I had a customer drop off some 4x8 aluminated panels to have the old vinyl stripped off and new put on. This will be the third time for a new name. You could see the slightly white are where the old name was. After I removed the present vinyl I couldn't believe the white contrast against the yellowing negative area. Any suggestions? I did hear about a polypropalene reducer that I'm going to try. Anybody run into this? I need to get the sign up by the 15th of April.
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Posted by Brad Farha (Member # 931) on :
They're probably going to have to either learn to live with it or get new faces - it's the UV rays that have discolored them.
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Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
I have never found it to be cost effective to re-use materials like this. Your labor in cleaning the faces is worth more than the price of new stock; if they are acrylic, it's likely they have become brittle and are more likely to shatter, as well.
When the customer balks at buying new (and they will!) offer them a choice: x amount for new, or y (higher) amount to attempt to clean the old, with no guarantees. that usually cures them of the cheaps.
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