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The Top 10 Uses
For Corflute Signs
Guide · Corflute Signs · 4 min read
Corflute Signs
Corflute signs are unbeatable for medium-term signage across a wide range of businesses and users. Corrugated plastic, core-flute or corflute is constructed much like a cardboard carton, where the corrugated centres add strength and depth to the finished board.
What corflute is and why it works
The cheapest of these signs are made from 3mm board. It has some advantages over 5mm, but it is not as strong and tends to bend in windy outdoor conditions. The 3mm thickness is best suited to toblerone signs and other applications that need a degree of flexibility.
Five-millimetre corflute is a very versatile indoor and outdoor rigid sign material. Printing is done on a flatbed printer, the boards are easily cut to size with a CNC router, and custom shapes and cutouts are simple to produce. If you want a deeper look at the material itself, see our corflute triangle signs for one of its most popular shaped formats.
Across Australia, these versatile boards turn up almost everywhere there is a short-term message to display. Here are the top 10 uses for corflute in practice.
On the building site and at the ballot box
1. Site Safety Signage
More than any other sector, the construction industry is a heavy user of corrugated plastic signs. The durability of this material is essential on building sites, where signs need to withstand the elements and stay outdoors for at least six months. Site safety signs take many forms.
Large building sites might have up to 200 individual signs, ranging from 300mm x 200mm up to 2.4m x 1.2m. We keep a list of all our clients’ site safety signage needs, so they merely need to fill out an order form we generate for them, and even the most complex signage project can be completed quickly.
2. Election Signs
Corflute is virtually essential for election signage in Australia. These boards need to be exposed to the elements for up to three months depending on the area. One of their advantages is ease of installation.
Election signs are generally held up by a hardwood stake, which is quickly pushed into soft ground and just as quickly removed. Popular sizes for election corflutes are 600mm x 900mm and 450mm x 300mm, and they are almost always 5mm thick. Our only wish is that aspiring politicians would recycle these sign boards.
Retail, real estate and everyday business signage
3. Real Estate Signs
Real estate agents use corflute signs regularly. The material delivers strong colour representation and the inks do not fade quickly, making it ideal for medium-term outdoor advertising.
These boards are used to advertise homes for sale or rent, promote upcoming developments, or as wayfinding to show buyers how to find a property.
Common sizes are 900mm x 1200mm for larger property signs, 600mm x 900mm for lease signs, and 450mm x 300mm for wayfinding or open house signage.
4. Shop Signage
Although not ideal for indoor signage, cheap corrugated plastic often replaces foam board or paper board signs for retailers. The corrugations are visible at close range, so clients looking for a high-end finish generally go for foam board instead. For those on a budget, the boards are far more popular.
Signage can be stuck on with double-sided tape or hung from the ceiling with clips, and because the plastic holds its structure it is ideal for custom shapes. Many shops create retail displays with custom-cut corflute shapes.
5. Property Signage and Branding
In recent years there has been a proliferation of small signage at residential and commercial properties: signs for landscaping businesses, pool makers, electricians, Airbnb hosts, holiday rentals, property maintenance and many other service providers.
At Focus Banners we can provide all types of signage for B2B clients and trade customers. Our bulk corflute prices are the best in Australia, and we supply these signs to printers and graphic designers right around the country.
Events, sport and shaped signage
6. Event Wayfinding Signs
Large events need a lot of signage, and corflute is an ideal material for wayfinding and information delivery. Its low cost means events can show their guests the way to the toilets, the bar or the exit.
The boards can be installed on temporary fences or small stakes, and are often used to cover registration desks or speaker stacks. They are also the ideal material for bar or food menus at events.
7. Toblerone Signage
Otherwise known as bollard signage, toblerones prove the point that any object is a potential advertising medium. A 3mm sheet is folded into a triangular shape to cover bollards or posts.
These triangular corrugated plastic signs are often seen in service stations, shopping centres and supermarkets. The format is also very good for event signage on electricity poles or trees.
8. Corflute Selfie Cut Outs
Instagram cutouts have become popular in recent years. We are a B2B printing service, so we only make these in large quantities.
9. Corflute A-Frames
Corflute A-frames are used by retailers, real estate agents, schools, sporting teams and event organisers for all sorts of purposes. The great thing about these A-frames is that the inserts can be swapped out instantly, creating new messages as often as needed.
The frame is made from steel, so A-frames stay stable in medium wind conditions, and they are available in a few different sizes.
10. Field Signage
Triangular boards are often seen on the sidelines of sporting events. Their design lets them display branding on both sides, and they can be carried and stored flat for efficient storage.
Eyelets on the bottom allow tent pegs to hold them down in windy conditions, and weights can also be hidden inside the triangular prism.
Why choose corflute?
Whether you need 10 signs or 10,000, corrugated plastic is hard to beat for cost, durability and flexibility over a medium-term display. It is lightweight, weather-resistant, easy to cut into custom shapes and quick to install, which is exactly why it shows up everywhere from building sites to sporting fields.
If a particular shape suits your job better, our corflute triangle signs are a popular alternative.
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