviously. I prefer the following method: 1.) Tape up your paper pattern. 2.) Determine the highest point of the wall (the portion that sticks out further than the rest) that falls within your pattern area. 3.) Draw a large circle (12" or so) on your...

Agreed...very nice product, good prices and super fast shipping. Just received my Outwater catalog, so need to compare prices. Their stuff looks nice though.

Looks great! nice work.

VHB and silicone are extremely strong. You could go a little nicer than the ACM. For the interior sign, a .250'' black frosted acrylic panel with .250'' acrylic or aluminum letters would look really nice. For the exterior sign, you're golden... Due to the angle you can pretty much use any...

It looks like you're changing materials now.... If I'm the least bit unsure of whether or not silicone and VHB is going to be enough on a given project, I use mechanical fasteners. But that's based on experience, and it sounds like this may be a new animal for you. Without knowing exactly what...

The customer absolutely should not be charged if you re-do this. You're the sign expert (at least in the eyes of your customer) and are responsible for providing a product that looks good, lights up nicely and that they're happy with. Why should they be charged anything? The customer did their...

Yes, marble can crack when being drilled with a masonry bit. If you decide to stud-mount the new sign, use a diamond core bit. You can use VHB tape but first you need to decide on what material the sign will be and then pick the VHB tape best suited for that material and the marble. Call 3M if...

Thanks guys. Phillip gets all of the credit, he did the layouts. As far as the keywords, I think we used maybe a dozen. I would like to have more of a variety on there (less repeating words - more sign types) but not a big deal.

Here are mine with the spot UV:

4over did a really nice job on mine.

You bet, glad to help. And you're not alone in the knowledge department. Every day I'm in this business I feel like I know less and less. There are so many facets, techniques and nuances to learn, it can get overwhelming.

Might want to see if the city will even allow a banner sign / cover up up-front that amount of time. Most won't.

REALLY wish my credit union would implement this.

To some extent, it depends on the brightness of the LED's. In channel letters, we would normally space the strokes of LED's about 5" apart. So with it being closer to the face, yes, I think spacing them 3" to 4" apart would do the trick. Your best bet is to lay the LED's in there and just see...

We used two guys and two ladders to install the face below. I believe it was 3' x 15'.

The diffuser acts to diffuse the light from the lamps. It spreads it out, it doesn't decrease it (if it does, it's very minimal). Like Gino mentioned, the lamps are too close to the face and nothing you do (other than using a formed face) is going to eliminate hot spots (or shadowing from...