Putting up a widwi billboard in NJ

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This is the empty billboard
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This is the empty billboard


This is the view from across the highway
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This is the view from across the highway



http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010608_305x230.jpg
This is the empty billboard
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_PrePress_305x230.jpg
This is the printer that the banner came from (namifiers.com)
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_PolePockets_305x230.jpg
namifiers.com hard at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_Seal_305x230.jpg
namifiers people at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_Section1_305x230.jpg
the banner is printing
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_FinishedProduct_305x230.jpg
the banner is finished printing! (it's 8' wide by 13' across) it's huge!
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_IMG_0652_305x230.jpg
13' box doesn't travel so well - this is how it arrived
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_IMG_0655_305x230.jpg
that's a long box
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_IMG_0656_305x230.jpg
rolled and wrapped nicely
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010583_305x230.jpg
We didn't like how the "/" looked in red. "before/after" looked like 1 word. So we decided to paint it...
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010586_305x230.jpg
Paint, brush, and tape for the /
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010587_305x230.jpg
Taped it up...
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010588_305x230.jpg
A few coats of white paint..
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010591_305x230.jpg
The "/" looks great. We ended up putting on 4 coats of outdoor paint.
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010603_305x230.jpg
The blank billboard
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010598_305x230.jpg
Hanging crew at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010597_305x230.jpg
Hanging crew still at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010601_305x230.jpg
Almost done
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010599_305x230.jpg
Just about finished
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010621_305x230.jpg
Thanks to Competitive Signs and Graphics for a job well done
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010626_305x230.jpg
This is the view from across the highway
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010606_305x230.jpg
Another view from way across the highway
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010613_305x230.jpg
This is from an overpass pretty far away
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010615_305x230.jpg
Should have brought a can opener
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010620_305x230.jpg
Billboard complete
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010623_305x230.jpg
Billboard completed
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010624_305x230.jpg
A view from the highway
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010631_305x230.jpg
Another view from the highway (it's legible, this picture is very deceiving)
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