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We couldn’t be happier!

We got both of our restaurant signs from them, and we couldn’t be happier! They were affordable, had incredible customer service, and the quality of their product matches their customer service! They even took care of some of our street light issues at no additional charge since they were already on-site with the lift!

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Polycarbonates used in Signs

Polycarbonate is a plastic. It is very durable, and virtually unbreakable. It comes in many forms, but translucent white and clear are common in signs. Multiple kinds of polycarbonates exist but for signs, it always comes in rolls, it is “Lexan” or comes from one factory named Sheffield

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Uses for Polycarbonate

Polycarbonate is used for sign faces. But not all sign faces. The 3 common alternatives. There are 3 types of faces, Acrylic, Polycarbonate, and Panaflex (Also known as flex face). Each type of face has a specific use. Acrylic is limited to 4 X 8 foot sheet stock. There are cases where 4 X 10 foot exists, but it is not common. Nearly all channel letters and smaller signs use Acrylic. Very large faces are heavy and a canvas face or flex face or pan flex face weights 1/8th of what Polycarbonate. It is also expensive, and it required an extruded aluminum channel along all edges. Flex Faces are used in large faces. This leaves Polycarbonate or Lexan. These can be up to 16 foot tall and much wider. The limitation on these is weight. A 10 X 4.5 foot face weighs 50 pounds. At about 65 pounds it gets very difficult to handle a face in the air.

Hydroscopic Nature

Polycarbonate is extruded into sheets. It comes off hot and moister free. It is coated with a UV protective film (in liquid form) and rolled in large rolls and sent to distributors. One side in coated and the other is not. All sign faces need to be on the UV film side. What happens if this is not done? During temperature cycling Polycarbonate means moister is absorbed every night and comes off every day. This outgassing causes bubbles in vinyl film. This only happens on the uncoated side.

called “sign grade.”. It is not transparent (a clear sheet of Acrylic is transparent) Translucent lets defused light through and is the ideal choice for backlighting. Opaque does not let light through.

Yellowing

The UV coating is there to prevent Yellowing. This happens over time and Lexan or Polycarbonate will yellow slower with this film, but it is going to yell. This means new Polycarbonate faces are easy to spot over older yellow faces.

Polycarbonate outgassing

Polycarbonate plastic is a thermoplastic. It can be melted into a liquid form and then cooled without a loss in quality. It can be saw cut or CNC routed. Laser cuts very poorly, discolors, catches fire and generally not done.

Our Team

Carlsbad Signs has one of the most advance manufacturing ability in the entire area. We have the staff with the experience to make pretty much any sign. We use materials they will fit the purpose and last for many years. Having all these elements in place is to have the ability to make the sign you really need and want.

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