Coloured acrylic is used as the base not for decoration: the colour is in the material itself, so the background needs no printing or film. The sheet is used whole, and the header and layout are applied directly onto it — the board stays a single part, with no assembled elements or backing.
| Material: | coloured acrylic 3 mm |
| Print method: | Oracal film appliqué, 1 layer; Oracal film appliqué, 2 layers; Gold or silver film appliqué |
| Film colour: | Oracal 641 film, 60 colours |
| Base colour: | Altuglas coloured acrylic palette — 24 base options: 18 colours, 4 metallics and 2 translucent |
| Artwork: | vector only |
| Mounting: | keyhole hangers |
| Size: | made to the customer's size |
How the board is built
- the base is a single rectangular sheet, with no assembled elements and no backing;
- the solid coloured background is the acrylic itself, not film applied on top;
- a header with the organisation's name or the board title;
- a document layout — sets the places for sheets and notices.
Appliqué instead of printing
Appliqué is not printing. In printing, the image is applied with ink and allows halftones and gradients; in appliqué, each element is cut from coloured film along its outline and applied to the acrylic, with the colour coming from the film itself. This has two consequences: the artwork must be outline-based, and colours are chosen from the film palette rather than mixed.
On handling the finished product — see the article caring for acrylic products.
Artwork and size
Only a vector file can be used: the film cutting outline is built from curves, and a raster image is not suitable for appliqué. If you are not sure what format your logo and text are in, see the explainer vector or raster graphics.
The customer sets the size: you give the width and height, the sheet is cut to them, and the layout of the areas is calculated for the document size that will be displayed on the board.
This board is used in shops, schools, shopping centres and other organisations — where you need one permanent panel with a title and fixed places for orders, schedules, licences and notices. Mounting — keyhole hangers.
- Specify the height and width of the board.
- The base colour and the lettering colour are chosen as a pair — from two palettes at once.
- Tell us the size of the documents that will be displayed on the board: the layout is calculated for it.
- Production time 3-7 days.
Coating:
ORACAL film appliqué, 1 layer; ORACAL film appliqué, 2 layers; Gold or silver film appliqué
Base:
Acrylic White (00000); Acrylic Black (10000); Acrylic Grey (48007); Acrylic Burgundy (22003); Acrylic Dark red (22002); Acrylic Red (22013); Acrylic Orange (25001); Acrylic Raspberry (22007); Acrylic Cream (21013); Acrylic Lemon (21011); Acrylic Yellow (21003); Acrylic Turquoise (23010); Acrylic Bright blue (23003); Acrylic Blue (23000); Acrylic Light blue (23008); Acrylic Green (24015); Acrylic Lime green (24003); Acrylic Brown (S-814); Metallic acrylic GOLD SATIN; Metallic acrylic SILVER SATIN; Metallic acrylic PEARL; Metallic acrylic GOLD 69004; Acrylic translucent (27014); Acrylic bronze smoked translucent (16065)