One of the most popular forms of lettering for business establishments today is channel sign letters. These letters are the neon letters that are prominently seen in organization establishments and shopping malls that successfully bring in clients to their company.

These signs are basically extruded metal structures that come with plastic faces, where its internal part is filled with neon lighting. The metal structures used in these letters are typically made of aluminum or steel. Of the 2, aluminum costs a bit more than steel letters for storefront signs.

Aluminum is lighter and does not rust

Nevertheless, although costly, aluminum letters never ever rust while steel letters tend to rust. This rust will then trigger stain damage to the surrounding wall and roofing area of the business. Furthermore, aluminum letters are lighter than steel and can be set up utilizing fewer installing fixtures.

The built channel light is then set up with neon glass according to specs after which the colored letter face is attached to the letter front. Specific letters are then wired to a transformer that lies in the raceway or behind the wall as per the picked installing technique.

Various mounting techniques for storefront signs

There are two methods to install channel sign letters; they can either be installed individually, straight on the wall or installed upon a rectangle-shaped shaped sort of box called a raceway. Of the two, the individually mounted letters look, in the viewpoint of many people, better than the raceway mounted kind of letters.

When individually installing letters, the mounting pattern is first laid on the shop and after that holes are drilled for both hanging letters and running electrical power for storefront signs. This kind of setup costs more as it takes more time to install than raceway installing.

Raceway installing is usually carried out in the factory where each letter is pre-spaced and then installed on the raceway. This makes it simple to set up the lettering as the raceway, and not the private letters have to be mounted and wired to the wall.