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Friedrich07

Cutting Aluminum Signs

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Alright I did my best to search and I did not find anything on this. I had a job request for 3 aluminum signs, I have never done these before so I really dont know what a good price is for the sign blanks. I found a company in Indiana that will cut them and ship them for right around $45 that includes shipping and vinyl coating on one of them because my customer wants a cream color. The sizes are 9" x 12" 15" x 30" and 18" x 18" with no holes.

 

So couple questions...

 

Is there a pretty cheap way to set up for cutting aluminum signs yourself? and is it worth the hassle.

 

How difficult is vinyl coating a sign with rounded edges?

 

Does anyone know of any companies that do custom cut signs any cheaper than that?

 

 

Thanks for all the help!

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Thin gauge aluminum can easily be cut with a circular saw or jig saw if you want to cut them yourself. 

 

No clue what the vinyl coating is? Maybe plastidip? 

 

You can probably get a local metal shop to cut you a few blanks real cheap. It would only take a few minuites for them to run them through the sheer. Your also keeping the money local in small business. WIN WIN.

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I think they are literally just going to use sign vinyl and apply it to the aluminum, this is my guess? They are charging me $13 more for it though which is kinda insane to me. I would experiment with it myself I am mostly just concerned about getting a clean application around the round corners of the sign. I would assume just use a heat gun to stretch the vinyl around the corner and rub out any crinkles or bubbles. I am going to have to look around for a local metal shop.

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vinyl isn't wrapped arount the corners of signs - just apply the backing vinyl with a big squeegee and make sure you clean the metal before application - then clean again - use iso alcohol for final cleaning

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