What’s it cost to produce this 3D entrance sign?
Layers of PVC board make a durable solution
By Larry Elliott
Posted on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
Materials:
4-by-5-ft. 3/4-in. PVC board: $120
2-by-4-ft. 1/2-in. PVC board: $40
2-by-5-ft. ¼-in. PVC board: $30
4-by-5-ft. 4mm corrugated plastic: $7
1 quart acrylic latex: $20
40 1- and 1¼-in. No. 6 stainless screws: $12
Six 3-in. No. 12 plated screws: $3
5-by-24-in. 22k gold vinyl cut into ¼-in. strips: $10
Miscellaneous sandpaper, rags, cleaners, tape, PVC glue, etc.: $10
Total materials: $252
Labor:
Design/sales: 2 hours
Pattern/template: ¼ hour
Setup/routing: 1 hour
Hand carving: 3 hours
Texture, cleanup, sand: 2 hours
Paint: 2 hours
Assembly: 1 hour
Miscellaneous: moving materials, sweeping, cleaning: 1 hour
Total: 12 to 13 hours
Not long ago, Matt Logue of the Lakewood Capital Group from East Tennessee contacted us to produce the entrance signage for a property they were developing at the new 1000-acre county lake near our shop. Our company had been referred to them by a mutual friend, Terry Hamlett, the contractor who was installing security fencing at the property.
The property developer’s desire was to have a dimensional sign mounted on a stone wall at the entrance to the exclusive development. They provided a couple of rough ideas they had put together from signs they had seen online. They told us these were only for reference to the style of sign they were looking for.
