I ordered cut acrylic letters with posts for mounting in a brick wall. There are A LOT of letters, many of which are small, and the client has decided they don't want that many holes drilled into the wall. So now I will need to mount the letters in a runner of some kind, and mount that to the wall using just a few mounting points. So what type of runner should I use? They are just white letters on a red brick wall.
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Mounting Acrylic Letters - change of plans
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Texas_Signmaker
Very Active Signmaker
clear acrylic
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
White letters
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
I'd lean towards aluminum mounted with spacers or made into a pan like a raceway and painted black.
You could get fancy and take a picture of the brick in that same spot, print it, stick it to the aluminum and then mount your letters.
You could get fancy and take a picture of the brick in that same spot, print it, stick it to the aluminum and then mount your letters.
Johnny Best
Active Member
I would have to see how big these letters take up in space and layout to the wall space before giving any advice on mounting to runners. Mounting letters to runners that do not match backgrounds can be ugly.
Ray Miller
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I'd like to know the sizes we're looking at plus how far is the viewing distance.
gnubler
Active Member
I'm dealing with the same type of project only with larger 10"/7" (uppercase/lowercase) acrylic letters on a stucco facade exterior. I'm curious how this would be assembled at the shop. Lay the runners/rails out on the table and mark holes with the drill pattern template? I'm quoting my job with post mounted Gemini letters.
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Johnny Best
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So your going to have a runner, metal, acrylic, ACM and mark and drill holes where studs go through. Are you going to but a nut on the stud to hold the letter in place on the backside? How are you attaching the runner to the wall, since all the nuts on the back will keep it from being flush?
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
a pan face to shim it out
Johnny Best
Active Member
Some will say "what is a pan face" some others don't have a metal break.
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
Where there's a will there's a way. Before I got my fancy new tools, I used to cut a light straight line with a grinder, clamp it to the table, clamp a 2x4 to the other side and bend it. It brakes right on the score if you do it right.
gnubler
Active Member
How thick of acrylic? What height should the runner/rail be in relation to the letters? In my case of the 10" capital letters I think I'm going to have to run two parallel rails so each letter gets at least two contact point on the rail (eg: capital T or I).
Seems like most of you recommend painted aluminum rails standing off from the wall, which is what I was envisioning.
My project is a single line of text that'll span about 14-15 feet, so I was thinking of putting it together in two 8-foot lengths.
Seems like most of you recommend painted aluminum rails standing off from the wall, which is what I was envisioning.
My project is a single line of text that'll span about 14-15 feet, so I was thinking of putting it together in two 8-foot lengths.
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
or use the standard S101 install method, VHB tape and lexel then blame the customer when they fall off the wall
okeesignguy
New Member
I would absolutely use 3M 5200 adhesive and a ribbon pattern...tape each letter into place until adhesive is dry...
Runners are ugly and tacky IMO...
I am doing a similar job this week and have done it this way for years...
3M 5200 is amazingly strong...
I never stud mount small letters...it is overkill and it is too easy to "missdrill" a little off and end up with crooked letters...
gnubler
Active Member
No one else has chimed in about using clear acrylic, it sure would save a lot of prep time. I'm curious about how this would hold up on a west-facing stucco exterior building. How thick of acrylic? I would think at least 1/2" for a double rail installation. I came across this video put out by Gemini but they don't go into any detail about how thick of acrylic and how to line up and attach the letters to the rails beforehand. Apparently Gemini will drill/tap post holes in the letters in a horizontal line so they line up for a rail mount.