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Products and finishes

One process. The finish is the choice.

Every product starts as compression-molded acrylic with raised tactile characters and domed Grade 2 braille in the face. What changes is how that face is finished, or whether your shop finishes it.

Unfinished blanks

Our molding. Your finish.

Clear, white, and black compression-molded blanks. Raised copy and Grade 2 braille are already formed. Your shop paints, prints, or tips, and keeps that margin.

Substrates
Clear, white, and black
Who finishes them
Your shop. The blank arrives molded.
What is already done
Integral raised characters and domed Grade 2 braille
For sign shops

Finished faces

Clear acrylic women’s restroom sign with paint behind the face, a female pictogram, raised letters, and Grade 2 braille.

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2nd surface paint

Paint goes on the back of the acrylic. The field color is protected behind the face. Raised characters and braille are tipped on the front in a contrasting color. This is the usual finish for room signs and wayfinding.

Specify it when: High-traffic interiors and exteriors where the color should not be the surface people touch.

Room sign with paint on the face, raised contrasting letters, and Grade 2 braille, on a plain background.

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1st surface paint

Color sits on the face of the sign. It reads sharper and more architectural than a backed color.

Specify it when: Palettes that need the paint itself to be the surface you see.

Men’s restroom sign with a full-color print behind clear acrylic, a male pictogram, raised letters, and Grade 2 braille.

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2nd surface print

Full-color graphics are printed on the back of the acrylic, so the face protects the print. Use it when a sign needs a brand mark, a photograph, or more than a flat field color.

Specify it when: Donor walls, brand graphics, and color-coded wayfinding.

Solid-color acrylic sign reading Reservable, with raised letters and Grade 2 braille, on a plain background.

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Solid color

The acrylic is pigmented through the thickness. The color is the material, not a coating on it. Raised characters and braille are formed from that same sheet.

Specify it when: Jobs that want through-body color and no surface film to wear.

Solid-surface stair sign with a stair number, raised letters, and Grade 2 braille, on a plain background.

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Solid surface

The same heat-and-pressure forming, in architectural solid surface, when the sign should match the surrounding finish.

Specify it when: Hospitality, healthcare, and other interiors already specified in solid surface.

Close view of textile sealed inside a clear acrylic face.

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Embed

Textile, fabric, or mesh is sealed between layers of acrylic under compression. The embedded material is not a decal. It is closed inside the face. Interior and exterior rated.

Specify it when: Projects whose design language includes cloth, mesh, or a textile texture.

Photoluminescent signs reading Stair, Egress path, and Floor, with raised letters and Grade 2 braille, on a black background.

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Photoluminescent

A glow finish for stairwells, exit paths, and emergency wayfinding. It charges from ambient light. No wiring. This finish is interior rated. Confirm that on the quote.

Specify it when: Stair and exit identification where a non-electrical glow is specified.

Compression-molded acrylic frame inserts with raised letters and braille, on a plain background.

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Inserts

Thin compression-molded acrylic inserts sized for common frame systems. The insert is the molded face. The frame is the system it drops into.

Specify it when: Sign programs already built around those frame lines.

Donor recognition plaque with raised lettering, photographed facing the camera on a light background.

Donor and recognition

A name, formed in the face.

Donor walls, gift plaques, and memorials use the same molded acrylic as a room sign. The lettering is the plastic, so the recognition stays put.

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Shared construction

These are the standard options published for the molded acrylic faces. Confirm size and thickness on the quote.

Raised characters
1/32 inch standard rise, the minimum in the 2010 ADA Standards.
Braille
Grade 2, domed, formed in the face.
Thickness
1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 inch. Thicknesses up to 1 inch are available.
Panel size
Up to 24 by 36 inches standard. Larger sizes are custom.
Rating
Interior and exterior for the molded acrylic face. Ask about photoluminescent before specifying it outdoors.
Made in America
Every molded face is made in America.

Tell us the finish and the count.

Tell us the project, the finish, and when you need the signs. A person at Thermoformed Signs will follow up by email.

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