Bayan Signage cuts acrylic 3D letters on its own CNC routers and laser cutters in Ajman, then paints, polishes and pins them in the same building. We hold cutting tolerance to ±0.1 mm, so fine logo details and Arabic dots come off the bed clean, and our installers fix the finished set to your wall, glass or partition.
Acrylic 3D letters are solid letters and logos cut from a single sheet of cast acrylic, usually 10 to 30 mm thick, so the sheet thickness becomes the depth of the letter. There are no seams, welds or trim, just crisp square sides. They are the natural choice for office receptions, clinic corridors, salon walls, glass meeting rooms, cafe counters and shopfronts sheltered by a canopy, where a business wants a dimensional brand mark at a sensible budget.
The difference between a set that looks like solid colour and one that looks like cheap plastic comes down to three decisions: the grade of sheet, the edge finish and how the colour is applied. Cast acrylic machines cleanly and resists crazing around pin holes; extruded sheet is cheaper and cracks sooner. We cut on CNC routers and laser cutters at Alam Square, Industrial Area 2, then spray, polish and fit studs in-house, so nothing leaves the factory for finishing.
Bayan Signage is the production arm of Bayan Advertising, which has worked in the UAE market for 15 years, and our Ajman factory has been cutting acrylic since 2016. The designer who checks your logo at production size, the operator who runs the router and the installer who drills your wall all sit in one team under one project manager. Most of our work comes from returning clients and referrals.
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Solid acrylic covers most interior lettering. Where a project needs light or a tougher outdoor finish, we point you to the construction built for that job.
Cast sheet sprayed to your Pantone or RAL colour, pinned flush or on stand-offs. Our most requested build for receptions, meeting rooms and clinic walls.
View details →Clear acrylic with LED strip hidden in a routed groove, so the outline glows. Suited to hotel lobbies, lounges and counters with soft ambient lighting.
View details →Opal acrylic faces on fabricated returns with LEDs inside. The route to take when an acrylic look must also be read from a road at night.
View details →Acrylic faces with heat-bent acrylic returns, hollow inside. Lighter and more economical than solid sheet once letters pass about 400 mm in height.
View details →Printed or reverse-coloured acrylic panels on stand-offs. Better than cut letters when the artwork includes photos, gradients or a long block of text.
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We measure the wall, note whether it is plasterboard, block, marble, glass or cladding, and check the light falling on it. The survey is free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Our designers redraw the logo as clean vectors, check every stroke and Arabic dot at real size, and send a proof showing thickness, colour and stand-off on a photo of your wall.
Letters are nested on cast sheet in one direction and cut to ±0.1 mm. Thick sheet goes on the router; thinner, highly detailed parts may go to the laser for a cleaner edge.
Edges are left matt, polished clear or painted. Faces are sprayed or covered in cast vinyl, and we paint the back face too when the sides will be seen through glass.
Studs are tapped or bonded into each letter, and a full-size drilling template is printed. Every letter is checked against the approved artwork for size, colour and edge quality.
The installer tapes the template up, drills, sets resin anchors and presses each letter home on its pins, checking level and spacing. Outdoors, pin holes are left slightly oversized for heat movement.
This is our starting specification for a typical reception or shaded shopfront set. We adjust it to your wall and budget, and every change appears as its own line on the quote.
| Component | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheet | Cast acrylic, 15 or 20 mm | 25 to 30 mm, or two sheets laminated | Cast sheet cuts cleanly and resists crazing around drilled holes; extruded sheet does not. |
| Face | Sprayed colour to Pantone or RAL | Mirror gold or silver acrylic, two-tone, printed vinyl | Matched paint holds brand colour closely; mirror gives a metal look at a lower cost. |
| Edges | Router finish, painted to match | Polished clear, contrast-colour edges | Painted edges hide tooling marks on dark colours; polished edges catch light indoors. |
| Fixings | M4 to M6 threaded studs | Bonded studs for thin sheet, clear backing panel for glass | Pins hold letters through summer heat, where foam tape alone lets go. |
| Stand-off | Flush or 15 mm off the wall | 10 to 25 mm spacers | A small gap throws a shadow that makes letters read as 3D under flat ceiling light. |
| Outdoor version | UV-stable cast sheet and paint | Cast vinyl faces, shaded position | Paint and vinyl are the weak layer in sun, so material and placement both count. |
These are the points our designers and router operators raise most often on acrylic jobs. Each one is cheap to get right on the proof and expensive to fix on the wall.
Our working rule is a thickness of about one tenth of the letter height for letters up to 300 mm: 150 mm letters in 15 mm sheet, 250 mm letters in 20 to 25 mm. Thinner than that and a letter reads like a sticker from across the room. Above roughly 400 mm, solid sheet gets heavy and expensive, and a hollow acrylic box letter usually looks the same for less.
Both look identical on delivery day. Extruded acrylic carries internal stress from manufacture, so it tends to craze around drilled pin holes and under cleaning sprays within a year or two. On thick letters that will be pinned and wiped for a decade, the price difference is small, and it is the first thing we check when a client asks why an older sign has hairline cracks.
