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Category: Signs

Outdoor Signs Point Your Way to Potential Business Clients

Personalized Outdoor Signage
April 11th, 2023
Signs

Do you know where you’re going?  Even if you don’t, outdoor signs can make a difference in making, and missing the boat for a business appointment, agreement with friends, or an affair of the heart.

Even the best made plans can go awry, and a convenient, well-placed metal signage can make all the difference in getting to where you need to go.  Haven’t you ever experienced the other person holding a grudge after having had to arrive even a little bit later than originally planned!

It is easy to be unjustifiable misunderstood and labeled as non-serious when it was just a matter of having bad directions or poorly displayed road markings to get you to the desired destination. 

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Classic Carved or Sandblasted Wooden Signs

Sandblasted wooden sign
April 10th, 2023
Signs

Never underestimate the importance of your company’s signage.  When your valued customer arrives at your business, atmosphere is extremely important.  First impressions are usually the most long-lasting.

Quality wooden signs, for instance, can make all the difference, like a warm handshake and a “Welcome, Neighbor!” response that every guest would love to experience.

All successful businesses have one thing in common – they use the best tools available that help you show your clients what you are all about.

Sandblasted Carved Wood Signs, a Proven Classic

The quality of carved wood signage is indisputable. 

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Custom Signs – How to Purchase For a Business or Organization

Intersection Road
April 10th, 2023
Signs

We see them everywhere we go and are expected to “heed” them all the time. While driving these business, street, or road signs guide us and instruct us about what’s ahead and let us know how to act and react.

Think of those octagon, square, rectangular, and round signage as directions and warnings for what we must pay attention to. Where do they come from and how come they are practically universally identical no matter which state you are driving in?

Government and local municipalities specifically use various traffic guidance posts inside and outside of their facilities.

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The Custom Wood Sign: Shaping Up the History of Signs

Sandblasted HDU Sanblasted Cedar or Sandblasted Redwood
April 6th, 2023
Signs

It is highly likely that the first signs that man made in “prehistoric” times were made from wood. And here I have to digress. How does anyone know when prehistoric times started and ended? And if they’re prehistoric, who determines where history began? So really, does “prehistoric” just mean we don’t know our own history?

How Custom Wood Signs Shaped History – Or Did History Shape It?

At any rate, since that custom wood sign decayed thousands of years ago, nobody knows the moment when the first human being, using a CNC router and engraving machine,

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Sandblasting Signs – Best Materials to Make a Sandblast Sign

High Density Urethane wood signage
April 5th, 2023
Signs

Most of you reading this article probably will never make sandblasting signs, but if you want to know about the process of making them, this article will be very informative in that regard.

In about 1870, Benjamin C. Tilghman invented and patented a method that used high-pressured air to powerfully drive an abrasive substance against wood or other surfaces to remove paint, moss, dirt, or, in the case of sandblasting, wood particles. We’re not precisely sure how long it took makers to adopt this method to create the first wood sandblasted display, but because carved wooden signs had been in existence for thousands of years,

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Laminate Letters For Displays – Laminated Letters For Logos

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April 5th, 2023
Signs

Many companies today are opting for laminated lettering for logos and interior sign displays because laminate letters simply look great without costing an arm and a leg, which in the current economy, you simply won’t have because the IRS already took it!

Creating Laminated Logos with CNC Routers – How This Technology Changed the Sign Business

Laminated logos have been around for over 20 years and really became both popular and affordable with the advent of the CNC router. In case you didn’t know, CNC stands for “Computerized Numeral Controlled”- or basically a router table with a carriage whose X and Y axis are controlled by a computer.

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How To Purchase Business Sign Letters

customized company signage
April 5th, 2023
Signs

If you’re upgrading your facility or moving to a new facility, it is highly likely you’ll also be purchasing some logos and letters or some type of new outdoor signage for your building.

Business signs are often done using 3D lettering, also known as dimensional lettering, and there are several options available for your use.

If You Need to Purchase Logos and Letters for Your Business Signage, Make Sure They Have a Lifetime Warranty

Sign lettering made from cast or cut metal is a great option, but not everyone has the budget to afford them.

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Metal Wall Letters: How to Purchase Metal Cast Letters Online

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April 4th, 2023
Signs

If your company or organization is in the market for metal wall letters of any type, it is highly likely in this decade that you’ll go shopping online for them. Everyone I know has, at some time, been ripped off by an unscrupulous company, either online or offline, or if you’re like me, both!

How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off When You Purchase Metal Cast Letters Online

Avoiding getting shafted when purchasing anything is a good idea, and if you’re purchasing any type of cast metallic signage, there are some ways that I’ve found that enable me to avoid losing money to the bad guys.

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The Bronze Plaque Sign and The Aluminum Plaque Sign

Citizen soldier bronze plaque sign
April 4th, 2023
Signs

The dictionary definition of a plaque is “a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, stone, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture” or as “an inscribed commemorative tablet, usually of metal [or polished marble or granite] placed on a building, monument, or the like.”

In this article, we’ll explore the bronze plaque and the aluminum plaque as memorials and signs.

The Bronze Plaque as a Historical Sign and Marker

The bronze plaque is frequently used as memorial plates for various historical or important locations.

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Carved Wood Signs – Why Wooden Carved Signs Are Best

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April 3rd, 2023
Signs

No one knows exactly when the first caveman/woman carved their initials in a tree as a territorial marker, but we do know that wooden signage, along with cave drawings and papyrus and piles of stones, carved wood signs are one of the oldest types of guide markers.

Of course, they look a little better now than they did back then, we think. Of course, being what they were – wood – they didn’t last quite as long as the cave drawings or the clay tablets that the Mesopotamians used. Or the bronze signs that came later during the Greek and Roman Empire eras.

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