Bill Board Material

[bc toys]

building a tear using Bill Board Material yes you read it right I can get this stuff its strong and water proof and was wondering if there is a way to glue it to the side and roof think it would work if you could get it to hold to the wood backing it would surely be water tight. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[doug hodder]

The panaflex type material has to be stretched and tensioned to hold it flat as opposed to a glue. I'm not sure what kind of glue would affix itself to it, but I'd think that something ought to be used as it will want to whip in the wind a bit. On the rear where it is a low pressure area, it would tend to want to bubble out a bit without some sort of adhesive, over time it may get worse as it stretches. Sign faces don't blow out from the wind pressure, usually it's the back side that gets sucked out first.

It could probably be used across the roof then stapled and capped, same on the walls. If you are going to go that route, I'd make sure you get the highest quality material available and make sure it is completely captured all the way around. Not all of that type material is created equal and some of it is only intended for short term use as opposed to the 3M panaflex that is used in a lot of signs and illuminated awnings. I'd also put some sort of a guard on the front as it won't take hits from rocks when mounted to a hard substrate and will get punctures in it. Since it's made for the sign industry, it would be easy to wipe any vinyl graphics on it. Some people like Jerome have done automotive type vinyl on their trailers, however I think they are using a glue and the back of it is much different than these type materials. Just my opinion, sold signs for 15 years. Doug

[bc toys]

thanks Doug I'll try samples I have a lot of the material already and was thinking getting a piece of wood and a few different glues and trying them i have already tried 2 and neither one held 1 tried but just wasn't strong as I would have liked for going down the road.