I'm looking at a job that's in front of retail space. It's the typical sign with small panels for each tenant. However, whoever made the sign, actually put the panels on with adhesive, so they won't come off. There are no screws in them. So I'm looking at redoing the sign.
Currently it's dibond backing with dibond panels glued on. It's a fairly large sign, so it would take a lot of dibond, which is $100 a sheet. It has to be painted as well. My initial thoughts are using 1/8" thick aluminum sheet, then using dibond white for the panels, using a jig to drill holes so the panels can be removed and replaced. Right now, they have to peel the existing vinyl off on location and reapply the new vinyl over the old paint that shows the ghost image of the old tenant.
Does that sound like the right method? Drill and tap the aluminum sheet, then drill the panels out, using a flat head screw with painted head? I'm sure you could use dibond, but I'd like to try and get the cost down some.
Any other tips or ideas on making the panels removable and replaceable?