My son is interested in resuming windshield lettering. It's been years since he's done this and I kind of forget what we were using. I think it was a water based paint. What have you had success with? Is there something new out there. Also, he is thinking about doing some seasonal window lettering and storefront art. Any suggestions on type of paint for this and what brushes to use? Thanks for your help.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i used to use ONE SHOT...
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Hi Kurt. Back in the day, I remember doing car-lot lettering with flourescent 1-Shot. Some folks beef it up by mixing it with a similar shade of regular 1-Shot lettering enamel. I always worry about "ghosting" tho. I mean, every time it rains, you don't want your windshield to say "CREAM PUFF" As for window splashes, I draw em on with a blue Stabilo pencil, paint the whole area with white latex house paint using a 3" foam roller, then when the Stabilo lines bleed thru, I fill 'em in with Rich Art Window Paint. It's Day-Glo and real thick. Then when that dries, I do a bold outline with plain black 1-Shot. I have even used white latex exterior primer (by accident) as the initial coat, and it worked well. I use 1" Foamies to fill in the colors and then do the outlining with a good fitch. It works better than a quill due to the roughish flat texture of the window paint. Love...Jill
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