Polycarbonite shortage...

[Texas_Signmaker]

Grimco says they won't have any till the Fall... Just ordered from NGlantz and their stock is very low. What's goin on???

UPDATE: They said it's because the manufactures are focusing on clear acrylic for covid stuff. I duno how this will play out....

 

[WYLDGFI]

It doesn't surprise me actually. Glantz just emailed about having Clear cast acrylic in stock...no polycarbonate in stock locally.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Well, what do we do if we need 12' of something?? I see they have clear acrylic but nothing over 10'. Will we just have to stop making those signs till the Fall?

 

[Chriswagner92]

Ran into this this week. It makes sense for the manufacturers, focus on where the demand is. The only solution I can think of right now is to make the shortage known and make sure the customer is aware that the time to produce may be longer than expected.

 

[signage]

I expect the price in the fall will have gone up dearly!

 

[CanuckSigns]

Yup, there was a shortage on clear acrylic when covid started, so manufacturers focused on that, now there is an abundance of clear acrylic on the market, but everything else is gone.

I tried to order some clear P95 acrylic, no one has any, no eta either.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Well this sucks... just when I start getting a bunch of requests for sign face changes.

 

[FireSprint.com]

It's interesting to watch the market. Things you would have never thought of are experiencing shortages for odd reasons. I heard yesterday about aluminum cans and coins as well. 2020 still has plans to poke us a bit more I think.

 

[Gino]

Yeah, whodathunk we'd have a toilet paper shortage ?? Talk about essentials. Of course, like some people, they just instal a bidet and get their jollies that way.

 

[MikePatterson]

I have been converting cans over to flex face. I use springs from McMaster Carr and new trim to hide it. I have the trim bent from a metal building supply. Basically its a Lind type setup.

 

[Joe House]

Just curious if you guys are going to start reclaiming sign faces now. Or have you been doing that?
I walked our warehouse today and it looks like we're down to a partial 8' roll here which will probably be gone before long.

 

[Bobby H]

We're seeing shortages in acrylic and polycarbonate. Back orders are going out 6 weeks or more.