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Originally Posted by freebeard
Polymetal? It's expensive (tiered pricing) but it's prefinished. Stiff as 5/8" plywood. You could brake it on the diagonals to make a shallow pyramid to shed water.
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What happens to all the old signs, don't they get recycled?
Try a recycler or dumpster outside of a sign shop.
To cover my hovercraft and trailer I use old vinyl coated fabric sign banners, some so large I have to fold them in half. Between my wife and myself we always seem to know someone in the business. I've used them to cover my flat garage roof too, great quality compared to Harbor Freight, they last years and years.
Just an example of using quality used material in lieu of buying stuff at a store.
The big sheets of acrylic I've used on my rear truck spoiler, roof wing and hovercraft came from the side of a building. I asked the owner if I could clear his side yard out and have it, and he said yes.
NOTE: Do not steal anything, ask first.
One of the townships near me goes around taking all the building contractors and architects lawn signs as they are against the ordinance and require permits. They have a warehouse full of them, the owners can come in and claim them before they are disposed of. Almost nobody takes the time to collect their signs -
free stuff they don't ask for ID, just one less thing for them to move later.