Custom aluminum signs can be an excellent investment for any business or organization. They’re long lasting, durable, and resistant to fading from the elements while remaining eye-catching for many years. However, nothing stays completely clean forever, not even aluminum. Over time, it can accumulate smudges, fingerprints, oils, and other surface-level grime that can make the sign look dirty.
Fortunately, aluminum signs require very little maintenance and when they do need cleaning, it’s simple enough. Here’s what you do.
How to Clean & Care for Your Custom Aluminum Signs
It’s a good idea to get in the habit of periodically cleaning your aluminum sign. While it’s rare, it is possible for a sign to become so coated in grime that it becomes impossible to clean without damaging the surface underneath.
That said, it requires serious neglect for an aluminum sign to reach that condition.
As for cleaning the sign itself, it’s as simple as soap and water. You rarely need to use anything stronger, especially if you’re cleaning them on a regular basis. If there’s a particularly tough bit of grime stuck to the sign you might try basic rubbing alcohol. Or, use glass cleaner! Windex-style products are quite effective.
However, you do not want to use anything harsher than Windex. Heavy-duty cleaners based in bleach or, especially, acid could potentially eat away at the coating on your sign.
You also have plenty of choices in terms of what sort of cleaning cloth to use. Virtually any sort of soft cloth will be fine to keep the sign looking nice. The best option is micro-fiber since that doesn’t leave behind any fibers.
This is just one of the reasons why custom aluminum signs are so popular across so many different areas of business. Whether you’re setting up an eye-catching sign outside your shop or want to give your interior highly distinctive navigational signs, aluminum is an effective, low-maintenance choice in signage.
Precision Cutting Service Makes Custom Cut Aluminum Signs Affordable
Thanks to our state-of-the-art water jet cutting capabilities, Precision Cutting Service can create custom signs for less. We can cut signs from all sorts of metals or even create multi-layered three-dimensional signage. Either way, our water jet system allows us to make the cuts more quickly and cleanly than lasers or physical saws, and that means you save both time and money.
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