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Sign Buyer's Guide to Flag-Mounted Signs

(aka: Blade Signs, Projecting Signs, Projecting Wall Signs, Flag-Mount Signs)

and Hanging Signs

TURN-KEY Sign Design, Sign Manufacturing, Sign Installation, and Sign Service

North Texas' (DFW's) Largest Custom Sign Builder

  We sell our signs FACTORY-DIRECT, WHOLESALE to the public, INSTALLED.

On this website you will discover how we manufacture each wall cabinet sign to last; including the use of CNC manufacturing, structural-steel frames, rust-proof metal, high-end automotive paint, high-impact plastics or strong flexible-face materials, and most importantly, sophisticated Protective Coatings.  All our signs include these many hidden features, critically important to you but often ignored by competitors to lower their cost. We even add self-cleaning properties.

Cabinet signs with color graphics and PinLights™ LED first-surface lighting is a hands-down winner.  Signs Manufacturing™ incorporates a patent pending design into our unique new-look concept.  Visit our "LED Wall Sign Faces" tab to the left.

We champion energy-saving signs solutions that save our customers money while protecting our environment.

Photos of many varied sign designs are interspersed on the detail pages tabbed on the left.

Guaranteed Highest Quality...Guaranteed Lowest Price™

As detailed below, and on the pages that follow, everything will be done to make your sign look better, and last longer...Guaranteed.

Signs Manufacturing™ also guarantees that our price will be the lowest price you can obtain on the products described in this website; now or anytime during the next 90 days.

If you are offered a lower price by someone else we will match that lower price PLUS give you 10% of the difference.

"Fifteen years ago you made a lighted sign for me.  It STILL looks new, but finally needs electrical service..."

Lawrence Badger, M.D.

No matter what types of signs you are interested in, our sales team, consisting of 11 highly-trained individuals, is at your beck and call.

Let us meet with you in your office, or at your new signs location, or home, or anywhere.

You will probably have a firm quotation, not a non-binding "estimate" like most competitors provide, for what you want during our meeting; certainly no more than a day later.

We can design and build your next sign while maintaining Social Distancing guidelines

Our Showroom is open and sanitized so you can safely review the different options available for your new signage.

Also, we have many options to help design your new look, from collaborating remotely (from your own home bridged to our design team) to designing with you in our Projection Room, which is large enough to maintain Social Distancing.

Are You a "Visual" Person?

It is difficult to picture what a sign is going to look like. What do you picture when we say "triple-layer multi-colored lighting with a textured backplate?"

Our showroom is designed to solve that problem. Most people are visual ... they need to see something firsthand to understand what it is and whether it has value to them. Seeing is believing!

Visit our Showroom to see for yourself.

Don't buy your sign from a drawing, a slick website, or photo-shopped pictures,
when you can actually see and side-by-side compare Real signs and designs.

Visit Our Unique Sign Lighting Laboratory and Demonstration Showroom with LED Video Displays

Unique in the entire sign industry, Signs Manufacturing^™ built an 85’ by 50’ (over 4,000 sq ft) indoor sign lighting laboratory for testing the longevity, visibility, and effectiveness of all the lighted signs we manufacture.  The Laboratory is open to the public, for FREE.

We invite you to also observe all other types of signage, viewing them up close as well as from a distance, under varying light conditions (and stay out of the weather while doing so!)

• Cabinet signs, fluorescent, HID, or LED lighted.
• Pinlights^™ signs.
• Pylon signs.
• Pole signs.
• Masonry Monument signs.
• Wall-wash back-lighting for all types of signs.
• Routed sign faces for all types of signs.
• Digitally printed and cut vinyl decorated sign faces for all types of signs.
• Acrylic-faced signs.
• Lexan^®-faced signs.
• Flex-faced cabinet signs.
• Push-thru lettering.
• Neon and LED building accent lighting.
• Neon color selection.
• Brighter Signs^™ neon.
• SolarBrite^™ LED lighting.
• LED color selection.
• Channel letter signs, both neon and LED lighted.
• Letterlites^™ channel letter signs.
• Twinkling Letterlites^™ channel letter signs.
• SpectraLites^™ Color-changing channel letter signs.
• Reverse channel letter signs.
• Cloud signs.
• Channel letter signs with backplates.
• Raceways and wireways.
• Pin-mounted letters.
• Acrylic and Lexan color selection.
• Vinyl color selection
• PMS color selection.
• Paint color selection (32,807 colors.)
• Grand Opening Package.
• nine (9) different Full-color LED Display signs, each with a varied resolution
• Monochrome LED Message Center sign
• 4-thousand-shade single-color LED Message Center sign
• ...and more.

