Homestead Embroidery
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Hey everyone,
Although we are not directly in the sign industry, meaning I sub out any jobs that I might get, I do want to thank everyone on here for helping me in the past with either font Id's or quotes. Now, I am looking to you all as professionals for some information. My wife and I are taking the next big step and are looking to move up from a 480 sqft shop to a 2500 sqft shop. I have never had a request for a sign, normally vehicle window decals and coroplast signs, so knowing that I am not an expert, I would like imput and information from everyone one the different signs available. I can tell you the accountant that is next to me has a hand painted 4x8 sheet of plywood as his sign. That is the size that we have to work with over the store front. It can not be internally lighted. (there are 2 100 watt flood lights at both lower corners for lighting) That comes from the Landlord. they want all the signs to look somewhat similar. Now we do have a sign post that is by the road that we can put up an internally illuminated sign. I think that is 3x4 foot in size but that will be later on down the road.
Our question is this. What would be the best material(s) to use. I do not like the plywood look!! That is what was up there to begin with. I have seen some synthetic plywood before but it always seemed to curl in the direct sunlight. The design itself is fairly simple, 2 color, lots of words, but the final design has yet to be desided on. I will be posting a picture of the front of the facility as soon as I can get back to snap one. I apologize if this is in the wrong section. Please ask questions as I really do not have that much knowledge in signs.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
Matt
Although we are not directly in the sign industry, meaning I sub out any jobs that I might get, I do want to thank everyone on here for helping me in the past with either font Id's or quotes. Now, I am looking to you all as professionals for some information. My wife and I are taking the next big step and are looking to move up from a 480 sqft shop to a 2500 sqft shop. I have never had a request for a sign, normally vehicle window decals and coroplast signs, so knowing that I am not an expert, I would like imput and information from everyone one the different signs available. I can tell you the accountant that is next to me has a hand painted 4x8 sheet of plywood as his sign. That is the size that we have to work with over the store front. It can not be internally lighted. (there are 2 100 watt flood lights at both lower corners for lighting) That comes from the Landlord. they want all the signs to look somewhat similar. Now we do have a sign post that is by the road that we can put up an internally illuminated sign. I think that is 3x4 foot in size but that will be later on down the road.
Our question is this. What would be the best material(s) to use. I do not like the plywood look!! That is what was up there to begin with. I have seen some synthetic plywood before but it always seemed to curl in the direct sunlight. The design itself is fairly simple, 2 color, lots of words, but the final design has yet to be desided on. I will be posting a picture of the front of the facility as soon as I can get back to snap one. I apologize if this is in the wrong section. Please ask questions as I really do not have that much knowledge in signs.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
Matt
