Plexiglas Standoff Signs w/ Frosted

[Texas_Signmaker]

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Here it is...

 

[Gino]

Very nice. Another happy ending......................

What's holding the cogs/gears up ??​

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

stud mounted acrylic from Gemini. The other gears on the hallways are coroplast with VHB.

Spelling and grammatical errors are for the kids to discover.

 

[signage]

Spelling and grammatical errors are for the kids to discover.

Likely excuse :-{){

 

[rossmosh]

Did you use the glossy side out? Kind of defeats the purpose of the material, doesn't it?

 

[Bigdawg]

In addition to this, if you flame polish acrylic and then wet install frost expect potential issues.

I did such, and wet applied frost film with rapidtac/soapy water. The acrylic ended up with microfizzure cracks inward from the edges.

I believe that because the flame polishing melts and affects the composition of the acrylic on a microscopic level, the chemical application whether it's soap or anyting can have a negative effect, especially once it has been squeegeed with some pressure. My guess is also the introduction of ISO alcohol for cleaning or in mix. I'd agree the p95 option as shown or a Frost vinyl applied to acrylic that has not been flame polished.

As far as cleaning acrylic pieces with a flame-polished edge... we use Mineral Spirits as recommended by our acrylic guy. Yes, we have an acrylic guy and that's all he does. After ruining several custom cut, polished pieces we got smart enough to ask him what he uses. We still use it sparingly, but no cracks or issues since we switched over.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Did you use the glossy side out? Kind of defeats the purpose of the material, doesn't it?

Customer liked the shine on it.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

I think this is awesome. I do feel like there is a better word to start all of these statements with. Use this. Use that. Is it just me? But really great work.
Is STEAM a misspelling of STEM?

the "A" in STEAM stands for "Arts"... so they added that in

Honestly I didn't even read the copy... I just copy and pasted it on there. That sign had like 10 revisions after it was all said and done.

 

[JTBoh]

In addition to this, if you flame polish acrylic and then wet install frost expect potential issues.

I did such, and wet applied frost film with rapidtac/soapy water. The acrylic ended up with microfizzure cracks inward from the edges.

I believe that because the flame polishing melts and affects the composition of the acrylic on a microscopic level, the chemical application whether it's soap or anyting can have a negative effect, especially once it has been squeegeed with some pressure. My guess is also the introduction of ISO alcohol for cleaning or in mix. I'd agree the p95 option as shown or a Frost vinyl applied to acrylic that has not been flame polished.

Soap and water is fine, BUT alcohol at any step of the process, even before, can cause the cracking.

That said - one of these days i'll get around to using that as part of the design, somehow. Intentionally cracked and still structurally sound.

 

[rossmosh]

DNA is okay on cast acrylic that is not flame polished. This is why flame polishing is generally a bad idea. If you sand and buff, you do not have to worry about cracking the acrylic.