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Guide
to Illuminated Wall Signs
 Wall Cabinet Signs are also known as Can Signs or Box
Signs.
On
the detail pages that follow (¬tabs
to left)
discover
how we manufacture each wall cabinet sign to last;
including the use of CNC manufacturing,
structural-steel frames, rust-proof metal, high-end
automotive paint, high-impact plastics or strong
flexible-face materials, and most importantly,
sophisticated
Protective Coatings.
We even add self-cleaning properties.
 Cabinet
sign LED first-surface lighting is a hands-down winner. Signs Manufacturing
incorporates a patent pending design into our unique new-look concept.
Visit our "Lighting
Choices" tab with its own "LED" tab.
We champion
energy-saving signage solutions that save our
customers money while
protecting our environment.
Explore our "Lighting
Choices" tab with its own "Energy
Savings" tab.
Photos of many varied sign
designs are interspersed on the detail pages tabbed on
the left.
Guaranteed Highest
Quality...
Guaranteed Lowest
Price™
As
detailed below, and on the pages that follow, everything
will be done to make your sign look better, and last
longer...Guaranteed.
Signs
Manufacturing Corporation also guarantees that our price
will be the lowest price you can obtain on the products
described in this website; now or anytime during the next
90 days.
If you are
offered a lower price by someone else we will match that
lower price PLUS give you 10% of the difference.
Cost and Pricing Information
Interested in the concept of wall signs, but
unfamiliar with their cost?
We sell our signs FACTORY-DIRECT, WHOLESALE to the
public.
There is a "Cost"
tab under the "Pricing"
tab to the left where you can obtain general pricing and cost
information on various sizes and types of wall cabinet
signs.
However, you can purchase right now and save if you know precisely what you want.
Signs Marketplace™
$71.00 per square foot.
(Based on 32 square foot internally lighted single-faced cabinet.
Ready to install. Coated structural steel frame. Aluminum skins primed and
painted with acrylic urethane paint. Coated acrylic face with vinyl
graphics. Shipping or installation costs are additional.
We will contact you for construction and
shipping/installation particulars.)
The detailed construction and installation information below, and to the left, is very
important in developing a sign that will accomplish
your goals.
If you do not know precisely what you want, please contact us to develop an exact plan to meet
your particular needs - for free (see our "Design
& Marketing" page!)
Our professional staff will usually have exact quotations, and exact scale
drawings of your signage installed on your building or property ready for
you the same day we meet with you. (Much faster than the 2 1/2 week
average in our industry.)
If you are planning for the future, please bookmark
our website as a "Favorite" so you can find us when
you are ready.
Click our "Customers
& Photos" tab on our "About
Us" page to view a partial list of our
customers,
photos of their signs,
and
comments.
Why not buy from a Sign Dealer (also called a Sign Broker or a Sign Store?)
Would you give a car dealer $10,000 and tell him to buy you the best car
he can for the money, sight unseen (or from a drawing?) Don’t you think you would get the car that made him
the most?
Do you think you
could meet your needs asking for the cheapest car he can buy?
Why would a sign dealer (sign broker or sign store) be any different? Remember, they are
merely buying a sign from a manufacturer to resell to you, usually to resemble a
drawing, making the most money they can.
You need to know
ALL of the details on how your sign will be manufactured, and how it will be installed.
It needs to meet YOUR needs, not the seller’s profit goals. What is he
telling the manufacturer you don't need?
Believing “...a sign is a sign” gets you a Yugo instead of a Cadillac.
Remember the Yugo? They didn’t last very long, either.
Also, most sign dealers, sign brokers and sign stores cannot legally install
or service an electric sign. It is illegal in Texas to fool consumers by
pretending to be an electrician, even if they hire electricians to do the work
for them. Ask to see their license.
Ask to see a manufacturer's license also. A few are not licensed to do
electrical work, either.
Now, who provides the warranty? The manufacturer, the installer, the
salesman, anyone? If the sign was installed illegally
do you think they'll honor their warranty? Did they REALLY obtain your
City sign permit? Is the sign even safe?
As a manufacturer, by law, our name is on all our signs. Just like you,
we can't afford to have a bad sign destroy our business. We have to care.
Particularly with our LIFETIME warranty.
If you wonder if a sign-seller can legally install and
service electrical signs through-out Texas go to
http://www.license.state.tx.us/LicenseSearch/,
enter "Electricians" in the "Inquire by License Type" box and the name of the
sign business or person in the "Inquire by Name" box. If they
are not licensed they can not.
 For
strength, durability, and appearance your illuminated
signs will be constructed of aluminum (#3003, H14 -
not the "soft" aluminum used by some) covering a
welded structural-steel inner frame.
Large metal areas
will be reinforced to prevent "oil-canning".
The
structural-steel frame inside the sign is separately
painted before the skins are installed; important to
prevent rust stains later.
Certified
Welding
We employ
Certified Welders. Horizontal, vertical, and
overhead.
We are virtually
the only sign company in the Dallas/Fort Worth
Metroplex employing certified welders.
The
Importance of Sign Thickness
The thickness of
a sign does more than impart a more prominent
importance to a sign, it affects the graphics.
The minimum
allowable thickness of a sign depends on the type of
internal lighting and the type and size of the sign
face.
Lighting and sign
face types will be discussed later.
The larger the
sign face the thicker a properly made sign cabinet
must be.
It is very
important that the sign be thick enough that the
lighting in the sign does not show as “hot spots” or
“zebra striping” on the face of your sign.
Either of these makes your sign look “cheap” no matter
what its cost. In some instances these can be so
bad that a sign is not readable at night. You’ve
seen them.
All of this makes
the use of extruded aluminum sign frames problematic
in building a quality sign, to say nothing about a
strong sign (no structural steel inner frame) since
extrusions are only available for limited cabinet
depths; however some sign companies continue to
attempt to do so. Signs Manufacturing does not
use extruded cabinets precisely for these reasons.
We calculate what
is required to make a proper and impressive sign for
you, and then we build it.
It is more
expensive to do the job right, but what is the value
of a “cheap” sign that gives potential customers a
negative impression of your business?
The Importance of Retainer Width
Equally important
to the appearance of the sign is the width of the
retainer (the ring of metal around the sign face that
covers the mechanism that holds the sign face in the
cabinet.)
This border plays
a very important role in the apparent quality of your
sign, and both size and color must be considered in
the overall design.
This makes the
use of pre-made extruded aluminum sign frames
undesirable.
Tabs to other components of a
cabinet sign are listed down the left side of this
page.
Be sure to
select the tab "Sign
Buyer's Check List" to the left. This
is a tool for your use to insure that quotations you
receive are for the same sign! Insist that your
bidders check-mark each line, then sign the document
when they give you their quote.
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