Hello,

I have done a lot of drawings for screen printing of logos/instructions on sheetmetal for indoor applications.

The company I am working for now does outdoor applications and I 've been tasked to come up with the drawing for the application of a vector artwork onto a piece of painted sheetmetal. The piece is a cover to a metal enclosure that will be always outdoors and be exposed to harsh environment(rain, wind, sun, salt, etc).

I had some plates made with the logo vinyl cut with a protective coating. The logo looks great, but the coating looks kind of bad around the logo. I;m also concerned the letters can get scratched easier than paint. I went with vinyl since it is rated longer than the paint the vendor had.

Bottom line: can anyone recommend a process and material for application of company logo onto metal in outdoors?

Thanks,

Phil

Laser cut the logo from another sheet of metal (stainless if you want to get fancy), and screw it onto the plain sheet.

Separate the sheets with spacers to get some depth.

Refinish the whole thing in two steps with a spraygun and a roller.

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Or 'screen' the artwork as arrays of laser- cut holes in the plain sheet, if you can arrange some backlighting.

 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA