Metro Signs outsources projects that require CNC cutting. Dede said he prefers black Gatorfoam for most lettering but chooses white Gatorfoam to complement gold lettering. Often, Metro Signs will utilize ½-inch Gatorfoam as a back plate then add ½-inch raised Gatorfoam letters. Metro Signs often creates multi-layered signs with built-out dimensional lettering. Visit for a complete list of Gatorfoam color combinations. Gatorfoam color combinations feature Bright White, Black and Natural facers bonded to either white or black foam. Gatorfoam is available in thicknesses ranging from 3/16 inches to 2 inches and in standard sizes ranging from 48-by-96-inch sheets to 96-by120-inch sheets. Gatorfoam consists of polystyrene foam bonded between two layers of wood-fiber veneer laminate – a unique construction that makes this substrate rigid yet lightweight and warp-resistant its surface also is exceptionally smooth and strong, offering superior dent- and scratch-resistance. We never get a bubble (when applying printed vinyl.)” Other products with a styrene shell don’t work as well. … Gatorfoam has a hard (wood-veneer) shell. “Every time I need to create raised lettering, I say ‘Gatorfoam,’” said Dede.
When it comes to creating cut-out lettering, stand-up displays, signs and logos, Dede turns to the rigid substrate that he’s trusted for years – heavy-duty Gatorfoam® graphic display board by 3A Composites USA.
We may be billed as a sign company but we create everything from nametags to 100-by-100 foot vinyl graphics installed outside stadiums.”
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“When someone doesn’t know how to get a job done, we figure it out,” said Dede.
Metro Signs serves a wide range of clients located in South Florida – including the NFL’s Miami Dolphins – as well as clients nationwide.ĭede describes his company as “the Swiss Army knife” of graphics’ companies. Bruno Dede, president of Metro Signs, Inc., in Hollywood, FL, has been creating “Signs, Graphics, Everything”, according to his company’s tagline, for the past 20-plus years.
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