Today my friend Brian invited me over to help put together an electric sign. It consists of 800 christmas lights (all red) and some vinyl roofing material - about 18ft by 30 inches. The project -which he started a few weeks ago - takes a lot of time but here's the jist.
- Mark out the shapes you want on the roofing material.
- Poke holes with an awl (front to back on the material).
- Turn the roofing over and poke the christmas lights through.
Your best bet is to start at the same end with all the light strings cuz this puts all the plugs at the same end of the sign. Also, light strands come in 50 or 100ft lengths so you may need to stash some extra bulbs behind the sign - the strands really can't be longer than or shorter than multiples of 50 ft (if you start with a 50 or 100ft strand, that is).
Anywho, when it's all done and thumb blisters have all healed, you'll get a sign that looks like a giant lite-brite.
Here's a fun video of the one we made together.
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