Elevate the look of your office with brushed aluminum signs made from 3 mm brushed aluminum e-panel material. These are fully customizable and great for displaying reception areas, lobbies, hallways and more. Read More
Brushed Aluminum Signs
Elevate the look of your office with brushed aluminum signs made from 3 mm brushed aluminum e-panel material. These are fully customizable and great for displaying reception areas, lobbies, hallways and more. Read More
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What Are Brushed Aluminum Signs?
Brushed aluminum signs, the ultimate in durability and aesthetics, are made by printing any image, graphic, or design directly onto a 3mm brushed aluminum e-panel material. This material has a brushed face and is composed of two sheets of aluminum with a reinforced polyethylene core. This makeup allows for maximum durability while providing the appearance of stainless steel at a fraction of the price.
Designed for both internal and external use, brushed aluminum signs are commonly used to display business names, logos, suite numbers, titles, and general information. They are great for lobby and receptionist areas, stores, waiting rooms, internal offices, hallways, bathrooms, and more. Brushed aluminum signs are also popular as restroom, exit, handicap, and maximum occupancy signs. Templates for these types of signs and more are available in the popular templates section below.
Why Signs.com?
Brushed Aluminum Features
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Professional Brushed Appearance
Your sign has a metallic brushed finish, creating a unique and professional look that will be sure to attract attention.
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Easy to Install
Choose from a variety of mounting methods and have your brushed metal sign up in a matter of minutes. The most popular mounting method involves using standoffs, which are small metal posts designed to make your sign stand out from the wall.
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Durable Polyethylene Core
Your brushed metal sign is composed of a reinforced polyethylene plastic in between two sheets of aluminum. This core improves the durability and longevity of your sign, making it much stronger than a standard aluminum sheet.
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Indoor & Outdoor Use
Fade-resistant and rust-free, your sign is ready to go for both indoor and outdoor use and will stand up to rain, sunshine, and other elements.
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Advanced Printing Process
UV ink, an advanced four-color printing process, and world-class printers. These are just a few of the things we use to ensure beautiful designs and vivid colors on your brushed aluminum sign.
Please note that we do not print white ink unless the color white is contained within a provided design file.
Additional Specs
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Weight:
.54 lbs per square foot (about the weight of 5.5 Snickers Bars)
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Thickness:
.12" (about the thickness of 30 sheets of copy paper)
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Details:
3mm brushed aluminum e-panel, reinforced Polyethylene core for maximum durability, printed directly to surface, unless required by white text white ink is not printed.
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Uses:
Interior and Exterior Use. Lobby and reception areas, building directories, restroom signage, interior walls and hallways including room number signs, arenas, interior directional signage.
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Print Method:
Four color process, eco-friendly, weather, fade and abrasion resistant UV ink
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Estimated Lifespan:
5+ years with proper placement and care
Customization Options
Size
Choose from a wide range of custom sizes, the smallest being 4” x 4” and the largest being 46” x 94”.
Shape
Square/Rectangle
our brushed metal sign will be cut as a standard rectangle at the size you have selected.
Rounded Corners
Your brushed metal sign will be cut as a square/rectangle with the corners rounded off at either a 1/4” or 1" radius.
Custom
Your brushed metal sign will be cut to a custom shape.
Custom with Border
Your brushed metal sign will be cut to a custom shape with a border of material around the edges of your sign.
Display
Drilled Holes
3/8” or 1/4" holes drilled into your sign for mounting purposes.
Standoffs
Brushed anodized aluminum standoffs (0.5” diameter and ¾” length) including drywall anchors and screws.
Additional Accessories
3M command strips and adhesive velcro available as an alternative to standoffs.
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Popular Templates for Brushed Aluminum Signs
How to Use Our Brushed Aluminum Sign Templates
Follow these instructions to make our brushed aluminum sign templates your very own:
- Choose a design from our brushed aluminum signs template page. You would be redirected to our online design tool upon clicking on your preferred template.
- Specify the size of your sign, the quantity, shape, and additional accessories (if available) under “Configuration”.
- Explore the rest of the design tool’s customization features – get creative!
- Click “View Proof” for a real-time preview. There’s also Ruler, Bleed, and Grid lines to help you place the design elements accurately. You can toggle these on and off.
- Click “Save & Continue” once you’re done. You can also click “Save” if you want to finish your draft at a later time.
Questions and Answers
Yes, a photograph can be printed or displayed on brushed aluminum signs. We print your design on the finest aluminum materials using world-class large-format commercial printers. We use an eco-friendly, four-color print method with weather-, fade-, and abrasion-resistant UV ink that results in vibrant, hard-to-miss signs.
We need a soft copy file of what you want us to print. Unfortunately, a picture won't work. It needs to be a print-ready file.
If you have black text on your design, you may choose from the following white ink settings depending on the outcome you woule like to have.
The brushed aluminum finish is a very common metal finishing system. What it does is deliver a sandblasted or brushed appearance to any aluminum-based object. In order to bring this brushed aluminum finish, manufacturers are abrading the surface mechanically, by using an abrasive brush. White ink is added to make sure that your artwork will not be printed transparent. Otherwise, colors wll be printed but the material will show giving it a different finishing.
Brushed Metallic + White: A popular method of metal finishing is the brushed aluminum finish. It gives any product made of aluminum a sandblasted or brushed appearance. Manufacturers mechanically abrade the surface with an abrasive brush to get this brushed aluminum finish.
Metallic Brushed: White ink won't be added. Translucent printed colors will give products a brushed metallic appearance.
Brushed backdrop: To reveal the brushed material, the file's backdrop will be removed. The rest of the page will print in white. White ink will be used as a base for printed colors to make them bright and opaque.
Remove White: To reveal the brushed background, all white regions in the file will be deleted. White ink will be printed on top of the other colors to make them vivid and opaque.
File will print exactly as it appears on the screen or canvas. White will print in all of its forms. White ink will be used as a base for printed colors to make them bright and opaque.
Follow File Settings: As specified, the file's white layers will be used. *A layered file is needed.
Deep green or burgundy can be used, but they may not provide as much contrast as some other colors. Ensure that the shade you choose stands out clearly against the brushed aluminum background.
Consider using reflective materials or coatings for the text and graphics on the sign. Reflective elements can significantly enhance visibility, especially in low-light conditions. Reflective Aluminum Signs
Our brushed aluminum signs are made with e-panels – two thin aluminum sheets with a reinforced plastic core in between. The plastic core is polyethylene, a durable hard plastic that adds to the sign's longevity. The top sheet of aluminum is manufactured with a clean brushed finish.
One of the major differences between the two, apart from the finish, is the thickness of the sign. Brushed aluminum is 3 mm thick while the standard aluminum signs are 2 mm thick. Another is the appearance of the color white on the printed sign. We typically do not print white ink on our brushed aluminum unless it’s part of the design. We use spot white ink to avoid muting the brushed metallic appearance of the sign.
White ink on brushed aluminum differs from our standard aluminum signs. White ink is typically only used as a spot ink behind white text or essential white in graphics. This way, white portions of your sign that aren’t text will simply blend in with the brushed finish.
Our brushed aluminum signs are of the standard 3 mm (1/8") thickness, which is the equivalent of approximately 11-gauge steel.
Although neither our regular aluminum signs nor brushed signs are reflective in nature, we do have Custom Reflective Aluminum Signs which are visible both day and night, and are typically used for road, safety, real estate signage, and more.