On 10 mm sheet we want strokes of at least 4 to 5 mm; on 15 mm sheet and above, 8 mm or more. Thinner parts snap during packing, flex when pinned and break when cleaned. Fine serifs, thin script tails and small Arabic dots are often thickened slightly or cut from thicker sheet, which we show on the proof so nothing changes without your approval.
Acrylic expands far more with heat than metal, and painted faces fade faster than powder coat. A fascia under a deep canopy or arcade suits acrylic well. A west-facing wall in full afternoon sun does not, and on that kind of facade we usually recommend painted aluminium letters instead. Telling you that early is cheaper than repainting a faded sign after two summers.
Most damage we see on acrylic receptions comes from glass cleaner. Ammonia and alcohol sprays leave fine cracks on painted and polished acrylic that cannot be buffed out. A soft microfibre cloth with water and a drop of mild soap is all the letters need. We include written care notes at handover so facilities staff know from day one.
We price every set from its drawing rather than a list. Send your logo file, the wall size and a photo, and you will receive an itemised quote, separating materials, labour and installation, usually within 24 hours.
You pay for the sheet the letters are nested on, so thick sheet and tall letters raise cost quickly. Laminating two thinner sheets is sometimes cheaper than one very thick one.
A stock colour is simplest. Matched paint, two-tone faces, mirror acrylic and printed vinyl overlays each add a finishing step and drying time.
Router edges cost least. Polishing clear edges or hand-painting them in a second colour adds labour on every curve of every letter.
Small text, thin serifs and Arabic dots mean more cutting time, careful cleaning and more studs per square metre of lettering.
Painted block is quick to drill. Glass needs bonded fixings or a backing panel, marble needs careful drilling, and cladding may need a sub-panel.
A ground-floor reception is a short visit. Work at height, mall night shifts and occupied offices that need dust control add installation time.
Interior acrylic letters in an office, clinic or salon usually need nothing more than landlord or building management approval, and malls normally ask to see a drawing of any lettering visible from the concourse. Our draftsmen prepare that drawing with sizes, colours and fixing details so the management office can sign it off quickly.
Acrylic letters on an outdoor shopfront are treated as a sign. In Dubai that usually means Dubai Municipality or the relevant free-zone authority such as DMCC, JAFZA or TECOM, and in Sharjah and Ajman the local municipality. We check the trade name against your licence in Arabic and English and confirm the current requirement for your exact address at the survey.
CNC routers and laser cutters in our Ajman factory handle acrylic every day, so cut quality, edge finish and lead time stay in our hands.
Designers check artwork at production size, so thin strokes and Arabic dots are dealt with on the proof, not discovered at the router.
The crew that cut your letters fits them, with templates, the right anchors for each wall and slack around outdoor pins for heat.
If your wall is too exposed for acrylic, we say so and quote the metal alternative, even when acrylic would be the easier sale.
Sheet, finishing, fixings and installation are listed separately, usually within 24 hours, so you can compare quotes line by line.
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The price depends on sheet thickness, letter height, finish, detail and the wall you are fixing to. A short logo in 15 mm painted acrylic on a plasterboard wall is a modest job; a long bilingual name in 30 mm mirror acrylic on marble costs considerably more. Send the logo, the wall size and a photo and we will return an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Yes, in shaded or partly shaded positions, using cast acrylic with UV-stable paint or cast vinyl. Under a canopy, in an arcade or on a north-facing fascia they perform well. On a south or west wall in full sun, colours fade sooner and the material moves more with heat, so we normally recommend aluminium letters there. Outdoor installations carry our 5-year outdoor warranty.
There is no real difference: Perspex is a brand name for acrylic sheet. What matters is whether the sheet is cast or extruded. Cast sheet machines, polishes and resists cracking better, which is why we use it for thick 3D letters. Extruded sheet is fine for flat printed panels but less reliable for letters that are drilled, pinned and cleaned for years.
On walls, we tap or bond threaded studs into the back of each letter and push them into drilled holes set with a resin or mechanical anchor suited to the wall, using a full-size template so every pin lands exactly. Letters sit flush or on spacers. On glass we avoid drilling the partition and use bonded studs or a clear acrylic backing panel instead.
Most sets are cut, finished and ready to install within 5 to 10 working days of artwork and colour approval. Simple single-colour sets are at the shorter end; custom paint matches, mirror finishes and large sets take longer. Installation of a reception logo is usually a few hours on site.
Yes. Bilingual Arabic and English lettering is a large part of our work. We size the two scripts as one composition and check the Arabic spelling against your trade licence. Small dots and thin connecting strokes are the fragile parts in acrylic, so we sometimes thicken them slightly or cut the Arabic from a thicker sheet, and we show any change on the proof.
Solid painted acrylic letters are normally unlit. Clear acrylic can be edge-lit with LED strip in a routed groove, which gives a soft glow suited to interiors. For a bright sign that must be read from a road at night, front-lit letters with opal acrylic faces are the right construction. Retrofitting light into a solid letter rarely looks even.
Yes. Each letter is a separate piece, so a chipped or snapped letter can be recut and refinished to match without replacing the set. We keep the cutting files for the signs we make, and a single letter is usually re-pinned in one short visit. Keep any broken piece and its pin, as it helps us match colour and position.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.