What's the best way to put up a political yard sign?

[expatriot]

I live in a very windy place (Yuma) and although I don't have a yard there are several places where we are going to stake signs but I don't have any experience...

What do you recommend for windswept locations? and also, what's the best way to fasten the stakes to the sign?

Thanks in advance,
expatriot

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. Well, if it were a CLARK sign,

the area wouldn't be so 'windswept'! :D

In my front yard (horse pasture) I put my signs on fences - folded the two-sided signs over the top rail of the fence and stapled sides and bottoms. Admittedly, the ground is too frozen here to consider poking stakes into the ground without using a jackhammer first... Something tells me you don't have that problem!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. Nailgun it to the side of buildings right by the highway.

[JustJoe]

3. NOT a good idea.

I doubt the owners of those buildings are going to
appreciate somebody nailgunning political signs to
the side of their buildings.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. Well of course you ask them first.

[midnight armadillo]

4. How about this

Off the top of my head... Put the stake in a coffee can or big yogurt container. Fill with cement, and prop upright while it cures. Then bury the cement weight in the lawn, and when you're done just dig it up and take down the sign. If it's really windy make the stake shorter. A staple gun should attach the sign to the stakes well enough.

[proud patriot]

5. This is how I made my signs

I bought 4ft wooden stakes and 1" by 6" plywood

my husband used small nails at angles to fasten
the plywood to the stake .

I primed the plywood to hold up in the weather
and used red paint for the words .

for a more wind swept area , 1" by 4" plywood
might be better ..

Good luck and thanks for doing this :D

[Capn Sunshine]

6. This works, BUT.....drill holes to limit wind resistance

use a 1/2 in drill . spread them out evenly

[Barbara917]

7. First

Check your deed restrictions.