Wood grain HDU signs for communities
We make wood grain HDU signs and community entrance signs. We can create a sandblasted sign for you in high-density urethane (HDU) or cedar. We also offer routed signs and pin-mounted dimensional letters, and we build walls and posts with brick or stone. Designs & Signs is based in Edgewater, Maryland.
The photo below is a 3D sign with raised letters and a recessed background. Like this sign, yours could have a wood grain finish. We shape HDU signs with sandblasting and with routing too. Routed signs cost less, and we can still make them look as though we blasted them by hand.
We gild every sign
As soon as we shape the sign, we begin finishing it. First, we prime and paint with Sherwin-Williams exterior paint. Next, the letters receive one coat of size and gold leaf. Finally, the gold leaf adds a touch of brilliance that will make the sign shine for years to come.
CNC machines can imitate hand-carved lettering
Similarly, any HDU sign can mimic the appearance of a wooden sign with hand-tooled incised letters. Incised letters are cut into the surface to look like hand-carved letters. When we make a sign like that, we also outline the letters by hand after applying gold leaf. For example, the sign for Ward Circle looks like a sandblasted cedar sign, although it is HDU, not wood.
You can find an example of incised letters in HDU in Salisbury, Maryland, right on Route 50. We manufactured some great v-carve signs for a local church. These church signs look hand-carved with v-cut lettering. In fact, we routed them with a CNC machine.
Contact Designs & Signs
The quickest way to get started on your project is to send us an email.
We can also be reached by phone at (410) 798-5115.