Update and Reuse Banners. Or order a New Reusable Banner System. Here's how!
Here’s a clear, step-by-step article that helps banner users and designers spec and order banners with changeable panels. How to order right for your needs.
How to Spec and Order a LetterBank Reusable Banner with Changeable Panels
Update your banner easily—and do the right thing for your wallet and the environment!
Is Your Banner Reusable…and Should It Be?
Many venues, restaurants, and event planners find themselves discarding perfectly good vinyl banners just to update dates, hours, or event info. That’s a huge waste—both for your bottom line and the planet. Modern banner solutions now let you reuse the framework and swap out just the info that changes, with options like:
- Sectional Banners: Large banners split into sections, usually a 'main' banner and a smaller side banner, each replaceable as seasons, events, venues or dates change.
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Removable Panels & Wall-Tack Material [Most popular]: Add-on strips that peel off or swap.
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Ask yourself if your next banner might be made to be reused. If your (or your customer's) venue hosts repeat events yearly, or changing specials, a changeable banner saves cost and cuts extra time and waste.
When Is It Worth Saving Your Current Banner?
If your old banner is in good shape and only the date or detail changes, see if you can retrofit it with a removable panel using self-adhesive fabric like Wall-Tack.
If not, it’s a perfect time to upgrade—your next banner could be the last new one you’ll need for years!Upgrade once, and update endlessly—saving you reorders, rush fees, and landfill guilt.
How to Order a New Changeable-Panel Banner
Follow these best practices, based on what’s available at MyDIYsigns:
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Choose Your Format:
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New banner for every event
- Heavy Duty Banner with add-on venue/date/event panels?
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Spec the Right Size & Placement:
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Where will you display it? Street, storefront, indoors?
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Do you want changes top, bottom, or side? (E.g., swap out the event date at the bottom only.)
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Pick Display Options:
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Grommets, banner stands, pole sleeves, or dowel/curtain rod pockets.
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Design for Updatability:
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Keep the permanent parts of your graphic (venue name, branding, general info) big and bold.
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Leave space for a changeable panel to include dates or venues.
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Order panels here. We keep your artwork for two years incase you need to order another copy.
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Order Additional Inserts:
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Order blank or pre-printed inserts for your next event, hours change, or new season in advance.
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Confirm Production Time & Reorder Simply:
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Banners with changeable panels are often made to order, but reordering new inserts is quick and much less than a whole new banner.
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Design once, reuse for a very long time. Request a solution that lets you “update your banner easily”—and tell your supplier you want to save money and do right by the environment!
Environmental, Time, and Money Savings Add Up
Why throw away vinyl banners every time there’s a schedule change?
Using reusable banners with easy-change panels helps you:
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Reduce waste—every update means one less banner in a landfill.
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Save money—just change the $16–$29** panel, not the whole $100+ banner.
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Save time—don’t wait for rush production; swap your insert in seconds.
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Show you care—venue patrons notice when you reuse smartly, not wastefully.
Join the shift!
Update your banner easily, cut costs, and champion sustainability with every event. Ready to spec your reuseable banner? Visit MyDIYsigns and ask about pocket banners, sectional banners, or banners with removable panels to keep your info—and your brand—fresh, up-to-date, and eco-friendly!
**Average replacement panel cost. Minimum order applies. Tax and shipping not included unless ordered with the banner.
Banner Storage for Reuse
Lightly clean the banner (A window cleaner usually works well unless there's a buildup of grime), allow it to dry flat when possible, and roll into a loose roll, do not fold the banner.
If storage of a rolled banner is not practical, ask about our fabric banners which can be folded and steamed to remove wrinkles that might be present.
Questions and comments are welcome.
