What is the best thickness for a parking sign?
Although there have been plenty of innovations in the industry over the last 30 years, changing aluminum thicknesses has not been one of them. We have been making parking signs since the 1980’s and see no good reason to change what has been a time proven parking sign thickness. We have over 40,000 active parking sign customers and sell several thousand parking signs per week. We have yet to hear of a complaint that a parking sign has bent in the wind or by a vandal. To summarize, over 95% of the parking signs purchased by cities, counties and states follow these specifications: • 12″ x 18″ – 63 mil aluminum • 18″ x 24″ – 80 mil aluminum • 24″ x 24″ – 80 mil aluminum • 24″ x 30″ – 80 mil aluminum Several smaller sign companies do not want to bother stocking two thicknesses, hence all signs are sold in the heavier gauge. Thicker signs become too heavy to install, needlessly add to shipping costs and require greater attachment hardware. On the other hand, we try to make sure that our cust
