Let the Wrapping Begin! KDF Custom Wrap Sign

The shop is all abuzz with the news!

We’re very excited to announce we have completed the construction of our new wrap area! We’ve tripled our capacity and we’re ready to wrap!

Of course now we need a sign for the 18′ walls and you know a small sign won’t do. So… we went with a 6′ x 7′ footprint. Nanette came up with a real nice design that we could work with to make a printable dimensional sign.

Here is the original design

Once Rad setup the file for production it was time to cut the foam. We started by cutting the elements of the sign out of simple white gator foam of varying thicknesses. 2″, 1″ and 1/2″.
Into our new paint shop and all the elements are painted. this is a waterborne paint system so its quick dry – all the parts are back out to the printing department for flatbed printing on our Oce’ 350.

Now its time for assembly. All the elements are on the table – screwed and glued.

This is basically one long day of work to get this cut, painted, printed and up on the wall.

This gives you a good idea of how big this bad boy is. Greg is ready to wrap!

Published with permission from KDF Custom Graphics. Source.

A Trip to the Police Station!

Don’t get the wrong idea. KDF is honored to have been chosen by the great Borough of Northvale, NJ to create some custom signage.

Here are some of the signs before they go out the door for install. We used Precision Board HDU, both 15lb and 30lb, and cut the relief of the patch with a 1/6″ Ball end mill on our MultiCam 3000 CNC. Everything was painted with Modern Masters Metallic Paint.

Published with permission from KDF Custom Graphics. Source.

Construction progress going well.

Hey all! We’ve been working on our expansion and happy to report that it’s going well. The walls are up for our new Vehicle Wrap bay and the paint shop will be right next door.

We’ve more than doubled our capacity for wraps! We’re all very excited and we’re close, very close. Waiting on some snow to thaw so we can put the overhead door in.

Here is the new wall going up for the paint shop.

The “wrap room”.

All Painted – ready for the finishing touches, some wall graphics and painting equipment! (and lots of business)

Published with permission from KDF Custom Graphics. Source.

Why does the owner of InterSign Group use Precision Board Plus?

If you haven’t seen it yet – be sure to check out the latest issue of Sign Builder Illustrated!

This particular article was written by Mark Roberts, owner of InterSign Group in Houston, TX. Mark has been in business for 38 years and has been using Precision Board Plus HDU for at least 15 of them.

In this write-up you’ll see how Kiddie Coast came to life. The project took Mark about 3 weeks of production time from start to finish which included digital printing, carving and painting of Precision Board. This article also offers you, the reader, tips and tricks on how to create a beautiful sign such as this one.

“The ease of working with Precision Board’s larger sheet sizes and multiple densities, helps with any job he’s working on. Precision Board Plus is my preferred HDU material. I have always had success with it, and am an extremely satisfied customer,” says Mark. He also uses the FSC-88 WB Water Based Primer/Filler as it allows for fast coverage of HDU, dries rapidly and sands easily.

If you would like to see more of Mark’s fabulous work, or would like information about his company go to http://www.theintersigngroup.com/ or call him at 713-941-6338.

Coastal Enterprises offers samples of all products. Don’t forget to contact Coastal Enterprises Company for all your HDU. We are here for YOU!

Watch our training video on FSC-88 WB Water Based Primer/Filler.

A Pig… With a Mustache

Not totally sure why but my 8 year old is obsessed with pigs. And if you throw a mustache on it she’s even more happy. So I wanted to make something that we could hang on the wall here at the studio that would make her smile when she visits – and give us a bit of a challenge to make.

I started by finding a basic 3D model of a pig then did a little digital sculpting to make a “friendlier” shape.

Once complete Peter brought the file into Enroute and sliced it up (no ham or bacon jokes). We cut the basic shape out of two 5″ blocks of 15lb Precision Board HDU then glued them together.

Now we are ready to shape and sculpt over it.

We start by sanding and removing material then do a little hand shaping of the foam – this is HDU and very easy to work with.

Once we have the shape we want we add Magic Sculpt 2 part epoxy putty to create the realistic skin and details.

Holin is painting away and Peter is making the wood panel to mount our little pig to. Once cut Peter does some more hand texturing to the sides. All primed and ready to go.