Real Glass Neon Guides
Hand-bent glass neon, explained before you commission a piece: how it is actually made, where the colours really come from, what drives the price and the lead time, and how it ships. Including the cases where we would tell you LED is the better choice.
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The questions bar owners, collectors and designers ask before commissioning glass.
Glass neon ships in a purpose-built crate with internal supports holding each section, and it travels fine. The risk is handlin...
A glass neon sign is made in six stages: pattern, bending, electrodes, pumping, filling, aging. None of them is automated. The ...
A real glass piece costs more than the same design in LED and takes longer to make. The difference is skilled hand labor, not m...
Glass wins on authenticity, depth and repairability. LED wins on cost, weight, durability, shipping, outdoor use and color cont...
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The same job in the lighter, lower cost medium. For homes, weddings and small business interiors.
Open LED Neon Sign Guides → 🏪 Business Sign GuidesA different job entirely. Channel letters, light boxes, permits and UL for storefronts and multi-site brands.
Open Business Sign Guides →Send the design. We will show you the palette in real glass.
A written price, the colours rendered in the actual gases and coatings available rather than as screen colours, and an honest lead time. If LED would serve this project better, we will say so before you commit.
- ✓Written price and honest lead time
- ✓Palette shown in real gases, not screen colours
- ✓Unlimited design revisions
- ✓Crated for fragile transit
- ✓Repairable rather than disposable