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Halo Lit Signs Grab Attention and Give Your Brand a Boost

01/25/202111/20/2022

Halo Lit Signs represent branding at its finest, as they give businesses a distinguished or unique image. Their dramatic and distinctive glowing effects work to elevate and sharpen the perceived value of both the sign and your trademark.

About Halo Lit Signs

Channel Letter Sign Fabrication — Channel Letters installed onto Nationwide Insurance Sign.

Halo Lit Signs consist of aluminum sides and faces that mount onto standoffs that project away from the wall. LED or neon lighting shines against a surface behind the letter. This produces the distinctive glow that surrounds a business’s Channel Letter font or logos.

What Colors are Available?

The color from an LED is typically white. However, other colors are available that match your organization’s branding, such as blue, red, green, yellow and amber. In other words, Dave’s Signs can create beautiful, differently colored, Halo Illuminated Signs like the ones that follow for your business.

Red Brick Pizza Illuminated Sign

This sign for Red Brick Pizza uses halo illumination, giving it a luminescent glow at night. Our favorite part of the sign is the “red bricks” that sit above the white glowing channel letters.

Halo Illuminated Signs for Your Exterior

By all means, companies must grab their customer’s attention without fail. Consider this: 50 percent of a start-up’s new customers are drawn in by on-premises signage. Brick and mortar businesses of any size depend on professional signs to attract the attention of passersby and potential customers. For example, this Halo Illuminated Sign created for national customer Pandora is perfect because it really catches the eye.

Halo Illuminated Signs for Your Interior

Generally, people consider Halo Lit Signs for the outside of the building, but they are just as effective on the interior. The technique is becoming increasingly common as a signage solution for interior lobbies, offices and conference rooms. Also, imagine the brand name recall and boost when your interior Illuminated Halo Sign matches the exterior one!

Dave’s Signs Makes Brilliant Halo Lit Signs

Custom Halo Lit Signs are simply brilliant, and at Dave’s Signs we design, fabricate, install, service & repair Illuminated Signs that draw customers in and promote your business. As a matter of fact, custom signs are our specialty, and we’ve been making businesses stand out for over 20 years.

If you’d like to know more about our Illuminated Sign choices, please visit our gallery. You can also contact us online for a free quote or call us at (805) 641-1387 if you have any questions.

4 Monument Sign Trends for 2021 that Promote Identity

01/20/202106/05/2023

If you want your business to make a huge impact, why not use a monument sign? These popular signs really draw the eye and create landmarks for people passing by. Designing your signage can be challenging and rewarding, but the most important point is to make sure they promote your business identity effectively. Here are 4 monument sign trends for 2021 that are sure to convey yours.

#1: Adding LED Illumination

monument sign LED lighting

A monument sign is a ground sign that typically has a low profile. They come illuminated or non-illuminated. If you really want to catch everyone’s attention, then consider an illuminated approach. Dave’s Signs uses ground lighting for a spotlight effect. However, we can also add internal lighting to the sign. Beautiful LED lighting is a popular choice because it is so long-lasting and reduces your carbon footprint. If you are going for a modern look with a touch of classic, then LED lighting is your best bet.

#2: Enhancing Your Existing Architecture

Elements of masonry and wood, or foam that replicates these materials, give ample opportunity to match your monument sign to your building’s architecture. Color and style of the sign can also compliment the landscape theme. A professional sign company uses these elements to streamline the design of your building, creating a consistent aesthetic and feel. This will give your business an opportunity to build brand recognition by creating a consistent look and feel throughout.

#3: Using Foam Fabrication Replicas

Since the cost of masonry is sometimes a deal-breaker for some companies, using foam in its place can save money. Surprisingly, these replicas mimic the appearance and benefits of the real thing when they are professionally done. Foam monument signs with veneer imitators of stone and brick look just as classy and are plenty durable, too.

#4. Highly Visible Curved Designs

Curved signs are another popular sign trend and ones with professional designs are quite impressive. They can be fabricated from wood, brick, stucco, high-density urethane or from concrete. The curved dimension to these signs additionally makes them visible from many directions.

Dave’s Signs creates Beautiful Signs in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles Counties and Nationwide. Branding Your Business and giving it an identity is the only path to success – we offer a wide array of custom monument signage and graphics solutions that will highlight and promote yours. If you would like to know more, please get in touch with us at (805) 641-1387. Or contact us online for a quote.

