Project "I Need a Sign"

try dougy fresh i think hes in dallas or maybe huston hes a pinstriper/airbrush buddy of mine he did the graphics on my old s10 like and i thought he did an awsome job

if you're going to have the sign backlite and use it for a shop sign you can take your logo into just about any sign shop in a CDR,AI,or EPS format and have them use a transparent vinyl, the material comes in numerous colors and any strip mall you drive by at night and see signs lit up is the exact something they use

Thanks for the help guys! I'm gonna take it to a local sign shop tomorrow and see what they say.

Or you could use kandy's,....Then it will light up like crazy!

Brian how much would you charge to paint it? Its about 4 feet wide 2 feet tall. Seein your work on here I'm positive you could do it. Oh and the logo is in my little pic under my name.

Originally posted by BOOOGHAR



if you're going to have the sign backlite and use it for a shop sign you can take your logo into just about any sign shop in a CDR,AI,or EPS format and have them use a transparent vinyl, the material comes in numerous colors and any strip mall you drive by at night and see signs lit up is the exact something they use

i agree somewhat with him, but, you still havent said wether or not you were able to resolve the issue with the ford logo. Ive worked for some lighted sign companies before, and i know the procedure they used to paint that. Now if you are going to strip the logo off, more than lickely you will take up the white paint, unless they used a white lexan to mold it, which that would be odd, usually they use clear lexan, mold it to specs, then back spray it the desired color, in this case the blue, then back spray it and seal it which is the white. Its like your typical average paint almost, you should be able to take a stripper to remove it, however, DO NOT use any windex or amonia based product to clean the front of that. If you do the scratches and imperfections will appear and then it'll look like shit, if you want to clean it, use alcohol and dab it.

for your logo, it is a good idea to use a transparent vinyl, but in your logos case, that will not be possible, you have too much of a fade and that cant be done with a solid color vinyl. I would maybe sugest changing your logo up a bit, color wise, so that you might be able to use vinyl, if your decision on paint is impossible. if your able to strip the sign, to its clear form of lexan, you can digitally print your logo of the oval, and vinyl print the name maybe in the same blue, then like they did, back spray it white. some digital vinyls are not applicable for this application, if you are going to go to a sign company and have them print it for you, make sure they dont use a window perf to print it

another method that can resolve your problems, use the stripper for the blue to remove it, then use a solvent backlit film, designed for stuff like this, and have a sign shop overlay it on the top of the sign, it can hide some of the imperfections and scratches, make sure they overlaminate it though, for what they charge you and if they dont laminate it, ur only looking at a life of 1 yr before it is fully faided

also, you picked a good painter, lost cause is the mickeys shit ! ! !

Originally posted by BankruptRam



Brian how much would you charge to paint it? Its about 4 feet wide 2 feet tall. Seein your work on here I'm positive you could do it. Oh and the logo is in my little pic under my name.



I sent you an IM

Umm, everytime I've tried to remove paint from an RC body, it left too many scratches and a film. Why not get plexiglass and make an oval sign? Then lay the sides with sheet metal? Something simple?

The sign is now in the hands of Brian...Lost Cause....so i cant wait to see what he does with it!