Compare PVC
Contemplating using wood, high density urethane (HDU) or PVC for your next carved sign project? Not sure how they compare? We invite you to see for yourself how PVC signage stacks up against the competition.
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Wood is of course a beautiful product especially if it is stained or varnished. If it is used outside, however, is requires constant maintenance to keep it looking new. Even if it is painted for exterior use, the paint will eventually peel.
HDU, or high-density urethane, is a light, strong, foam made with very tiny bubbles making it easy to sandblast, carve, and shape. It comes it many thickness and in larger size signs usually requires a plywood backing. It is also more susceptible to dents and scratches due to the foam subsurface.
PVC comes in 1” thick material and can be built up to any thickness. It has a hard skin and you could hit it with a baseball bat and it would do little damage except for a scuffmark. Our paints have a specially formulated PVC additive that “welds the paint” to the surface making it “peel proof” and aids in preserving color retention in the sun over the life time of the sign. No other company has this.
One time one of our customers sent a sign back that need some “scratches repaired” as they put it. When the sign came in it had a tire tread across the face! Luckily the scratches were on the back or the sign. I called the customer up to ask what happened and they said the sign was leaning against the rear bumper of their installation truck and they were asked to move it. Forgetting the sign was there the truck backed up and ran over the sign! All we had to do was lightly scrub the tire mark off with soap and water and ship the sign back. If the sign were HDU or wood they would have been demolished beyond repair.