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Six Easy Steps in Creating a DIY LED Sign

People want to do almost everything on their own nowadays. LED sign boards are no exception. LED signs for any business are decorative tools that simultaneously market a business’s products or services. With an added visual flair displayed on any establishment, business owners will witness an increase in foot traffic, customers, and sales. Affordable LED signs are easily available but for those curious enough to build their own LED sign boards, here are six easy steps. 1. First, prepare the following tools: Poster board, scissors, pencil, LED lights, resistors, soldering iron and solder, 9-volt battery and connector, wire, super glue, and tape. 2. The final design of your LED sign should be drawn or traced onto a poster board. Black poster boards give an added effect in the dark; so, in order to maximize your LED sign , purchase black poster boards or card stocks. 3. Measure the length of each line on your design and poke a hole every quarter of an inch along these lines with a scisso