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The
entire sign will be epoxy primed, then finished with
modern acrylic urethane automotive finish coats, to insure
that it continues to look good for many years. Even
though these paints and primers are five times more
expensive the long-term results are well worth the price.
IS
PAINT QUALITY IMPORTANT TO ME? Look at the letters
at the right. The sign looked good when new, but
even the plastic has lasted longer than the paint (this
sign is only 2 years old.) What is your impression
of this business?
In fact, the same
paint is used by BMW, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, and many other
luxury automobile manufacturers to paint their cars!
Metals can be painted
with either solid color or "metallic" finishes.
The interior of the
sign is painted reflective white to increase light output
through the sign faces and even light distribution.
New paint products have been
introduced which increase the apparent light output of
neon in channel letters by 100%, but do not affect the
lifetime nor increase the energy consumption of the neon
at all. Signs Manufacturing uses this new paint
inside every set of channel letters we produce.
Electric Sign
Authority members use Wyandotte Grip-gard, Grip-flex and
Meta-flex paints and two-part primer systems.
Wyandotte, by Akzo
Coatings, offers compatible systems of very durable, high
solid yet flexible paints specifically formulated for
applications on metals, plastics, and flexible materials.
These paints do not chip off the surface because of
heat-freeze cycles. The paints are UV stabilized to
virtually eliminate fading.
Electric Sign
Authority members
own their own
paint intermix system. The system features the
latest in paint mixing technology; more sophisticated
than a paint store's.
An astonishing 32,807
colors can be mixed. Colors for various applications
(the metal frame and the sign face as an example) can
match. Virtually all PMS (Pantone) colors can be
closely matched.
Painting air is
cleaned and dried twice before entering the paint booth,
and again before painting.
Painting is virtually
blemish-free.
Plastic and flexible
sign-face materials are painted translucently so that the
sign face lights in color at night. Not all sign
companies do this!
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