Aluminum Signs
Important Artwork Notice!
White Ink can be used as a single spot color (1/0) to produce 100% White Ink signs (no CMYK), as well as an underprint option as an additional 5th color for enhanced color reproduction. If the White Ink Option is selected, a White Ink mask must be created and uploaded with your full color file. The file for the white ink MUST ONLY be black and white (100% Black). 100% black in the areas you want the white ink.
See Aluminum Signs in action
Rust-proof .040" aluminum signs in 12" x 18", 18" x 24" or 24" x 36", one or two sided, with optional drilled holes, from $36 for one sign.
- $36 for one 12" x 18" sign, with the price rising for the larger sizes and up to 100 signs on an order.
- 3 sizes: 12" x 18", 18" x 24", and 24" x 36", with no custom cut.
- .040" aluminum: one lightweight rigid material that will not rust, indoors or outdoors.
- Full color on the front or on both sides, with 0.75" rounded corners on every sign and optional drilled mounting holes.
- 4 business day standard turnaround, with 3-day, 2-day, Next-Day and Same-Day rush, rated 4.9 out of 5 across 63 reviews.
A Sign Built to Shrug Off the Weather
Screw an aluminum sign to a post outside and forget about it. It takes rain and sun the way paper and foam never can, light enough to hang with a few screws yet stiff enough to hold its edge, whether it marks a parking spot, stands in a yard or hangs on a storefront.
What Are Aluminum Signs
An aluminum sign is a solid metal sheet printed in full color, with the back left blank or carrying a second design. Unlike ACM, a composite with a plastic core between two thin aluminum skins, it is metal all the way through, so it holds a screw hole without crushing. For a thicker 1/8" panel with a gloss or matte laminate, see the Aluminum Sign Panels.
How Much Do Aluminum Signs Cost
Three things raise the price: a bigger size, full color on the back, and a larger quantity. For a row of reserved parking signs or a set of suite markers, order them in one run so every sign comes off the same press, then add the drilled holes your posts need. A rush speed adds a set percentage on top of the base price. Want a side-by-side quote against another printer? 4OVER4's Price Match beats a real competitor price by an extra 10% - the 110% price-match guarantee, so you order the metal sign without overpaying for it.
What Size Should an Aluminum Sign Be
Pick by how far away the sign gets read. A 12" x 18" suits a door, a parking spot, or a notice people read up close. Step up to 18" x 24" for a yard sign or a storefront panel that carries from the sidewalk or a slow car. The 24" x 36" is the big one, sized to be read across a lot or from across the street.
What Options Can You Choose
Print both sides for a sign people read coming and going, such as one hanging from a frame. Every sign is cut with 0.75" rounded corners, safer at head height and less likely to catch a hand. Drilled holes go on all four corners, the top corners, or the center of the top and bottom edges. Decide the holes before you order: drilling on press is clean and centered, while drilling in a parking lot with a cordless drill chips the print around the hole.
For your own file, the aluminum sign blank template for each size shows the bleed and safe margin; keep text clear of the corners where the radius and any holes go.
Press-Ready Blank Templates
How Do Aluminum Signs Compare to the Rest of the Range
Aluminum signs are the everyday pick in metal. For visibility at night, the Reflective Aluminum Signs add a reflective face, and when a sign has to be rewritten again and again, the Dry Erase Aluminum Signs take a marker and wipe clean. The comparison below puts this sign beside yard signs, aluminum floor graphics and backlit film with the starting price of each.
Wally hangs a sign that outlasts the weather
A $36 metal panel that beats paper and foam outdoors.
One 12 by 18 inch aluminum sign costs $36 and prints full color on rust-proof .040 inch aluminum that survives rain and sun for years. Pick a size from 12 by 18 up to 24 by 36 inch, print one side or both, add mounting holes, and Wally gets it on your wall or post fast.
How Fast Can You Get Aluminum Signs
Standard production is 4 business days; each faster speed buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price. Same-Day orders ship from our NYC plant, and 99.8% of 4OVER4 orders land on time with 82% shipping early.
Aluminum Real Estate Signs
A listing sign stands in a front yard through rain, sprinklers and a full summer of sun, and gets pulled, thrown in a trunk and planted again at the next address. Corrugated plastic gives up somewhere in that cycle; a metal panel has nothing in it to rust or rot. The 18" x 24" is the standard yard listing, light enough to carry a stack in a trunk, and the 24" x 36" suits a corner lot, a wide setback or a commercial listing. There is no separate rider strip, so put SOLD or OPEN HOUSE into the main panel's artwork.
Two holes along the top edge hang the sign from an H frame, the wire frame that pushes straight into a lawn; four holes bolt it to a wooden post or a bracket arm. Keep the logo, the agent photo and the phone number in the same place on every listing, so a neighborhood full of your signs reads as one campaign. For a freestanding sidewalk sign, see the real estate A-frame signs, and for the lighter corrugated lawn sign, the real estate yard signs.
Reserved Parking Signs on Aluminum
Reserved parking, tenant parking, no parking and tow away notices fit the 12" x 18", the standard parking sign format, readable from a car pulling into the space. Print the rule in the largest type, the unit number or name below it, and the towing line small at the bottom, with top-corner holes for a post or four for a wall bracket. The Parking Signs page gathers the parking formats on their own.
See the Rest of Our Signs
Scan the full print product range, or stay within the metal family on aluminum signs printing for reflective faces, dry-erase surfaces and thicker laminated panels.
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Aluminum Signs: Frequently Asked Questions
How long does an aluminum sign last outdoors?
The metal is the easy part; what ages is the printed surface, and that depends on sun. A sign in constant direct southern sun softens in color sooner than one on a shaded wall or a north facing post.
Will an aluminum sign rust?
No. The only rust you will see on one bleeds from a steel screw or bracket used to hang it, so use stainless or galvanized hardware, with washers under the screw heads so they do not bite into the print.
Where can I find metal circle signs?
Not on this page. These signs cut to three rectangles with 0.75 inch rounded corners, and a round outline is not listed, so ask before you order rather than assuming it can be added at checkout.
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