Will your Sodium Vapor or Metal Halide parking lot lights affect the colors of your sign at night?  How visible will your pylon sign’s border neon be during the day?  Should you consider PinLights^™, LetterLites^™, SpectraLites^™, or Trembler^™ signs?  Brighter Signs^™ neon or SolarBrite^™ LED lighting for channel letter signs?  Fluorescent or HID lighting for your monument sign?  Do Daylight or Cool White fluorescents make your sign’s colors look best?  What are the differences between a flex-faced, a Lexan^™, and an acrylic-faced sign cabinet?

How will shadows affect my sign's readability during the day?  Should the wall behind my sign be light or dark colored?  Would a different type of sign look better on my brick wall?  Should I consider a routed sign face with push-through letters?

Don't buy your sign from a drawing, a slick website, or photo-shopped pictures, when you can actually see and side-by-side compare Real signs and designs.

Live Showroom Demonstrations of Products that Improve Your Signs </h2

• Sunsational^™ Engineering
• NASA's Ceramic Vacuum Microsphere Coating
• Solarguard^™ Protective Coatings
• Signlux^™ Paint Systems
• Solar Finishes^™ Bright Reflective White
• Lumabrite^™
• Vandal-Resistant Coatings
• Flexible Sign Face Installation Methods
• Lighting Options

No one else can offer you this unique opportunity. Be sure to take advantage.

Your business will be better because you do.

If you don't visit it could cost you thousands in sales every year.

Can you afford not to?

"I almost made a huge mistake by not listening to you and visiting your showroom prior to buying my sign.  I thought I knew what I wanted, after listening to so many salespeople...boy, was I wrong.  My vision of the sign did not jibe with what it would really turn out to be, even after viewing so many drawings.  It was obvious the moment I entered the showroom.  If I had stuck to my guns my sign would have been a disaster.  I would have wasted a lot of money."

Cecil Drake, Drake Communications

Cost and Pricing Information

Interested in the concept of flag-mounted signs, but unfamiliar with their cost?

Click on the "Cost" tab to the left, then the "Pricing" tab, to obtain general pricing and cost information on various sizes and types of wall cabinet signs.

When you do so notice how dealing directly with the manufacturer can potentially save you additional dollars in sales/use taxes!

The detailed construction and installation information below, and to the left, is very important in developing a sign that will accomplish your goals.

Please contact us to develop a plan to meet your particular needs.

Our professional staff will usually have exact quotations, and exact scale drawings of your signs installed on your building or property ready for you the same day we meet with you.  (Much faster than the 2 1/2 week average in our industry.)

We sell our signs FACTORY-DIRECT to the public.  No middle-man profits.

If you are planning for the future, please bookmark our website as a "Favorite" so you can find us when you are ready.  Thank you.

Why Buy Factory-Direct from a State-License Sign Company?

Why not buy from a Sign Dealer (also called a Sign Broker, Car Wrap company or a Sign Store?)

Would you give a car dealer $10,000 and tell him to buy you the best car he can for the money, sight unseen (or from a drawing?)  Don't you think you would get the car that made him the most?

Do you think you could meet your needs asking for the cheapest car he can buy?

Why would a sign dealer (Car Wrap company or sign store) be any different?  Remember, they are merely buying a sign from a manufacturer to resell to you, usually to resemble a drawing, making the most money they can.

You need to know ALL of the details on how your sign will be manufactured, and how it will be installed.  It needs to meet YOUR needs, not the seller's profit goals.  What is he telling the manufacturer you don't need?

Believing "...a sign is a sign" gets you a Yugo instead of a Cadillac.  Remember the Yugo?  They didn't last very long, either.

Also, most sign dealers, Car Wrap companies and sign stores cannot legally install or service an electric sign.  Ask to see their license.

Ask to see a manufacturer's license also.  A few are not licensed to do electrical work, either, they also have to hire other companies to install the signs they make.

Now, who provides the warranty?  The manufacturer, the installer, the salesman, anyone?  If the sign was installed illegally do you think they'll honor their warranty?  Did they REALLY obtain your City sign permit?  Is the sign even safe?

As a large, both UL and ETL listed manufacturer, our name is on all our signs.  Just like you, we can't afford to have a bad sign destroy our business.  We have to care.  Particularly with our 5 Year ^$0 Cost Warranty and Lifetime Guarantees.

Why are “Listed" Signs Critical to You?

Virtually ALL cities, as well as the State of Texas, adopt the National Electric Code as law.

The National Electric Code (NEC) requires that for electrical, structural, and installation safety all electrical signs be "Listed" (tested and labelled with an appropriate Listing Mark.)

Certification (testing and labeling) organizations acceptable in the USA to test to the multitude of Standards signs are required to meet are determined by OSHA.

For you the Listing Mark is insurance.  It means that the sign has been tested to insure that it is structurally and electrically safe, and will be installed properly.  You benefit from the knowledge that it is not solely us telling you that our signs are safe, this is what the testing laboratories and the US Government says also.

