Custom PVC Signs

Expanded PVC board is a foamed plastic sheet with a closed, smooth skin on both faces, so it is far lighter than solid plastic or metal yet holds a flat, rigid shape. The sign is cut from a sheet on a CNC router or flatbed cutter and printed directly on the face with UV-cured inks. Because the surface is matte and even, small text, photographs and fine logo detail print cleanly, which is why menu boards and lobby signs use it.

Three millimetres is the usual board for signs up to about 24 x 36 in that hang on a wall, sit in a frame or stand on an easel. Go to 6 mm when the panel is larger, is handled often or stands on its own, because the thicker board resists bowing. Keep the artwork within one 4 x 8 ft sheet or ask about joining panels. Your quote confirms the thicknesses and colours on hand.

PVC signs are light enough for foam mounting tape, hook-and-loop strips or picture hooks, and stiff enough for screws through drilled holes or standoff mounts that hold the sign off the wall for a finished reception look. Double-sided panels hang from a ceiling on wire or sit in a slot base on a counter. Contour-cut shapes, such as an arrow or a logo outline, hang the same way as a rectangle.

Expanded PVC does not absorb water, so it is fine under a porch roof, in an entryway or on a covered patio, and it wipes clean. Long exposure to direct sun can yellow the board and soften it in heat, so for signs that face the weather for years, aluminum is the more suitable material. Indoors a PVC sign keeps its look for years, with a laminate adding scratch protection where people brush past it.