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The first decision you will need to make when shopping for a canopy is what material you want to you use.

Cooley-Brite™ Lite 16oz. White and Eradicable Substrates - This membrane's 16 oz. weight offers unique flexibility for simple installation. It is flexible, translucent, durable and features excellent lay-flat characteristics. CBL is ideal for staple system installations. It is perfect for eradication, screen printing and pressure sensitive applications. Find out more about eradication read below

Canopy® FS - Canopy FS backlit awning/sign fabric now features Fluoro-Shield, a protective PVDF coating that offers excellent resistance to outdoor elements. Fluoro-Sheild improves cleanability and the adhesion of graphics. Canopy FS is not an eradicable material.

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Eradicable Substrates

The most recent trend is to use eradicable substrates where you back light opaque materials to make the letters visually pop off the substrate. Less translucent materials require more light than opaque materials. Here is a slideshow that illustrates the process of eradicating a sign band.

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In the example below you will see a canopy that is illuminated with non-eradicable material. Notice how the letters do not pop off the sign band.