Channel letters are highly customizable metal or plastic signs used for exterior signage at stores, strip malls and public buildings. While often illuminated, this doesn’t need to be the case.
Combine a stainless steel sign base with translucent acrylic faces and halo backlighting to create an elegant illuminated outline of your name. Available in many different styles and color combinations. UL Certified.
Customization
Channel letter signs are illuminated molded plastic or metal letters designed to illuminate businesses, usually outdoors but sometimes installed indoors too, typically using neon gas tubes or light-emitting diode (LED) modules as lighting sources. Once painted and fitted with lighting components, their translucent plastic face is cut out to fit against open faces in signs held together with trim cap borders.
Letter faces come in an assortment of colors and finishes, from the timeless black to more unique hues such as white. White represents cleanliness and purity while standing out against other hues in its surrounding background.
Trim cap borders are constructed using 1″ trim caps, which help secure acrylic faces against wind vibration and breakage while also reducing screw/rivet use on each letter for a cleaner appearance.
Durability
Durability is of the utmost importance in business purchases, particularly signage which can represent a considerable investment. Luckily, there are various durable signs available; pan channel letters provide one such durable sign solution; these feature plastic or metal “pans” enclosed into letters designed to promote your company brand, products, or services.
Not only are our sign options available in non-illuminated and illuminated versions, they’re designed for long-term durability and simple setup – meeting any business budget.
Durability refers to a product’s ability to withstand wear and tear over a prolonged period. As with reliability, durable products must withstand repeated tests in order to be evaluated objectively; in contrast to this qualitative characteristic. Achieve maximum durability may be desirable in certain applications but it would be unrealistic to expect 100% reliability over its lifespan.
Brightness
Channel letters are an effective way to promote any business. Perfect for restaurants, stores, shopping malls and office buildings alike, channel letters come in all sorts of shapes and sizes with illuminated or non-illuminated options as well as various colors. Lighting should be bright enough to grab passersby’s attention without overshadowing its overall design.
Standard front-lit channels use a plastic molded face and metal pan enclosure that house lighting components, with translucent back letters that allow light to diffuse rather than directly reflect back off their faces. Polycarbonate or acrylic faces may be utilized, with color elements of logos attached via cut vinyl.
Pan-channel letters are custom made letters made of aluminum that can be mounted to monuments or walls to form letters in any font style desired. Primarily found in strip malls and commercial areas, pan-channel letters can be illuminated either neon or LED lighting sources depending on your preference.
Availability
Direct wholesale channel letters provide businesses with many options for their signage needs. Businesses can select font, size and lighting that meets their branding standards to achieve a more professional appearance that attracts passersby while helping attract and retain customers.
Letter bases typically consist of anodized aluminum and the open face can be painted or coated in translucent plastic to achieve a chrome-by-day, halo-by-night effect, as well as matching neon tubes used for illumination.
Signs are typically installed using a raceway that serves as an enclosure for both its electrical components and letters attached to it. The raceway can then be secured to a building using spacers before letters can be attached directly. This installation method is popular among storefronts and malls but also applicable for other ground signs like monument or pylon signs.
