Need Help Channel letter clip

You got me.. I've never seen any "clip". You'd like that would look odd on the letters.

 

I would tell them your sign your 15 year old sign is junk and you need a new one. If they don't trust and value that diagnosis I would wish them good luck with their newfound miracle solution sign makers

 

No clue on the miracle clip but if all else fails:


Military grade 100 mile an hour tape.
If this won't keep those faces on, nothing will.
Plus if you select the correct camo pattern it should be undetectable(in theory).

 

How are the faces attached now, with jewelite trim and screws or overlap with clear button attached to underside of acrylic face with screw thru channel into button.
Maybe he has a clear piece that attaches to face and he screws that in. Could be after 15 years the material is breaking down.
He just calls them something else that is not sign lingo and the term "clip" is something he uses.

 

First off I wouldnt let this "competitor" worry you with his BS gimmicks. He probably took some flat bar and will screw it to trimcap over to letter lol. I would love to see a pic of those "clips". Him causing this much commotion over a 15 year old sign tickles me.

If you lost a face off an old sign in 70 mph winds, S&$% happens! Sounds to me like sign company 2 is desperate for clients. IF your client goes with this guy let them go

 

+1 he's most likely making stuff up, or uses the term "clip" for a galvanized/stainless steel screw/rivot that won't corrode.

Aside from that, I've been making channel letters for 20+ years and have never heard of any additional "clips" for them, but I have heard of people just capping the letters without securing with a mechanical fastener or simply failing to replace the screws when servicing the sign.

 

the best I have found is using aluminum hardware on aluminum signs.

 

Signcomp has a trim cap system that uses metal "clips." It looks like the clips are screwed or riveted to the returns first and then the trip cap snaps in place. But I don't think it has been on the market for fifteen years. Maybe it lasts longer than screws, maybe it doesn't. It's advertised as a faster assembly rather than longer-lasting. And the look would be cleaner—no screw heads visible or distortion of the trim cap from the pull of the screws. I haven't tried it, but it looks cool. Is the plastic cap a better grade?

https://www.gogsg.com/2331924/Product/SignComp_9641

Still...fifteen-year-old trim cap? Typically, it will be brittle and trying to come apart at the fifteen-year mark. I don't consider trim cap to be a fifteen-year product. It's true that a stainless steel screw into an aluminum return will have a galvanic reaction—stainless and aluminum do not play well together—but the hole in the return should still hold the screw unless it was stripped out, to begin with. A steel screw, painted, is a better hold than stainless, in theory, in an aluminum return. And aluminum screws would be best like signage said, but few do that.

If the Signcomp system is superior in longevity, that's a good thing. But screws have been "best practice" in the industry since I was in diapers. It's not the "wrong" way. Those are the words of a blowhard. But the Signcomp system could be a major improvement. It is certainly worth trying.

Brad in Kansas City

 

Here is a video of the signcomp Z clip

 

Only a $1 each