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In my opinion... In this case, there is no way a foam sign from the mentioned sign company will look anywhere near that rendering... it will look cheap. Other ways of doing it are faux finish, digital print, let the wood weather on it own after you stain it. If you wanted a wood grain, HDU...

Seems to me that if you have the Division 10 specs, and they listed the manufacturer... and they are a wholesaler... they they are also part of the problem. I'm sure there was no message schedule so the sign fabricator probably did that work too which can be quite extensive.

I don't understand this comment... Division 10 is only the category that architects and specifiers use for identifying specialties on a project, Signage is one of those specialities. It has nothing to do with who is bidding/fabricating them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Divisions I'm...

I usually make a section view to see the proportions of the letters to the panel. My gut says: 1" thick acrylic on "HIGH COUNTRY" 1/2" thick acrylic on "GOODS" 1/4" thick on "EST 2014" Matte finish on the lettering... If you use wood, it will probably need maintenance. If you use...

I might as well mention, since it is a rant thread.... This past week I got: A blade sign designed by an environmental design firm. -- Sent as a .pdf but the whole page was a .jpg -- None of the measurements supplied, just the scale -- No color call outs -- The design mentioned...

I agree with Bob and he's been saying it for years... You CAN NOT price what your competitors charge, you MUST price to be profitable. Anyone can make a post and panel sign, it's a commodity item, then there are clients who think that everything we is is a commodity. You need to find clients...

How many? if not too many, I would print both sides separately and spray mount the back to the front...

Though I get your frustration, I used to be the production guy who had to fix these things... I called it job security. It common for us to get CMYK values from other design firms and always ask for a PMS color match. Maybe it's because the ai/corel to the smallest .pdf file messes it up. We...

Menus are about the hardest thing to design, we recently did one where we went back and forth for weeks before finally nailing it... this menu changes 4 times a year. Once we set up the template, they layout the seasonal menus. It's the time it takes, not what people charge in your area. We...

There are a million ways to make a menu... but first... Are you doing the layout? 4 menus per table means nothing to us, how many menus total? Do they need extras as menus tend to get nasty after a while.... How will you be making them? Are they inserts going into a sleeve?

Being in this business for a while, and having worked at various types of shops... most of my sign shop design work was done at an extremely fast pace. But the higher I moved up the food chain, the slower the pace got. Most banner jobs were done in 10-15 minutes when I was a production monkey...

It's very rare I do mom and pop sign design but yeah, I'd like to see a contest for basic signs, especially if it had real world info. on how long it took to design and the cost.

From everything I have ever read, he only produces his own work... There are actually quite a few who do this work and very well.... Someone close to you... http://www.legacy3dfx.com/index/

Does "cut through" mean "push-thru"? I would be more afraid of rust getting all over the letters than the back releasing. I prefer a mechanical attachment with a dab of silicone here and there. I would clear coat it, but probably make the backer as large as possible to get the maximum...

Tap Plastics in Stockton is closer...

That's it! Thanks!

We've been looking for waaaaay to long, Help Please!!!

It's the same permit, but an owner can pull the permit as long as they, their employee, or a licensed contract are installing.

This is not about banners... Its about design... Some of us are "replicators", we get the clients logo on a business card, we redraw it, slap on some substrate. Some of us are "artistes", we get a job with no logo, we can't just type out Helvetica and hand it to the client, so we logo-ize...

She should be able to decorate a panel. She is not allowed to "contract" the install through a sub-contractor. The owner would have to permit the sign, or the owner must hire a licensed installer permit and install.