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Custom Signs

Business owners have been looking for unique and affordable ways to make storefront and monument signs for years. Stone, brick, marble, and granite signs are chosen for their elegant appeal but are heavy and expensive. Metal and wood are unique materials, but they take time to work with, are heavy, and can crack, rust, or rot. A great alternative is EPS foam–a low-cost, lightweight, and easy-to-sculpt material. After hard-coating and finishing the foam, you won’t be able to tell the difference between a real and manufactured sign. You can create custom signs that offer the appearance of real materials at a fraction of the cost. Custom EPS signs are ideal for applications such as storefronts, trade shows, offices, schools, restaurants, churches, and more.

EPS signs can be fabricated to any size or shape using CNC hot wire technology or hand-sculpted processes. The foam can also be cut into multiple components and assembled into larger pieces. Since the foam itself can be damaged by water, humidity, and UV light, applying a hard coat adds protection and durability. Depending on application needs, different types of hard coats can be used, such as epoxy, polyurea, or polyurethane. The sign is then top coated with paint for incredible eye-catching detail or a texture layer to create a faux finish that looks like brick, granite, tree bark, etc.

VFI offers brushable hard coats designed to provide an impact-resistant shell over EPS foam, making them ideal products for sign fabrication. They are two-component polyurethanes with high rigidity to resist cracking or chipping from impacts and abrasion. A long pot life, when mixed in smaller quantities, allows the coatings to be applied by brush and on verticals without sagging. They dry to a neutral color and are fully paintable, so you can achieve your desired finish. We also offer sprayable hard coats with faster-setting capabilities that can harden EPS. All VFI hard coats provide long-term durability, easy application, and protection against substances that might degrade the surface. Creating signs out of these lightweight materials helps produce exciting visual displays that capture the attention of potential customers.