Need Help with Dry Erase Project

[Locals Find!]

I need to make a signicade for a mortgage broker client that he can change the interest rates on daily. We want to print the logo and other information and just be able to write on the rate of the day. He ruled out using track letters.

Example: Prime Rate _5.5_%

I looked at using the r-tape ez dry erase vinyl but, its not rated for outdoor use. Can someone suggest an alternative laminate or vinyl that would allow me to accomplish this?

 

[HaroldDesign]

Does it really need to be rated for outdoor use? The dry erase writing itself certainly isn't.

 

[Locals Find!]

the main concern is not being able to clean it off at the end of the day and be able to use it the next day. I dont' want to sell him something and he writes on it and it sits out all day then he can't clean it off and its stuck on there with the wrong interest rate.

 

[J Hill Designs]

dry erase laminate...

 

[Locals Find!]

dry erase laminate...

have a brand you would suggest? I dont' wanna cheap out on this.

 

[Carl Crabtree]

I just finished 20 3'x4' dry erase boards for a mfg company. We ordered SS dry erase laminate from Proveer. It's thin ( only 1 mil ) but it seems to work great. They have it in 38 & 51" rolls. I'm not sure if it's rated for outdoors.

 

[Locals Find!]

My thoughts exactly. How often do you see dry erase signs exposed to outdoor conditions? Rain + dry erase = goodbye message

Not so much worried about rain as we are worried about sun permanently baking on the marker ink onto the vinyl/laminate after its been out on the sidewalk 8 hours.

 

[Si Allen]

Go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy a sheet of white shower wall panel and cut to size.
It is a 1/8 inch thick masonite panel with a melamine finish.

Paint, silk screen or vinyl on the permanent letters.

 

[J Hill Designs]

melamine doesnt work so well as dry erase in my opinion and experience

hexis dry erase vinyl (white) or hexis dry erase laminate (clear) both work excellently

 

[Locals Find!]

Go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy a sheet of white shower wall panel and cut to size.
It is a 1/8 inch thick masonite panel with a melamine finish.

Paint, silk screen or vinyl on the permanent letters.

Going to look into that.

 

[d fleming]

Print the image then print a styrene square that is dry erase laminated and can be held in place with velcro or some such thing. That way when the dry erase portion dies you're not replacing the whole print. Give him 5 or 6 dry erase pieces to start.

 

[Circleville Signs]

Print the image then print a styrene square that is dry erase laminated and can be held in place with velcro or some such thing. That way when the dry erase portion dies you're not replacing the whole print. Give him 5 or 6 dry erase pieces to start.

This. If your client is too cheap to do it the right way, at least try to get him to do it the convenient way.

 

[Gino]

Get a small LED board and do it right. You might not wanna skimp, but your customer sure is.

If he doesn't go for that, sell 'em electrical tape and use that, instead.

 

[Marlene]

apply Wagner tracking and sell a set of numbers to go with it.

 

[J Hill Designs]

He ruled out using track letters.

Personally I would use a rectangle of dry erase white...when it stop's erasing in a few months, apply a new rectangle of dry erase white vinyl...no velcro do-hickey for some hoodlum to snag

 

[Locals Find!]

apply Wagner tracking and sell a set of numbers to go with it.

Could you tell me where I could find this? I have only seen the letter tracks from Grimco.

 

[AnotherSignManiac]

Could you tell me where I could find this? I have only seen the letter tracks from Grimco.

http://wagnerzip.com

 

[Billct2]

White acrylic can also be use for dry erase

 

[MikePro]

make sum #'s on coroplast squares with velcro.

 

[Locals Find!]

Thank you all for the help and advice. I am going to look over all these options and test some this weekend. See which works out to be the most cost effective option without sacrificing quality.

I will post back with what we decide on when its finished.

Edit: Which would be better to plan out this custom sign with a Mac PC or a Windows PC??
(Sorry Just couldn't resist going there)

 

[kustomsigns&designs]

I just finished 20 3'x4' dry erase boards for a mfg company. We ordered SS dry erase laminate from Proveer. It's thin ( only 1 mil ) but it seems to work great. They have it in 38 & 51" rolls. I'm not sure if it's rated for outdoors.

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