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Outdoor advertising is one of the most effective ways to promote goods or services on the market. It is with billboards, signs, citylights, fronts, shopfronts, finally, advertising signs on the asphalt faced by your potential buyer before getting to know your products or services. Therefore, from what type of placement of "outdoor" you choose, and will depend more on your sales and, accordingly, the profit from them.

Types of outdoor advertising

There is a large variety of outdoor advertising means, such as billboards, and electronic displays, and pillars, and various advertising installations on the roofs, and, of course, light boxes. Thanks to constant illumination advertising information placed on the lightbox is clearly visible in the dark. It is the manufacture of such light boxes( light boxes) that will be devoted to this material, as today it is one of the most popular and most common elements of outdoor advertising.

Lightbox: types of effective modern advertising

Lightbox is a kind of advertising sign, illuminated from within a neon, fluorescent or LED lamp. The glow can be either static or dynamic. The size, shape and thickness of the lightbox can be any. They can be placed outside and inside buildings - on facades, roofs, shopping centers, offices. Lightboxes, photos of which can be seen below, are an interesting advertising move and, most importantly, they really work.

Light boxes can also be divided into one-sided and two-sided. They differ in that on a single-sided light box, the information or image is printed on one side only, and on the bilateral side on each side. A one-sided sign is illuminated from the back side of the box, and a two-sided glowing element is in the middle, between two advertising posters, ensuring a uniform glow of both sides of the lightbox.

By design, light boxes are:

1. Thin. Basically, they are used for the internal design of storefronts.
2. Suspended. They are located in large supermarkets and shopping and entertainment centers.
3. The floor. They are used inside large rooms, in the aisles between shopping pavilions, mainly for better orientation of potential customers passing by.
4. Outdoor. They are used to place advertising information on the facades of buildings.

The light box can be made using various manufacturing techniques, using different materials. Its front part can be made of banner vinyl fabric, acrylic or cellular polycarbonate. Frame - from an aluminum or plastic profile. The image or text is applied to the banner fabric with powder paint.

Pros of lightboxes

1. Relative cheapness of manufacture.
2. Over time, the ability to change one poster on another or one panel to another, i.e.reusable use of the light box.
3. Speed ​​of manufacture.
4. Easy to maintain.
5. Possibility of executing lightboxes of different shapes and sizes.

Lows in light boxes can burn out.

Dirt and dust accumulate between the front panel and the structure profile, which is noticeable when illuminated.

Lightbox with own hands

There are many methods for making light boxes. We will consider one of the simplest. To install this light box does not require much skill and effort. The size of the finished product will be 125x74 cm.

What is needed for the work of the

First you need to stock up with the necessary materials, such as:

1. Oracal film cut on a plotter - 1.5 m2.
2. Mounting film MT80P F099 - 1.5 m2.
3. Aluminum U-shaped profile -130 mm - 4 lm
4. Connecting angles - 4 pcs.
5. Self-tapping screws with a JPMT 16 drill, 3.5 * 32 - 36 pcs.
6. Fluorescent lamps at 36W( each choke, 2 holders, starter and 2 cartridges) - 5 pcs.
7. PVC 5 mm - 1 m2.
8. Mounting wire ПВ1 0.75( 1.0 mm) - 9.5 lm
9. Glue COSMOFEN CA 12.
10. Wire ШВВП 2 * 1,5 - 3 п.м.
11. Plexiglas Plexiglas 3 mm milk color - 1 m2.

What tools will be needed

Tools for work:

1. Rubber scraper.
2. Felt or plastic scraper.
3. The garden sprayer - volume 0,5-1,5 l.
4. Giprochny stationery knife.
5. Screwdriver.
6. Side saw.
7. Circular Saw.
8. Electric jigsaw.
9. Metal ruler.

How to make a lightbox: the manufacturing process of

1. Using the "Corel Draw" program in a computer, we draw a product layout in a scale of one to one. The file for cutting on the plotter is made by hyperfine contours in curves.
2. We cut by means of the plotter the image put on Oracal film.
3. Remove the excess film( around graphics or letters).
4. We put over the letters or graphics from the center to the edges of the mounting film, we cut off excess.
5. We cut the aluminum profile according to the corners and the length of the lamps( with a margin of 5 cm)( the profile for light boxes can be taken and plastic, it is cheaper, but less durable and difficult to paint), which will serve as the frame structure.
6. We collect 3 of 4 parts of the profile with corners.
7. Drill holes for self-tapping screws in the profile and corners. We fix the 3 sections of the profile with screws.
8. Next, we design the backdrop: we cut the PVC with a knife or saw in size and cut the corners.
9. Backside insert into the light box.
10. We put the bulbs on the lamps, insert the starters and check the received device.
11. We make a marking, indicating the places for fixing the holders of lamps and throttles. We cut "chopiki" from PVC and glue them on the back with glue. We fix on holders screws for lamps and chokes.
12. We cut the wiring for the lamps, cleaning the ends, and install these lamps in the holders. We connect the wiring inside the box.
13. Pull the wiring through the hole outwards and insulate it.
14. After all the work done, we check how our product will glow, and whether the technology of mounting the future lightbox is not broken.
15. Cut out a lime-colored facial from plexiglass, rounding corners under the corners.
16. Remove the protective film from the face and mine it with a sprayer and a rubber scraper. We place an image or letters on the ruler.
17. Remove the base of the film. Smooth the film with a felt or plastic scraper and remove the mounting film.
18. Drill in the bottom shelf 2-3 holes 6-10 mm in diameter. This is necessary for the removal of moisture.
19. Then, the light-box created by oneself is checked for readiness to work. To the light box is not dusty, it can be packed in a stretch.

Possible errors in the manufacture and correction of lightboxes

1. The lamps are not lit - the network is not connected correctly or is not closed. It is necessary to check the correctness of the connection and the reliability of fastening of cartridges and starters, as well as their operating condition.
2. Under the film, air bubbles or dust points. In this case, it is necessary to remove the film, carefully remove the accumulation of dust, wiping the surface, and apply a new film. If there are bubbles under the film, you can squeeze out air by punching the film in these places with a knife.
3. The lightbox does not close or the corners do not converge - cut the front or back of the body a few millimeters and slightly round off the corners.

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