How this plastic signage panel is made !

Delivery Point: Melbourne Collins Street, Victoria
Acrylic plastic backing panel with vinyl trimmed letters. This panel has flame polished edges after trimming the plastic. There is a video you can view (here) that explains more about polishing. The lettering is cut via a plotter machine.

The heat flame for the polishing signage

Using a oxy cutter with a low heat flame temperature, the edge of the plastic is softened, when cool, the saw or router cuts are smoother and back to original clear status. The picture is of a special 'imitation sandblast' plastic. It looks great for making signage.

More pictures of Sandblasted Effect Signage can be seen here >

Why flame the edges of the signage panel? The sawn edges look ok, however, by adding this slightly extra cost, the plastic takes on a more glass look. Very impressive. The flame is a mixture of Acetylene and Oxygen. The same mix of gases used to cut large steel panel pre laser machining.

Plastic and Vinyl Combination onto the signage

The adhesive letters are cut on a plotter, (not laser) and the joining sections of the maple leaf and LGC and The Lead Generation Company Melbourne words are lines that form a path for the knife head to transverse. The underside you can see is a protective paper tape. (by the way, they are a great company that assist businesses)

Being removed from the panel/letters is a lower tacking paper gum film that holds each letter in 'spacing' position before being rubbed onto the plastic panel. This can be sent to you via what we call 'Do It Yourself Vinyl Letters, or the team can compose and fabricate the signage for you.

Finished ready to put up

Another example with raised and sandblasting effect backing.

3d letters made in plastic

This a photo of the finished sign. The Laser Cut Sign here is Poly welded reversed colored and glued tot the Sandblasting effect panel. The Edges of the letters are slightly polished and give a great light transmission effect. The sign would be mounted to the wall by the customer with the stand off pins supplied.

This office sign in Sydney looks great and is very easy to put up.

Another Great example is here at Glen Waverley Victoria

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