
Painting Metal Sign Letters 04
High contrast shopfront wording where the colour matters more than the metal texture.
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The freight stage is where most overseas sign orders lose their schedule. These are the actual windows we work to and what travels in the carton.
Taken in this sequence, each decision narrows the next one. Taken out of order, they contradict each other.
Most fabricated metal letters and LED channel letters run 5 to 7 days. Lightboxes, edge-lit builds and thick solid acrylic run 7 to 10 days because the frame, the acrylic and the LED cavity are produced separately.
The letters, the fixing accessories, the 1:1 scale mounting template, and on illuminated orders the transformer. Aluminium work is crated more heavily because it dents more easily than stainless.
DHL or UPS express, approximately 4 to 5 days door to door. That is a door-to-door service, so the letters arrive at the site address rather than at a freight terminal.
Leave the protective film on polished and mirror faces until the letters are fixed. Laminate the paper template if the site is damp. Check the transformer voltage against local mains before the crew goes up the ladder.

High contrast shopfront wording where the colour matters more than the metal texture.
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Directory panels, menu boards and internally lit fascia signs on a tight budget.
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Large format lettering where solid plate would be too heavy for the wall.
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Office interiors that want a matching wordmark in two depths, for example reception and meeting rooms.
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Pharmacies, hotels and street-level shops that need to be seen by pedestrians walking past the facade.
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Reception walls and facades where the brand colour should appear as light on the wall, not on the letter.
View specificationThe largest family on the site: 59 builds covering every way of putting light into a fabricated letter, plus lightboxes and projecting flag signs.
38 productsSheet metal folded into a face and a return and soldered into a closed box. It is how you get a metal letter that is big, deep and light enough to hang on a wall.
7 productsSeven builds cut from one piece of material with no return and no cavity: acrylic, PVC and flat cut stainless.
IndustryRetail signage is bought against a landlord specification, a fit-out date and a fascia that already exists. Those three constraints decide the build more often than the design does.
IndustrySmall independent venues order small quantities of small letters, read from close up, on walls that were not built for signage. That is a different problem from a mall fascia.
Buying GuideThe numbers a buyer needs to work backwards from a handover date, and what actually travels in the carton.
Installation GuideFour fixing methods, one template, and the handful of site conditions that decide which one you can actually use.
No, that is shipping only. Add the production window of 5 to 7 or 7 to 10 days depending on the build. Work backwards from your handover date.
Door to door service is available by DHL or UPS express, which means the site or office address rather than a freight terminal.
TBC per destination. Duty and local clearance charges depend on the receiving country and are not included in the factory price unless agreed in writing.
Acrylic and polished faces ship with protective film on. Removing it early is the most common way a letter gets scratched before it reaches the wall.
Describe the site and the constraint and we will tell you which build answers it, with the production window attached to the price.