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Here's one that was installed last week for our local Chamber of Commerce. It's a double faced 36" x 42" MDO (.75") finished with Porter 100% acrylics. Lettering is High Performance Vinyl and .5" PVC. Posts are 4" x 4" square tubing with cast iron finials. The star is HDU. No hardware is visible.
The city installed the structure in concrete. It was a hassle getting a permit since the sign is in an historical district and violates a bunch of rules. Fortunately, the chamber did all the leg work getting the variances.
Cost: $2,000
This is the town that I was born in 68 years ago and in which I still live. Population now is 18,000, when I was born it was about 1,500.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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One beautiful sign, this will let everybody feel great & then proud seeing this as they arrive, just look at it, it does Great job as always indeed
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Nice...........but how it it attached to the metal posts????
-------------------- John Arnott El Cajon CA 619 596-9989 signgraphics1@aol.com http://www.signgraphics1.com Posts: 1443 | From: El Cajon CA usa | Registered: Dec 1998
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Actually, there are two pieces of 1" square tubing between the MDO sandwich that are connected to the posts. On the back of each MDO panel are .5" square pieces of redwood that are screwed and glued so that the panels were simply dropped onto the metal tubing. Everything is glued together with construction adhesive.
This job was originally proposed as a full dimensional sign with gold leaf, but their budget wouldn't allow it. Our school colors are red and white (with black accents) so the choice was obvious.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Good idea, Rusty. I'm sure they'll jump at the chance. I won't hold my breath.
Terry, the red will fade with time, certainly, but there are five coats on this thing so I'm hoping it will be a long time before it has to be touched up. We'll just watch and wait.
I have some other signs in this area that have red backgrounds and they are holding up rather well, even after five or six years.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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