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I forgot to mention that when I was a child, we lived in a small box on the side of the road, and it was made out of coroplast. J
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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I walled in a pole barn with the 1/2" coro almost five years ago. The thing still looks brand new. I don't know if you've ever used 1/2" coro but the stuff is so tough to cut it binds up the circular saw sometimes.
-------------------- Pat Whatley Montgomery, AL (334) 262-7446 office (334) 324-8465 cell Posts: 1306 | From: Wetumpka, AL USA | Registered: Mar 2001
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I called it coroboard/ coroply, didn't delam like mdo, it just quietly goes away after awhile.
For C H E A P "sandblasted look" signs, put vinyl letters on 4 mil coro, put outside, south facing is fastest.... wait 3-5 years, surrounding coro "blasts" away, vinyl letter stands "proud". And you will too!!
John Lennig / SignRider
it's all true.
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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for me here coroplast is ok i work on that and on vynil,and i got on my head that sign are not made to smell at but look at,custummers are cheap here so i got to do with that and of curse i'm sure that they gonna come back more often than if i'll do that on wood or something else....if they agree about the longevity of the job i'm the winner i'm gonna see them more often so more job ....and it's doesn't really change the look when when youre only look at!!!!!off course you can do palets with your coroplast but for me i prefer make money.....
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HAHHAHA!! Jill, you reminded me of the ability to turn my letterin' brush into an uncontrollable air brush! I love to show that "trick" to someone in the shop. I say,"Hey, check out this new material I'm usin' now, it sucks the paint off the brush, it's like a new self-propellin', sign substrate an' I'm really enjoyin' learnin' how to control it. Eventually it will save me HOURS in lettering time!" LOL! They always beleive it fer a second or two. By the way, sum'a ya'll are about to make me fall in love with plastic card board. If you teach me how to play indian flute music on it, I'll . . .I'll . . .I'll think of somethin'... SEND YOU A DOZEn, RED PIECES OF IT! Wait, dang! that stuff's like 8$ a sheet fer the thin stuff...what am I thinkin'!
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"Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a dog" Posts: 5758 | From: "Sweet Home" Alabama | Registered: Mar 2003
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HAHAHAHAHA! Jill, you reminded me how that stuff turns my paint brush into an uncontrollable airbrush. I love to show that trick to someone comin' thru the shop. I say, "hey, look at this new material. It'a like a self-propellin' sign substrate. I'm really enjoyin' learnin' how to use it. Eventually it will save me HOURS of letterin' time!" They always "buy" it fer a second or two. By the way, sum'a ya'll are about to make me fall in love with that stuff. If you can teach me to play indian flute music on it, I'll... I'll...I'll do somethin'...I'LL BUY YOU A DOZEN, RED PEICES OF IT! ...Wait, what am I sayin'? Even the thin stuff's like 8$ a sheet!
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"Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a dog" Posts: 5758 | From: "Sweet Home" Alabama | Registered: Mar 2003
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I stuck a coro roof on my deer blind almost 10 years ago. I'm talking poking holes in the coro and wireing it to saplings, still hanging in there. I've had to replace the saplings twice so far. The 1/2" stuff is great for those 4x4 real estate signs. I screen tons of 18x24's for building suppliers who hand them out to contractors. They stick them in front of new construction sites so the delivery truck can easilly find them. The 18x24's are too expensive for political signs compared to polycoat but we do a fair about of 32x48's for politicians. Stick four grommets in the corners and install them with zip ties on those light weight fence posts from the farm supply. I once heard that the first use of the material was for fish crates in Alaska but I don't remember thet source of this jewel. Post Office still has letter crates made out of the stuff.
-------------------- Bill Modzel Mod-Zel screen Printing Traverse city, MI modzel@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1358 | From: Traverse City, MI | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hey! Sheila really sorry now your screen is ok ...dont by a bigger one lol ....anyway for me coroplast is not so bad ,but i prefer to work on vynil for other kind of job but we' re not alway's have the choice....
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Hi,I'm Larry, and I am new here, I thought I would try my first post here as a reply. I've been reading some of the posts and really got into reading this one. When my wife asked me to airbrush her something for her display, for Free!! I grabbed a 4x8 sheet of coro for the job. The key words were "for Free". here is a picture of it.
-------------------- Larry Killingsworth Auto Graphics Signs & Banners Panama City, FL autographics@knology.net Posts: 1 | From: Panama City, FL | Registered: May 2003
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When this tread first started I kinda looked at it tounge in cheek, but I gotta admit, I've learned a lot of cool things you can do with this stuff. I just got a job to make a cow. It's a jigsaw cut shape of a cow for the local fair next month and it will be cut from 2 4x8 sheets of MDO. The frame has already been made out of 1/4 inch square stock and I have to draw out the cow to fit the frame, which of couse I did not get from the customer. Within the frame there's gonna be a bucket of milk with a small pumpsystem in a catch bucket below so the kids can try milking a cow. I just have a couple of photos to go from.
I've got a spare sheet of Coroplast here and I'm gonna try something with it that I wouldn't have thought of without this post.
I'll draw out the shape on Coroplast and use it to check my dimensions. When I get it right, I'll cut the cow out with a blade and use it as a template for the MDO sheets. I only have to use the template once, clamp both sheets together and hit it with the jigsaw both sheets at once.
I'd have preferred to just use the Coroplast, but the customer and I were more concerned with the kids being rough on it and the fair wants to set it up every year, so durabilty was the main goal. It's a one time template, but I can paint it up, throw on some lettering and hang it over the "milking cow" so the kids will be able to find it easier.
And all this beacause of Scooter asking a question?
lol
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I like my paint shaken, not stirred. Posts: 5648 | From: North Haverhill, New Hampshire | Registered: Apr 2003
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I'm glad this topic took off --i posted it as a serious question. angel gilding and glue chipping are wonderful, but i'm equally interested in a "letterhead" approach to the humble coroplast.
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: :: Posts: 1356 | From: Oakland (and San Francisco) | Registered: Mar 2001
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Interesting how we find strange tidbits of information here, isn't it?
For example, I bought a suitcase on wheels big enough for my sign kit to fit it that I'll be using to fly to Quebec. My biggest concern has been "What about my brushes?" I was concerned with them going to he** while the baggage handlers do whatever they do to luggage. Now I'll be cutting me a piece of coroplast to stick them in. Thank you again George.
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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Hey Jill, so you were the one who live in that nice house up the street, we had a cardbord box and my ma and pa always wanted to vinyl side it to look like yours.
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
"Life is Like an Echo, what you put out, comes back to you." Posts: 5149 | From: Millbury, Mass. U.S. | Registered: Nov 1998
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