Marquee signs

[Jr Douglas Imaging]

Hi Does anyone know where to get custom size message board sign. like the kind you can change the letters out.

needs to be about 24" high x 75" wide

Thanks
Wayne

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

You can just make them out of acrylic. Buy the tracks and build your own, it's pretty easy.

 

[Jr Douglas Imaging]

You can just make them out of acrylic. Buy the tracks and build your own, it's pretty easy.

Yea thats what we're thinking. any leads on where to get the tracks?

 

[Jr Douglas Imaging]

Yea thats what we're thinking. any leads on where to get the tracks?

Ha Google!

Thx

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Nglantz.

You can glue them but I prefer rivits

 

[bannertime]

Nglantz.

You can glue them but I prefer rivits

Really? We've never liked the rivets for the tracks, I remember it getting all wavy. I haven't done one of those in about 10 years, but I clearly remember using silicone on the last one. Odd memory, but I can still remember the smell of drilling the holes in that stuff when we used rivets.

 

[Jr Douglas Imaging]

Really? We've never liked the rivets for the tracks, I remember it getting all wavy. I haven't done one of those in about 10 years, but I clearly remember using silicone on the last one. Odd memory, but I can still remember the smell of drilling the holes in that stuff when we used rivets.

yea I think theyre ulgy too but whats everyone using instead these days? its for a restaurant sign and they want to show what bands are playing

 

[bannertime]

yea I think theyre ulgy too but whats everyone using instead these days? its for a restaurant sign and they want to show what bands are playing

It's still the cheapest/best way to do changeable messages. We just haven't had a customer ask about it and we don't try to sell it.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Well, the reason I did rivets (and I've only I done like two of these in the last 3 years) my last one when I used glue the tracks came off so that's why I did the rivets.

 

[Wesley Powell]

I just did a couple of these actually last week. We got the tracks from Gemini and used rivets every 6". There was a lot of man hours that went into it so make sure you account for that when quoting the job.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

ANNNDDD.. make sure to double check which side of the track is top and which side is bottom!

 

[rjssigns]

Last ones I did were years ago and I used rivets. One was adding track to an existing sign the other was a new panel. I tried using the glue, but the fumes were horrible even with the doors open.

Somewhere in the shop I think I have a tube full of tracks and boxes of rivets...

 

[2B]

agree, they are easy to make and whoever you use for rigid / substrate material will have the tracks and letters if needed.
Grimco
N Glantz
Reece

we have tried Glue, VHB Tape, and Rivets. the rivets are the only ones we have not had an issue with of failing


NOTE: make sure you have the correct spacing for the letter, and depending on the type of letter will change the spacing needed.

 

[Sign consultant]

Nglantz