SIGNS & MORE, INC. BLOG - Sign, Banner & Vehicle Graphics Facts & Information

So you need 1 sign for your event.  Just a little yard sign….like one of those ones that you see everywhere.  You call your local sign company to learn that this one little sign is going to cost a lot more than you thought it would. 

“How can 1 tiny sign be worth so much?” you ask. 

Let us explain…. 

Making a single one or two color sign requires many steps: 

1. Determine what you want to advertise on the event.  Do you want people to call you?  Check your website?  Be directed to a certain venue?  Our graphic designer will design your sign according to your specifics. 
2. What color is going to give you the best visibility?   This will be the color of vinyl that will be used on your sign. 
3. Our designer uses a special computerized program to make a proof of what your sign will look like.  She sends it to you for your approval. 
4. Upon approval, the designer sends the sign information to the vinyl cutter to cut the words and graphics that will be applied to the sign substrate. 
5. The graphics are cut and then the excess material must be “weeded” out of the material that will be used.  This is a lengthy and somewhat tedious process. 
6. Transfer tape is then applied to the weeded vinyl and then used to carefully lift the vinyl from its wax backing. 
7. This tape with the vinyl words and graphics is then applied to the sign substrate; coroplast, pvc, foamboard, etc. 
8. The transfer tape is then carefully lifted off the vinyl and the substrate, leaving the cut vinyl behind. 
9. If you have 2 colors in your sign, then steps 2 – 8 are repeated. 
10. Voila!  Your sign is complete!  (Unless it is a 2 sided sign…then double everything again!)

So, you can see that this simple looking little sign has a lot of work that goes in to make it looking as good as it does!  Your sign company isn’t trying to overcharge you – the time and effort to make the sign is what you are paying for.  When you buy more than one sign at a time, you can see that some of these steps do not need to be repeated resulting in volume discounts.  And, of course, with Signs & More, the quality is second to none.  Call us at 770-383-8808.