Where can I get painted steel blanks? Everyone just has aluminum.

[TheSnowman]

I've called every supplier on my list, even ones I haven't ordered from in years, and no one has steel blanks. I'm hoping I don't have to deal with a local metal shop, because it's such a small deal, they won't want to mess with it. I just need (2) 2' X 3' in something like .040 or .080 painted white. Anyone got any suggestions? I've tried Advantage, Grimco, and Bull Steel and no luck.

 

[ams]

They are hardly used anymore due to rust issues and how heavy they are. A couple of places still carry them, but hard to find. Can you sell your customer on using Aluminum? It's better.

 

[Billct2]

Used to use Blinkety Blanks in Cali

 

[Gino]

You'd be asking for 12 or 18 gauge. Steel doesn't measure the same way aluminum does.

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

I believe Rayco sign supply still has steel blanks out of Chicago 773-267-5200

 

[chester215]

Dee sign will make signs with 24 ga steel.
Min Qty 6.

 

[Marlene]

you can try these guys I found online. 24 gauge is .0239" thick. with gauge the higher the nubmer the thinner

 

[JERHEMI]

Wrisco

 

[TheSnowman]

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out tomorrow. I always use aluminum, because of all the reasons listed above, but we're doing something where we need to swap out magnets for schedules and things like that, so need to have a way to do that.

 

[ams]

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out tomorrow. I always use aluminum, because of all the reasons listed above, but we're doing something where we need to swap out magnets for schedules and things like that, so need to have a way to do that.

Suggest a new way of doing what they need. Such as velcro or a letter/sign track.

 

[player]

If you don't need heavy the 22 or 24 gauge steel used for making electric signs has a nice bake on finish. Sign suppliers sell it in 4' x 8' sheets. Get them cut from a local shop, or maybe even the supplier.

 

[Billct2]

If the signs are interior you could use "Flexsteel", magnet receptive sheeting

 

[Teri Aune]

Gopher Signs

 

[signcrafters london]

If you only need thin material, try your local metal roofing/metal siding companies. They have 40" sheet metal coils in a variety of colors. They can cut what you need from the coil with their shear before they send it through their corrugating machine.

Most are a color on one side and white on the other, so you save a little time and money by using what they already have webbed up, or spare pieces they have left over. And they have white on both sides if that's what you need, too.