Most Popular Types of Illuminated Business Signs

01/08/202111/21/2023

No matter what industry you find yourself in, you can tell the story of your brand with a highly visible, illuminated business sign. This added visibility also amps up the interest, which in turn, drives an increase in sales and profits. What follows is a list of the most popular types of illuminated business signs that give you an edge over the competition and sets you apart from others that use standard signs.

1. Exposed Neon Signs

Illuminated Neon Light Sign Finney’s Crafthouse & Kitchen in Ventura, CA

Neon signs are an important piece of California history, and many businesses still use them. This colorful, high-impact type of signage rules at bars, boutiques and restaurants that want an iconic look. The neon light source is exposed versus being encased behind tinted acrylic panels.

2. LED Illuminated Signage Panels

illuminated business sign for Garry Marshall Theatre

Illuminated signage panels are a very effective way of gaining attention. For example, in congested commercial environments, potential customers will notice LED illuminated signage panels before they do a traditional poster frame. LED technology is growing in popularity, as it is extremely energy-efficient and puts off very little heat.

Conserv Fuel Digital Sign Santa Barbara, CA

3. Digital Signs

Whether they adorn the interior or exterior of a building, digital signs are highly dynamic and visible. Retailers, churches, office buildings, and live entertainment venues often display them. These types of signs work extremely well in areas where a sign is near the road or close to a sidewalk where people passing by have a close viewing range.

4. Monochrome LED Signs

Single color (monochrome) LED signage is an excellent alternative for zoning ordinances that allow text-only LED or single color signage. The monochrome effect works extremely well for getting your message across, as long as you don’t pack the sign with too much text. As mentioned previously, LED illumination is very efficient relative to every other lighting type.

5. Lightbox Signs

LED lightbox illuminated business sign

Also known as backlit signs, a lightbox gets its illumination by shining light through a translucent panel. The translucent panel can be customized with the name of your company, logo, address, phone number, etc. Lightbox signs are versatile, and their shapes can be molded to match your brand.

6. Pole Signs

Pole signs have double or single sides and use 1-2 poles for support. They are often taller than the buildings surrounding them, and they are visible from hundreds of feet away. Typically, they have an illuminated lightbox toward the top, but in this case of the Ganas Auto sign, the sign is a halo-lit channel letter sign using LED with an exposed neon outline. Dave’s Signs can customize pole signs to add multiple tenant panels or restore your existing sign.

7. Monument Signs

Monument signs welcome you and let you know you are in the right place. They are often made from materials such as brick or stone. They project a simple elegance, and, like the pole sign, we can customize them to include an LED panel, halo-lit channel letters, and in the case of the Star of CA sign, we added ground-mounted LED sign lights to enhance its overall pleasing aesthetic.

8. Halo-Lit Channel Letters

Illuminated letter signs are channel letter signs with internal lighting that gives signage a 3D effect. The iridescent glow of halo-lit channel lettering comes alive at night and draw new and existing customers to your business.

Dave’s Signs Makes Beautiful Illuminated Business Signs

Regardless of the type of illuminated business sign you need, be it simple, high-end or custom, our knowledgeable sign specialists can create one that makes your business stand out 24/7. To find out more, you can call us at (805) 641-1387 or contact us online for a quote.

Sign Restoration and Repair – A Part of Preserving History

01/04/202101/05/2021

Since 1990, Dave’s Signs has restored and repaired vintage signs of many eras. Our expertise allows us to bring these beloved signs back to their former glory or in a manner that provides electrical efficiency. We particularly love to see this type of work come into our shop, as it reminds us of the important work we do to keep history alive.

There are a lot of these vintage signs in Los Angeles that we’ve worked on, and we would love people to know about what we do. What follows are four creations that we are particularly proud of.

1. The Mayfair Theater Movie Marquee

Mayfair Theatre sign in lot — Mayfair Theatre neon sign before Dave’s Signs started the restoration.

We were contracted by the non-profit Sea Bees Museum to restore the beautiful and iconic neon sign that originally adorned the classic Mayfair Theatre. The project was fairly complex, and it was critical that the restoration maintained the integrity of the original design. We finished the restoration work without changing the elements of the design. As you can see below, the final result on display in the Sea Bees Museum is quite stunning.

