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.

New 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.

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$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 Buy Factory-Direct from a State-Licensed Company?

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. They have to hire other companies to install the signs they make.

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 large, UL listed manufacturer, 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.

Construction

FREE ESTIMATES 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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