Our Traditional Mighty Oak PA Dutch Hex Sign is professionally laser-engraved and hand-painted. Add your own custom text. Beautifully displayed both indoors/ outdoors.
* Please Review HOW TO ORDER below
* Custom Requests Welcome
* Laser-engraved into 1/4in weatherproof white acrylic
* Hand-Painted w/ premium acrylic paints
* Hanging hole pre-drilled in center or top/bottom
* Can be displayed both indoors and outdoors
* Other hex designs available in other listings
* Quantity discounts are available. Just ask
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H O W - T O - O R D E R (CRITICAL TO REVIEW)
DROP-DOWN OPTIONS
->Size. Select your preferred size. You may request a modified size up to the size you selected; i.e. you select 24 inch diameter, you may specify something smaller, such as 20inch diameter in the personalization box. Default is option size.
PERSONALIZATION BOX
->Custom Size. See explanation above. Default is option size.
->Custom Text on Front. See images for location of text on Hex sign. Default is NONE.
->Painted Color of Custom Text. Select Brown, Red, or Blue color. Default is color shown in images
->Location of Hanging Holes. Unlike wood, it is tricky to drill your own holes. Default is .25 inch diameter holes in top and bottom of sign.
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D E S C R I P T I O N
Our acrylic hex signs are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The traditional primary colors are a great contrast to the white acrylic substrate. After we laser engrave the design on the acrylic we hand-paint the hex using outdoor acrylic and then clear coat the painted area for extra weather-protection. We offer multiple sizes with or without custom text around the perimeter.
Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition. Being in the midst of PA Dutch country we see hex signs on homes, businesses and barns. Many folks attach meanings to the symbols and colors in the signs. We do include this information, but I see the hexes as purely decorative, or "Chust for nice" as in the local dialect. Almost all of the hex signs represent Luck, Goodwill and/or Happiness. Interestingly Hex signs are a Pennsylvania Dutch custom, not to be confused with the Amish who did not adopt the custom of decorating their barns and do not use hex signs to this day. We have PA Dutch in our blood and grew up with our Grandma and Mom speaking Dutch whenever they did not want us kids to know what they were saying. Even to this day Dutch phrases, such as snicklefritz, nix-nux, rutching around and Gott Im Himmel were directed to our children and now to our grandchildren! My kids even learned Dutch in pre-school and we can all sing Happy Birthday in Dutch!
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H A V E - I T - Y O U R - W A Y
Using a top-of-the-line Epilog lasers we etch a huge array substrates such as wood, acrylic, plastics, glass. We love custom requests so please do not hesitate to ask.