Mayfair Theatre sign restoration — Restored neon Mayfair Theater sign at the Seabee Museum in Port Hueneme.

2. The Castillo Inn Blade Sign

Castillo Inn Blade Sign Restoration Santa Barbara, CA — Castillo Inn Blade Sign Restoration in Santa Barbara, CA.

The palms sway at The Castillo Inn, and the establishment is the epitome of a relaxing California beach getaway. We repainted and added a neon message to the blade sign on the property with this in mind. The sign reads The Castillo Inn at the Beach sign with a neon “Vacancy/No Vacancy” message underneath it. Looking at it, you can almost feel the fun to be had at the sand & surf locale.

3. Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant Neon Sign

California is renowned for its great Mexican cuisine, and you can find scores of restaurants that serve it throughout the state. Dave’s Signs works on many sign projects that involve neon sign restoration for these Mexican restaurants. Take the “Pepe’s Mexican Food To Go” sign made with a custom neon approach we did above. Pepe’s is Goleta’s longest-running Mexican Restaurant, so it has historical significance. We restored its vintage neon sign when it fell into disrepair a few years back.

4. The Santa Barbara Auto Group LED Sign

Santa Barbara Auto Group Sign Restoration Santa Barbara, CA — Santa Barbara Auto Group Sign Restoration in Santa Barbara, CA.

So far we’ve discussed custom neon sign restoration, but we make and retrofit signs to LED, too. Signs made with LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are a modern alternative to those made with neon. And, as LED lighting is a more energy-efficient option than traditional neon lighting, many business owners are electing to make the switch. The job we did for the restored the ground monument for the Santa Barbara Auto Group is a beautiful example of retrofitting signage to LED. The eye-catching outside sign lights up at night.

If you would like to know more about custom sign restoration and repair, please contact us or request a quote online. Or you can telephone us at (805) 641-1387 to talk to a helpful member of our team.

Vintage Custom Graphic Sign Design for Night Shift Garage

12/30/202006/25/2023

We take pride in the signs we create for our customers and often share how they come together on our blog. The vintage custom graphic sign design we did for Night Shift Garage was one for the books, though. Dave’s Signs would like to thank Amber for a job well done and share the story of this fun job with our customers.

Amber’s Vintage Design for Night Shift Garage

Night Shift Garage reached out to us to put vintage-inspired painted graphics on their Datsun mini truck. Amber, who heads our printed graphics department, designed this layout from scratch.

Vintage custom sign design on Datsun Truck

Vintage truck detail — More detail on the vintage Datsun.

Unique Concepts for the Custom Graphic Sign Design

Vintage design and old school cars, trucks, and trailers are right up Amber’s alley. They are all in her personal interest, so a project like this was a real treat for her. The client got three unique proofs and liked them all and that almost never happens!

Since they liked them all, Amber combined features from each proof to come up with the final design. She saw this project through from beginning to end… through design and fabrication…and even painted the graphics herself. Of the project, Amber said,

“I got to drive his truck into the workshop myself in order to work on it. It was fun, I’ve never driven a Datsun before. I feel like I really captured what the client was looking for and delivered it in the final product!”

“[The] client was over-the-moon happy with how it turned out. He was so stoked! He said he couldn’t wait to show everyone in his car club. Everyone in the shop was blown away by how it turned out too,” she added.

Trust is a Factor When it Comes to Vintage Jobs

Amber said that there wasn’t too much out of the ordinary to overcome, but the pressure to do a good job was high. A classic vehicle is very beloved by the owner. It is a leap of faith on their part to let someone else do anything to their “baby.”

After the job was finished, Amber told us, “I have had old cars and vehicles and feel the very same way when in the care of others. I think the best part of the whole job was seeing the owner so thrilled with the work!”

Turn to Dave’s Signs for Your Custom Graphic Sign Design

Dave’s Signs specializes in Custom Printed Graphics & Signage, Hand Painted Signs, Custom Wall Graphics & Custom Boat Graphics. We’ve been providing beautiful and unique custom sign graphics since 1990. Because of that, you can trust us to always provide excellent and professional work. If you would like to know more about custom sign graphics, please visit our online gallery or call us at (805) 641-1387 for more information.

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