It is amazing how much data they have, I was an estimator for them about 8 or 9 years ago. You have the drawings we would break down and price and save whether they had us make it or not. The fun part was pricing the same job to 50 or more different shops bidding it - you have that split across 6 estimators so the price would wind up different depending on who did or when they did it; They were working on a resolution for that when I left to go run another corporate shop 10 minutes from where I was moving.I prefer tracing the letter faces on the ground/flat trailer, less labor and easier to do without tearing up the paper. Just make note on the pattern which way you did it so they folks cutting them will know. 7 years is a long time for even a UL label to hold up, though we had Direct sign wholesale send us a pattern from a set that was 14 years old! They literally said "I'll have to check the archive and see if we have it." I figure the archive is an external HDD they had to go find in a closet.
I read this earlier and this is exactly what popped in my head. Southpark?
High School if you are really a GenX sign maker. The Simpson referenced it I believe, think it was the episode that Phish was in in the late 90s.I read this earlier and this is exactly what popped in my head. Southpark?
I am but the simpsons lost their edginess around when beavis and butthead came out. Then southpark topped them. I never got into Phish.High School if you are really a GenX sign maker. The Simpson referenced it I believe, think it was the episode that Phish was in in the late 90s.
No way would I ever do this to someone else's work from 20 years ago. Unless you can take the whole thing down, bring it into your shop, no way in this weather would I ever attempt this. However, at my age, I don't wanna do something like this. I like to be kinda dead on with things and know it going in.Yes and no. Ideally they have a fat wad of cash and don't mind paying for a brand new sign that will work for another 15+ years, but with a physical rubbing, anybody can recut faces and glue trimcap on. They are just big hollow cans with some lights in them, if that supplier can't cut new faces with confidence, then I'd find a different outfit to work with.
This is really easy to do yourself. Once you have a pattern, get a 4'x8' piece of 4" thick styrofoam, sheets of lexan or acrylic, cut the pattern down to fit on your sheet, then start cutting with a jig saw. You will either want to cut on the line if you traced the faces, or outside of the line if you traced the cans. Once you're done, get a roll of trimcap and some CHANNELBOND, not weldon, pin the letter to the table with a few nails, start your trimcap, and place nails every 1-2". You'll need a nipper to cut the edge of the trimcap for inside bends, but that's about it. Once you have all of the perimeter capped, lay down 2 or 3 thin coats of channelbond, letting it dry 15-20 minutes between coats.
Bottom line, a new sign would look better and be 'perfect', but new faces would be cheaper, with no guarantees of a perfect fit. (This is where you hopefully started this venture with "and how much would you like to spend on this project")
Only because there are always a number of contrary answers and suggestions offered here. And that's not meant to be an insult, just that as a novice I have to read through it all and decide what the best solution is for my business and ability.I hope you have two bathrooms where you are, you have a hard time making a decision without consulting someone.