Will your sign be tested and approved for safe use in a Wet (Outdoor) location?  Not if it’s not Listed!

If the sign you are purchasing does not have a ETL or UL Listing Mark label the sign is probably not legal to install, anywhere in Texas.   There are a few local city ordinance exceptions.

Buy carefully.

For more detailed information on "listing and labeling" click on the "Labeled & Listed" tab in the Knowledge Tree^™ tab in the left column.

Summary - Wall Cabinet Signs In a Nutshell

The Special Features and Benefits of Signs Manufacturing Corporation's Wall Cabinet Signs

Lasting Quality – Your Sign will ALWAYS look good to potential customers

• Structural steel frames with aluminium exterior skins – No rust and last forever.  Virtually Hail-proof.
• Computer-generated graphics – Perfect look, not handmade, much more impressive
• The same paint type they paint a Ferrari with – Looks new virtually forever, helping your business
• Cabinet insides Solar Finishes Bright Reflective White – The sign always lights brighter because of this paint, attracting more attention, with no additional electrical cost.
• Impact-modified plastics - Won’t break and look bad.
• SolarGuard^™ protected plastics – Won’t fade and look bad to customers.
• Lumabrite^™ coated plastics – Always looks brighter because of this coating with no additional energy cost.
• Optigard^™ coated flexible sign faces – This coating eliminates yellowing, which makes a sign look old and dingy, chasing potential customers away.
• Vandal resistant coatings – Your sign won’t be intentionally damaged.
• Self-cleaning sign faces – Your sign never looks dirty and dingy, chasing potential customers away.
• Brighter Signs^™ technology – Brighter signs always draw more attention.
• PinLights^™ first-surface LED lighting – A modern, brighter sign to attract more attention.  Do more business.  The lights are visible!
• Energy Saving Signs electrical –  Saves 35% or more of electricity costs, some signs can even be solar powered.
• UL or ETL listed sign – The sign Can be legally installed anywhere, and moved anywhere at a later time.

Special Features and Benefits of doing business with Signs Manufacturing^™

• Guaranteed Highest Quality...Guaranteed Lowest Price™ - We manufacture the best signs, for the lowest price.

• The Largest Custom Sign Company in the D/FW Metroplex - We can handle your needs.  With about 200 custom signs in construction all the time we have the facilities and people to solve problems and get the job done; creatively.  No one else comes close - no matter what they say!

• We Actually Manufacture the Signs, Locally – Single-source responsibility.  No middlemen.

• Turn-Key^™ Full-Service Sign Company – We manufacture, install, and service all signs; ours and others.  Seven cranes/bucket trucks to 80' reach.  Seven installation/service crews.

• Visit Texas' Largest Signs Showrooms - Don't buy your sign from a drawing, a slick website, or photo-shopped pictures, when you can actually see and side-by-side compare Real signs and designs.

•  ImageKrafters^™ Design Consultants and The Design Tank^™

• Digital Design Studio – Hundreds of years combined experience.  Creative sign designs that make our customers more successful.

• Professional Market Research Consultants – Helping insure that your signage meets your needs.

• Lifetime* Warranties – Save you money forever.

• Product Liability Insurance – Protects you and your customers forever.

• Deposit Insurance – Your money is protected even if we were to default.

• Established 1979 – We back our claims.

• Eleven Person Your-Location Sales Team – At your location to help you anytime we are needed.

• Exclusive Automatic Updates System - Keeps our customers informed, so they know where their sign is in production, when the permits were approved and when the sign is scheduled for install.

• State Licensed Electrical Sign Contractor – We know our business and do our job.

• State Licensed Electrical Contractor – We know electricity.

• Trained QualityCertifiedSigns^™ Technicians – We understand quality.

• Electronic LED Sign Experts – Because we manufacture them, we also know how to fix them all.

• Many Different Payment Options – Cash, Credit Card, Conserve Your Nest Egg^™, Signs on Time^™ Lease (with Zero Down option) and Pay as You Grow Lease/Purchase^™

• Delayed-Deposit Billing^™ - Significantly reduced initial billing to help you control your cash-flow.

• Grand Opening Package* - We want you to be successful; here's another way we're helping. A free "Coming Soon" and "Grand Opening" banner with your name on it, and free "store" hours lettered on your door. *Minimum order required.

• The Knowledge Tree^™ - The world's largest and most complete information source on signage.  (See below.)

• "Sign Buyer's Guide" Brochures - How signs should be built, and why.  Sign-type-specific printed information to help you purchase adequate signage.  (See below.)

Construction

For strength, durability, and appearance your illuminated signs will be constructed of aluminium (#3003, H14 - not the "soft" aluminium used by some) covering a welded structural-steel inner frame.

