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3D Display Numbers

3D wall display numbers indicating a year event for business purposes. made from painted card faced polystyrene gives a smooth matt face.

Example below shows 300mm high numbers, 50mm thick, painted red matt pantone 187.

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2015

Contact Arro signs by email for a price on your project requirements. 3D Display numbers are custom made to order in any font or colour, in any size up to 2400mm high from as small as 100mm high. Numbers are cut from sheets of material 25mm thick, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, 150mm, 200mm and 300mm thick. Colours are matched to pantone or RAL colours, we use Dulux vinyl matt emulsion.



Faux Concrete Signs and Letters for Displays

Faux concrete sign made from styrofoam, coated with a 2mm layer of gray limestone acrylic resin mix textured masonry finish. Made for short term outside use at a university campus.


 
The sign measured 3300mm by 450mm by 50mm thick.

The faux concrete sign concept was initially created for use on interior wall logo displays, used by various building and construction companies as well as interior designers and hair salons.

By using the correct glues and resin the signs become suitable for outside use. If we increase the amount of limestone resin coating on the styrofoam, the panels become even more durable and suitable for long term use outside. They would also make a good base panel for painting art panels or for sign writers who are looking for a masonry finish.

We have been working on coating the panels in sandstone, yellow limestone, and gray limestone.

Using the stone resin coating method we have also been producing faux concrete letters for interior free standing office displays and for use for commercial photo shoots.

The example above indicates a styrofoam sign coated in gray limestone acrylic resin masonry finish. The sign logo was fitted by the customer onto an office wall using silicone adhesive.

Large faux concrete display logo for office desk or office shelf display.

250mm high and 50mm thick.

Contact us for a quote.

All letters are custom made to order from styrofoam, coated in a thin layer of pigmented acrylic resin limestone. The letters in the image above were base weighted internally to allow the letters to free stand without rolling off a shelf or desk.

Carving Foam

Styrofoam is quite a good material for carving with. it can be carved using a hot wire or heated tool, sanded to shape, cut to shape with a band saw or cut with a knife.

This skull was cut out of a styrofoam block, coated in jesmonite, then painted with a pigmented acrylic resin.  The skull was used for an exterior shop sign The 3D Skull was made from styrofoam, it was 600mm high, 100mm thick, coated with a  pigmented acrylic resin, with red matt eyes and  white painted face . The skull was lightweight because it was made of styrofoam It was coated in casting resin to make it stronger. Care must be taken when handling. Once in position on the shop sign it will last for years.

Polystyrene works well as a material for carving and shaping.

Concrete Effect Letters For Displays

Concrete effect letters made from styrofoam, coated with a fine grain coloured sandstone and then painted to the final concrete colour finish.

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These letters are designed for display purposes for interior use in exhibitions and shop displays, fixed onto vertical surfaces or for standing on shelf’s.

We have also supplied these letters for outside use on shop front signs because the paint and sandstone resin binders that we used are primarily designed for the construction industry.