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Tony McDonald
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Sorry for the long post, but trying to give all the scoop...lol
I have a customer moving to a new building.
There are two 3ft by 12ft signs with pan faces. The faces were originally painted and the next owner covered them with black vinyl and applied white vinyl on top. The signs do not work.
My job is to remove the existing vinyl, and coat out the original painted face with white paint or vinyl, so it can be lettered again.

He wants to wait till spring to letter them, but needs them blocked out now, so the original lettering doesn't show.
If he was ready for lettering, i would just slap a print over it.
I'm thinking paint is the way to go.
Cant i scuff the surface, prime and paint?
Would a good acrylic latex work, or should I use an enamel?
Thank you,
Tony

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Ace Graphics & Printing
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Gerald Barlow
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We have cheapskates here in Turlock too. All I can tell you is DO NOT clean up the plastic faces with lacquer thinner. Use something water base to get the guck off. I seriously ruined a acrylic fave with Lacquer thinner. It went in all teh knife scratches and cracked from there. Not a good day. And ruined my professional attitude. I still do not trust myself. Jer/Turlock

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Alicia B. Jennings
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Yep, they are kinda big. I'd paint them. Pull off the old vinyl, clean with Rapid Remover if needed, scuff with a good red Scotchbrite pad and then paint. What kind of paint ya say, well you could go a little cheapo and use Rustoleum, or maybe 50/50 Rustoleum and 1-Shot mix. I would use a roller. Roll it out real nice, it will be ready for you when he's ready to have it lettered in the spring.

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Tony McDonald
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Thanks for the help...scuff and paint it is.
This place has moved four times in the last 15 years, getting bigger each time. They actually bought this building and are getting it in shape to move in....not ready for customers yet. Cool store...high dollar patio furniture, grills and spas.

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I would tell the guy it is more expensive to re-use the old faces than to buy new. Labor almost always costs more than materials.

Just a thought... you could replace with flat material since the signs are not lit.

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Bruce is correct, new face.

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Duncan Wilkie
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Well, I guess this job isn't happening.

They already had two signs I've made them before that are being put up also.
Since they moved to a different city (about 5 miles from where they were), it turns out the city won't allow them to have this much signage.
The allowance for square footage of signs are figured on their amount of highway frontage.

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Bruce is spot on! [Cool] [Cool]

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