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Cheap plywood sign snapped in half after 20 minutes of marching
Went to a rally last Saturday and brought a sign I made from a 5mm plywood sheet from the hardware store. Looked fine when I finished it at 2am but by the time we got three blocks down the street, the wind caught it and it cracked right down the middle. Had to tape it back together with some electrical tape from a guy next to me. Never using thin plywood again - gonna stick to corrugated plastic next time. Anyone else had their signs fall apart mid-march?
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alicecraig1mo ago
My buddy's cardboard sign got soggy and just melted in the rain last weekend.
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kai_webb911mo ago
...and that's exactly why I quit trying to be crafty with protest signs. Last time I tried to make one, I used a dry erase marker on a whiteboard and it just smeared all over my hands in the drizzle. Now my buddy jokes I looked like I was trying to summon a ghost instead of making a point. Honestly, cardboard in the rain is like me trying to fix a leaky faucet - it's just gonna end in a mess and a lot of regret.
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aaron_mitchell1mo ago
@kai_webb91 You know what nobody mentions? The POSTER BOARD quality matters more than the marker. Dollar store cardboard is basically compressed sawdust - it turns into paste in five minutes. Get that heavy-duty foam board from the craft store, the stuff with the plastic core. I've stood in a downpour with one for three hours and my words were still legible. That dry erase thing though, man, that's a whole different kind of pain.
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