Acrylic Signs in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra Australia

Acrylic Signs

Acrylic is a commonly used in place of glass. This is predominantly because it is highly durable and versatile yet offers excellent transparency. Acrylic is ideal for large format printing as it has a smooth surface that can project vivid imagery, colour matching, and etching. When you have custom-crafted acrylic signs that are combined with backlighting (or spotlights), the results are truly unique and exciting for many businesses.

Acrylics signs are excellent ways to advertise and promote your business. They are well-suited for various projects. They are attractive to customers due to their superior finish. Based in Sydney, Australia, Platinum Signs can help you design acrylic signs for installation anywhere across our great country. We are well-known in the industry for crafting exceptional signage. Acrylic signs can help many businesses make a statement with their corporate branding. Due to their nature, acrylic signs are highly customizable. We can assist you in deciding which options in terms of custom acrylic signs may suit your business the best. We’ll go through the benefits and advantages of using acrylic signs and how they can be best used in your business.

Lightweight and durable signage

Acrylic signage is durable! It is preferred over glass signs, which can be quite fragile. In addition to its hardiness, acrylic signage is also quite smooth. This lends itself incredibly well for printing as the results are clear and highly legible. Acrylics are ideal for all forms of text, graphics, and writing. Custom designed and printed acrylic signs are capable of holding up against all forms of weather, which makes them perfect for use inside and outside. Transportation is also easy with acrylics as they generally will not shatter or break, even if dropped accidently. For this reason, they are brilliant in situations where they need to be moved often, such as popup promotions, stalls, and other mobile events.

Acrylic Signs Frequent Asked Questions

You can learn more about Acrylic Signs through the frequently asked questions answered here.

How Long Would it Take to Process my Acrylic Prints?

For acrylic panel prints, it takes 24 to 48 hours to produce them if the artwork is ready to go. In the instance of having complex cut outs, such as 3d acrylic lettering printed or vinyl wrapped, the usual lead time is 5 to 7 days.

How Can I Install my Perspex Signs?

We have in -house specialized installers and a wide network of installers for nationwide projects. If you are after acrylic panels, you have the option of adding standoffs, panel mounts for easy installation doing yourself or hiring a handyman. Platinum Signs is a leading Australian manufacturer of acrylic signs. We do not stop just there though, as we are a full-service sign company.

What Thickness of Acrylic Do You Work With?

The thickness ranges from 2mm to 40mm. The most popular for thicknesses, for large scale flat panel printing would be 3mm and 4.5mm. The 10mm thick boards are commonly used for reception acrylic and 3d cut lettering, along with 20mm thick sheets.

What Range of Colours Can Be Used?

Black and white acrylic panels are very popular. We also work with several other colours. All basic ones such as blue, yellow, red, green, grey as well as special acrylic panels like gold, metallic, frosted, matte and fluorescent.

Do you Print & Cut Opal Perspex?

Cast opal acrylic is the right choice when the intention is to let light shine through for lightboxes and 3d illuminated signs. We certainly do this sort of work; it is one of our strongest selling products.

Can you Print on Clear Acrylic?

Absolutely. Clear acrylic signs are commonly used on reception signs to have the logo and lettering cut out applied only. It is also popular for 3d cut out lettering printed when there is a necessity to achieve specific colours for branding. We also do UV direct printing on clear acrylic panels. This gives a great sense of depth to the print, further enhancing the look and feel of the acrylic print.

How Much Does it Cost for a Perspex Print?

Acrylic is fairly affordable, especially the thinner panels. They look great without a high-end price tag that comes along with other types of signs, such as metal ones. Simpler panels are more affordable than complex 3d lettering or custom acrylic sign projects.

Is the Size Customised for Printing?

It certainly is. We have unique projects that require very small prints, with as little as 50mm x 50mm, but also large-scale prints, combining multiple full sheet panels. The full standard sheets come in size of 1220mm x 2440mm. For custom projects, we can also work with panels up to 3000mm long.

Do You Router Cut or Laser Cut Acrylic?

Computer-assisted cutting with the use of laser or router services is one of our strongest points, from a simple geometric shape, such as a triangle, rounded panel. We also do intricate cuts for architectural projects, point of sale displays, 3d acrylic signs, and others.

Are the Edges of the Acrylic Prints Polished?

The acrylic panels which are laser cut are; the router cut ones are not.

Is Acrylic Suitable for Outdoor Applications?

Acrylic is a sturdy, waterproof material, which can be installed outside. Cut out lettering should present no problems, and under awning acrylic lightboxes would be fine as well. We do not recommend the use of acrylic panels for panels which are fully exposed to the sun. For outdoor panels, long term application, we recommend ACM – Aluminium composite panels. For cut out lettering acrylic there is no problem with possible expansion of the material as the panels would have so that is doable to applied exposed to the sun. Each signage project is unique, and whether or not acrylic / Perspex is applicable, depends. Contact our design team and we can advise you.

How is Acrylic Printed?

Acrylic surfaces are printed directly on the surface with a special UV ink. This can be done on both sides to craft unique customized signage. It is possible to print all sorts of images including, letters, numbers, and symbols. It is even possible to print a fully coloured logo in addition to other images and photographs.