Cut vinyl graphics on a background of Burgundy Oracal 651 film on a 3-by-6-ft. panel of 6mm Alumalite aluminum composite material. Braun Bleamer, Jet Signs, Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Letters are 30-lb. HDU board finished with Matthews metallic copper and clearcoat with metal flake added. The 3-ft.-wide main panel is a 1-in. Extira Treated Exterior Panel, cut out and painted with black DiBond ACM panels applied top and bottom. The center panel is ½-in. Extira with CNC-carved prismatic letters and the black shadow/outline incise carved with a flat bottom recess bit. John Ralph, Quail Run Signs, Hamilton, Virgin
Hand-lettered with Ronan Aquacoat paint [www.ronanpaints.com] on 4-by-4-ft. panel of brushed aluminum with a rubber washer. Jim Jackson, Artcraft Sign Co., Raleigh NC
overlaid plywood. Ornaments are carved HDU board finish with goldleaf. The client liked the colors so well that he used them as a color scheme and repainted the building. Russ Mills, Russ Mills Signs, Pineville, Kentucky
The logo type is ½-in. waterjet cut aluminum, horizontally brushed and satin clear-coated. It is stud mounted through the 14-by-24-in. panel of ½-in. laser-cut acrylic on 3/16-in. standoffs. The background graphics are a reverse print on 3M IJ 40 film, with a white film laminate behind, and are installed subsurface. The ½-in. acrylic spacer raises the panel off the brick wall.
The sign is stud mounted with silicone to the brick wall with 3-in.-long 3/16-in. aluminum studs, which Jim prefers because they’re easy to bend and cut in the field. The standoff discs are
Hand-lettered with Ronan Aquacoat paint [www.ronanpaints.com] on 4-by-4-ft. panel of brushed aluminum with a rubber washer. Jim Jackson, Artcraft Sign Co., Raleigh NC
How about copper for the background and steel sheet for the letters? Sign maker unknown, Blue Ridge, Georgia
CNC-cut 3/4-in. PVC letters on 72-by-88-in. panels of 6mm aluminum composite material; Express is prismatic carved and mounted on 1/4-in PVC board outline panel. Logo panel is CNC-carved 1-in. high density urethane board, and everything is finished with Matthews polyurethane paint [www.matthewspaint.com] Address panel is cast vinyl film on ACM panel. Bob Stephens, Skywatch Signs, Zephyrhills, Florida
Printed graphics with UV laminate on 4-by-8-ft. panel of ¾-in. PVC board, mounted on 6-by-6-in. treated posts with white vinyl sleeves and post caps. Braun Bleamer, Jet Signs, Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Clearcoated 3/8-in. aluminum letters from Gemini Inc. [www.geminisignproducts.com] on 14-by-23-ft. monument made of plywood covered with foam panels then coated with acrylic stucco. RT Signs, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
Cut-out layers of overlaid plywood finished with Ronan Aquacoat paint [www.ronanpaints.com] and exterior acrylic latex paint. The sign is 4-by-5-ft. overall. Russ Mills, Russ Mills Signs, Pineville, Kentucky
The lion’s head was CNC-routed in four layers. The base layer is PVC board, with three layers of HDU board over that. The 28-by-60-in. sign face and the letters are ½-in. PVC board. The secondary copy was hand lettered. The lion’s whiskers are copper wire. Chris Lovelady, Vital Signs LLC, Thomasville, Georgia
Digital print and cut vinyl lettering on 2-by-8-ft prefinished black 6mm Alumalite aluminum composite material. Pinstripe is hand painted. Erik Dickson, Erik Designs, Rumford, Maine
