Six foot cutout PVC sign

[Pideas]

I'm trying to create a six foot contour cut 3mm PVC sign of a person. This will be a stand up sign.
What kind of stand or holder can I use to make this PVC sign stand up by itself?

Thanks.

 

[unclebun]

Make your own stand out of PVC or coroplast with a knife.

 

[Gino]

Just make a large duplicate of a cardboard easel. I imagine this is for inside display ??

We just did quite a few of them and I would not use anything much less than 10mm COr-X or 10mm alumalite. 3mm is probably gonna bend over, unless it's not very large. Ours were a little over 7.5' tall.

 

[Pideas]

Yes, its for indoor use. I was going to use 3mm pvc but may go with the 6mm instead.
I'm afraid the sign still won't stand with an easel back. I will give it a try though.

 

[AGinVT]

Unclebun is right. You can make your own easily. We usually use either coroplast or foam core to make our easels. Just use a small cardboard easelback (attached image) as a template for the angles, score the straight side that makes contact with the cutout (an inch or so should do), fold back the flap and adhere to the cutout with double-sided tape. I found a nice image that you can copy and scale and attached it here. You'll want the easel to be about 2/3 the height of the cutout and you can always add a second one if you're having a really hard time.

Also, 3mm is definitely going to be floppy. We usually use a high density foam board like Gator or Ultraboard for interior and coroplast or ACM for exterior depending on the client's budget and how long they need it to last. Hope this helps.

 

[FireSprint.com]

While you should probably make your own, if you don't want to, uline sells them:

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