Large metal areas will be reinforced to prevent "oil-canning".

The structural-steel frame inside the sign is separately painted before the aluminium skins are installed; important to prevent rust stains later.

Certified Welding

We employ Certified Welders.  Horizontal, vertical, and overhead.

We are virtually the only sign company in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex employing certified welders.

The thickness of a sign does more than impart a more prominent importance to a sign, it affects the graphics.

The minimum allowable thickness of a sign depends on the type of internal lighting and the type and size of the sign face.

Lighting and sign face types will be discussed later.

The larger the sign face the thicker a properly made sign cabinet must be.

It is very important that the sign be thick enough that the lighting in the sign does not show as "hot spots" or "zebra striping" on the face of your sign.  Either of these makes your sign look "cheap" no matter what its cost.  In some instances these can be so bad that a sign is not readable at night.  You've seen them.

All of this makes the use of extruded aluminium sign frames problematic in building a quality sign, to say nothing about a strong sign (no structural steel inner frame) since extrusions are only available for limited cabinet depths; however some sign companies continue to attempt to do so.  Signs Manufacturing™ does not use extruded cabinets precisely for these reasons.

We calculate what is required to make a proper and impressive sign for you, and then we build it.

It is more expensive to do the job right, but what is the value of a "cheap" sign that gives potential customers a negative impression of your business?

The Importance of Retainer Width

Equally important to the appearance of the sign is the width of the retainer (the ring of metal around the sign face that covers the mechanism that holds the sign face in the cabinet.)

This border plays a very important role in the apparent quality of your sign, and both size and color must be considered in the overall design.

This makes the use of pre-made extruded aluminium sign frames undesirable.

Tabs to other components of a cabinet sign are listed down the left side of this page.

Be sure to select the tab "Sign Buyer's Check List" to the left.  This is a tool for your use to insure that quotations you receive are for the same sign!  Insist that your bidders check-mark each line, then sign the document when they give you their quote.

If you know all the details of the sign you wish to purchase, and desire to buy it right now, click the following link to go to our online Cabinet Sign Purchase Page.

Please stop by and see all of these products displayed in our unique Sign Lighting Laboratory and Display Showroom.

We serve and have installed signs in the Texas cities of Addison, Aledo, Allen, Alvarado, Anna, Argyle, Arlington, Athens, Aubrey, Avalon, Azle, Balch Springs, Bedford, Benbrook, Blue Mound, Bonham, Briar, Bridgeport, Buckingham, Burleson, Caddo Mills, Canton, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Celina, Cleburne, Cockrell Hill, Colleyville, The Colony, Combine, Coppell, Corsicana, Crandall, Crowley, Dallas, Dalworthington Gardens, Decatur, Denison, Denton, Desoto, D/FW Airport, Dido, Duncanville, Eagle Mountain Lake, Edgecliff, Ennis, Euless, Everman, Farmers Branch, Farmersville, Ferris, Flower Mound, Forest Hill, Forney, Fort Worth, Frisco, om/Texas/Gainesville/"> Garland, Glenn Heights, Granbury, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Greenville, Gun Barrel City, Haltom City, Haslet, Highland Park, Hillsboro, Hudson Oaks, Hurst, Hutchins, Irving, Italy, Itasca, Jacksboro, Joshua, Justin, Kaufman, Keene, Keller, Kennedale, Kleberg, Krum, Lake Dallas, Lake Worth, Lakeside, Lancaster, Las Colinas, Lawson, Lewisville, Little Elm, Longview, Mansfield, Marshall, Maypearl, McKinney, Melissa, Mesquite, Midlothian, Milford, Mineral Wells, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Murphy, Nevada, Newark, North Richland Hills, Ovilla, Palmer, Pantego, Paris, Parker County, Pelican Bay, Pittsburg, Plano, Ponder, Princeton, Prosper, Quinlan, Quitman, Red Oak, Rendon, Richardson, Richland Hills, Rice, River Oaks, Roanoke, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City, Sachse, Saginaw, Sansom Park, Sanger, Seagoville, Sherman, Silver Creek, Southlake, Springtown, Stephenville, Sulphur Springs, Sunnyvale, Terrell, Texarkana, Trophy Club, Tyler, University Park, Van Alstyne, Valley View, Watauga, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Wedgewood, Westlake, Weston, Westover Hills, Wheatland, White Settlement, Whitney, Wichita Falls, Willow Park, Wills Point, Wilmer, and Wylie.

ZIP Codes 75001 thru 76958.

Area Codes 214, 254, 430, 469, 682, 817, 903, 940, and 972.

Serving Collin, Cook, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Titus, Van Zandt, Wood, and Wise Counties in Texas.

We also have signs in 43 different states, and 6 other nations.