What’s it cost to produce these 3-by-3-ft. sandblasted signs?
Four 3-by-3-ft. grained HDU panels for a country club
By Braun Bleamer
Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Materials:
4×10 ft. sheet of SignFoam
HDU board – $410
Sandblast mask – $75
Clear coat – $125
Paint and misc – $75
Total materials – $685
Labor:
Consult/design – 1 hours
Cut and prep panels – 1.5 hours
Cut and apply mask – 3 hours
Sandblast – 2 hours
Paint and clear coat – 6.5 hours
Install – 1.5 hours
Total man-hours – 15.5 hours
We do all the 3-D signs for this customer, and this particular project was for the entry to their new lodge. We worked closely with the wrought iron designer who did a lot of other work on the project, including the entry. Our task was to produce four 3-by-3-ft. sandblasted single-faced signs and a set of cutout letters.
There were four stone columns at the entry, and we did a sandblasted sign on 15-lb.
SignFoam HDU board for each one. Two of the columns supported a beam structure that went over the entry road, and the letters went on that beam.
Our production approach on sandblasted signs like these is pretty straightforward. This job was on HDU board, so we blasted to the depth we wanted, then blasted through the
Grain-Fraim to create the texture in the background.
We spray the backgrounds with acrylic latex enamel, and finish the raised areas with oil-based enamel, using a brush. We wet sand the raised surfaces then spray the whole sign with PPG Matte automotive clear. These projects go through the shop pretty smoothly, and make very durable graphics for the customer.
Braun Bleamer’s shop, Jet Signs Inc., is in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
