Blogs
Turning HDU into Bronze Works of Art
Santa Barbara sculptor Larry Rankin has been using Precision Board Plus for years to create his bronze sculptures. His career spans more than 30 years and though his abstract works range in size from 6” to 7.5’ tall, he prefers working with large sculptures...
A Protective Coating That Saves Time and Adds Value
Looking for a tough, versatile, flexible texturing product that is fun and easy to work with, adds value to your signs and sculptures, while saving you time? After years of working with sign makers and listening to their feedback on available products, we...
Family-Themed Cruise Line Debut’s New Water Slide
Who do you call if you’re a discerning family-themed cruise line looking to build a state of the art water slide featuring a signature element from one of your most beloved and iconic characters? The answer is FormaShape 3D Architectural Design Solutions of...
Sign Industry Collaboration Culminates at The NBM Show
Sign Industry leaders OneShot and Coastal Enterprises join forces with life-long artist and pin stripe legend, Tramp Warner, and one of the San Diego areas top sign makers, Ford Signs, to produce a demonstration sign that will eventually hang in one of OneShot’s...
Resins Cut Time and Increase Profits
When your design calls for a durable, ultra high gloss finish, one of the best and most efficient ways to achieve it on a variety of substrates including HDU, is by using resins such as PB Resin. Once you have the application techniques down, resins can cut time and...
Speeds and Feeds
One of the more frequent inquiries we receive at Coastal Enterprises involves questions about machining Precision Board Plus HDU. For those that are experienced in working with the product, we typically hear things like, “this stuff cuts like butter” ,“my cutters last...
Some Assembly Required
Dan Sawatzky's Triangle Contracting Co. Sign Takes First Place! Dan Sawatzky’s excavator is an excellent example of planning out a yield strategy and using PB Bond-240 urethane adhesive to put it all together. Working from a sheet of 1” thick PBLT-30 Precision Board...
PB Bond 240 Turns Scrap HDU Into Inventory
One of the best ways to get the most from the Precision Board Plus you’ve purchased is to carefully plan out your “maximum yield strategy”. Frequently, it will be more economical to bond more than one piece of Precision Board Plus to create unique shapes or...
Even the Art is Big In Texas: The Aggie Ring
A 3D laser scanner that is accurate to 1/100th of an inch and a 3 axis CNC mill capable of sculpting an 8 inch thick 4’x 8’ block of material are not the typical tools you find in an art studio. But then this is no ordinary art studio. It’s Blue Genie Art Industries...