Tomorrow I'm gonna be installing a small 3' x' 3' 1/2" MDO menu sign on a flat wall. Inside. The sign also has a few cutouts and shapes glued on to it. I would like the sign to be off the wall about maybe 1/4" to 1/2" off the wall. I don't want any hardware showing. Thus the term "Floating Sign". Any sugesstions?
Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :
Alicia,
I have used sign foam, Sintra, and stand offs purchased from the local glass and mirror store.
Wood wrerks too.
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
I cut spacers from aluminum tubing...
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
If you mounted a clear plate to the wall that is smaller than the sign, then you could use double faced foam tape and not have any mounting hardware visible.
Posted by Craig Shaub (Member # 3119) on :
Alicia,
Not to make an *ss out of you or me... , but I am assuming that you are using woodscrews to secure it to the wall?
I usually save extra Combination Mounting pads from my GEMINI Letter installations just for this purpose...
Otherwise, you could cut spacers from 1/2" PVC or whatever you have available. The mirror and glass standoffs are a great idea, too.
ShaBU
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
The commonest spacer is 2x4s, which have your sign 1½" off the wall. If you're going into a frame wall where you have to find studs, the 2x4s give some freedom in where to mount the sign. And they're thick enough to take Tapcon screws plus the mounting screws, if you're on concrete or brick. You didn't say what kind of wall.