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Finishes/Options

Size

For specific standard sizes, download Sizes and Materials. Otherwise, just enter the closest size that you feel will work for your project. If you need a precise size, please indicate.

Materials

Cast plaques use bronze or aluminum. We use only quality alloys. If the technical specifications are needed for your project, just ask. For etched plates,options are bronze, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, zinc or copper Standard plate thicknesses in each are 1/16", 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4".

Surface Finish

The raised surface finish:
Cast plaques: Satin is standard. A more polished
surface can be achieved at additional cost.
Etched: Satin or Polished

Graphics: Raised or Recessed

Be sure to specify whether you want the plaque graphics raised or recessed (See samples).

Etched Samples

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Etched Bronze Polished Finish	Etched Stainless Steel, Polished	Etched SS Random Orbital Fin.	Polished Brass	Bronze, Oxidized Finish
Satin brass Satin Finish	Satin Aluminum	Painted Zinc	Brasstone Zinc	Bronzetone Zinc

Colors: Etched Zinc Surfaces

Zinc and aluminum plate metals can be tinted to achieve the appearance of other metals. The dark color shown is recessed.

If desired, the raised surfaces can also be painted in your specified color.

Finish (For Raised Areas)

The raised surface finish:
Cast plaques: Satin is standard. A more polished
surface can be achieved at additional cost.
Etched: Satin or Polished

Textures (Cast, recessed areas)

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We have 5 standard textures for the recessed areas in cast plaques, with the ability to do custom textures. When texture is not specified, Leatherette is used.

Leatherette	Pebbled (30"x40" limit)	Travertine	Sculptured	Smooth/Sand

Texture and color samples, cast

Leatherette, Dark Oxide	Leatherette, Aluminum, Black	Pebbled, Light Oxide	Pebbled, Aluminum, Metallic Grey	Travertine	Sculptured with bas-relief graphic

Colors (For Recessed area)

Standard fill colors are listed, with the most commonly used colors in bold

Light Oxide	Dark Oxide	Dark Green	Sandblast Bronze	Sandblast Aluminum
Metallic Gray	Black	Light Gray	Medium Gray	Dark Gray
Light Blue	Medium Blue	Dark Blue	Green	Golden Bronze
Ivory	Bronze	Dark Brown	Cream	Orange
Red	Dark Red	Maroon	Duranodic Bronze	Custom

Optional colors and patina finishes are also available at extra cost. We can also provide custom color matching.

Border/Edge styles

Standard styles are shown, in both standard depth and deepset versions. If you wish, ask about our other decorative borders. We can also develop custom borders if appropriate for your need.

Straight Edge (No border)	Single Line	Double Line	Inset Single Line	Bevel Wide Edge	Single Line Bevel Edge

Mounting Options

If your plaque is to mount to a wall surface, shown are the mounting hardware options for standard depth plaques and deep-set plaques.

Blind Stud Mount for blind mounting	Rosettes & Toggles For hollow walls/ drywall	Rosettes/Machine Screws/Expansion Shields for mounting into brick or concrete	Wood Screws for wood surfaces	Invisible Frame for deepset plaques only

Rosettes are optional decorative caps that cover screw heads and are available in a variety of types and finishes. If you plan to use a plaque size and mounting method that uses rosettes, click here to download the rosette options.

Fonts

Standard fonts are shown. If a font not listed is required, please call to discuss. A font charge may be necessary if the font is not shown and a substitute cannot be used.

Font Samples