Joe Pelonio
12-19-2005, 1:34 PM
I do a lot of acrylic letters and use VHB foam tape on the back for mounting. I always let the customer know before installtion that their
drywall will be torn up when the letters are removed down the road.
This time the company has only a one year lease and plans to move
into larger facilities, so they insisted that the letters be easily removable.
With larger and thicker letters I have used the all metal thumb tacks, just drill a 3/8" diameter shallow dimple and epoxy them. These being 1/4" thick letters and most of then small, I had to come up with this very tedious method.
Snip the plastic heads off of push pins
Hold each one with pliers, heat the cut (blunt) end with a torch until red hot.
Push into the backs of the letters, making sure to eyeball that ieach one is straight.
Let me know if you have a better idea. This took 4 hours for the whole batch, and I ended up with sore eyes and several poked fingers.
drywall will be torn up when the letters are removed down the road.
This time the company has only a one year lease and plans to move
into larger facilities, so they insisted that the letters be easily removable.
With larger and thicker letters I have used the all metal thumb tacks, just drill a 3/8" diameter shallow dimple and epoxy them. These being 1/4" thick letters and most of then small, I had to come up with this very tedious method.
Snip the plastic heads off of push pins
Hold each one with pliers, heat the cut (blunt) end with a torch until red hot.
Push into the backs of the letters, making sure to eyeball that ieach one is straight.
Let me know if you have a better idea. This took 4 hours for the whole batch, and I ended up with sore eyes and several poked fingers.