Here is a sign I was asking questions about not to long ago; What chisels to get.. what material to use... how would you do it etc....
Well, here is the final result. I am quite happy with it. More importantly, the customer LOVED it. He was very happy and handy me the balance due shortly later.
Here are some step that I went through for those interest. Thanks for all the advice and direction guys. It has been helpful. Critiques are still welcome.
outsourced the carving to a CNC machine. Pre-primed and painted the HDU and then masked with Gerber Mask and they carved the text on both sides & the shape
For some reason my masks don't work so hot. When I primed the carved text the primer creeps under onto the face. Notice the center of the "P" and along the white line. Do you think this is because the paint is a Satin to flat finish, oil based?
Here are the carved bottle,grapes & leaf. Started with 1" HDU, worked down the background to about 1/2" to 5/8". Left it all a little rough. Who needs perfectly sanded grapes at 20ft away. Plus- it looks hand carved.
Everything put together, painted & hung. The bracket was fabricated by Cam. It is real heavy duty & nice. And here is another pic-slightly closer.
The picture from the other side was not so great, bad light, but it looked the same, as you can imagine. I liked this one. Sorry for the long post.
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
Congrats Philip - it looks fantastic (like you've been doing it for years)!
Posted by Randy Campbell (Member # 2675) on :
Great job Phil and you don't have to be sorry for a long post. Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Boy-O-Boy, Phil, that is real purty! Complements the building nicely, and the carved panel is gorgeous. Cam's bracket is like a good piece of jewelry on a beautiful woman. Love....Jill
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Nice work Philip!
The colors work together great. And I love the way the sign fits in with the buiulding. Nice bracket too Cam!
-dan
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
No wonder the customer was happy Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
Beautiful Philip! I like everything about it! shape, colors, pictorial, brackets....what a nice package!
Suelynn
Posted by Artisan Signs (Member # 3146) on :
Phil, glad to see everything worked out. Very nice work indeed. I could see why the customer was happy. Beautiful work! Bob K.
Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
Phillip, I'm glad to see everything worked out. The sign looks great.
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
That package works! Great colors!
You have a right to be proud! Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Awesome!
Take a bow!!
Nettie
Posted by John Deaton III (Member # 925) on :
Thats a beautiful sign Philip. Very nice job.
Posted by Tasmus (Member # 445) on :
Nice Sign
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
Sign looks Great. You have the right to be proud.
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
Sweet Philip!
Posted by Dennis Raap (Member # 3632) on :
Philip great looking sign!!!
Since you used hdu I wonder if you could have used a clear of some kind at least for the first coat in the letters to seal off the edges I don't know I am also some what new to the carved signs .
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
Excellent!!
I haven't been over to the portfolio page in a while, but this first post I checked was well worth the trip.
I'll have to get by here more often. Very inspirational!
Posted by Gene Golden (Member # 3934) on :
Philip, Very nice.
Which tools did you finally buy/use? Next time carve the letters TOO and have even more fun.
Posted by Philip Steffen (Member # 2235) on :
-GENE- I got #7 5/8" gouge, v-carve tool and what I'll call a stop-cut knife (the official name escapes me)
Posted by Periandros Damoulis (Member # 4473) on :
Nice work Phillip..!! I like the design , and the bracket is nice. Good combination in colors. Greetings from Greece..!!
Posted by Joe Rees (Member # 211) on :
Oh yeah man, very handsome design and execution. Top notch.
Your creeping problem was caused by 2 things it looks like...Obviously the mask was seamed in a poor location, but also your background is not very smooth, has an orangepeel texture (and being a flat sheen compounded the problem). Not sure where the texture came from - either try an additional coat of filler/primer next time and block sand out some of that lumpiness, or pay more attention to how the top coats go on - knock down your roller bumps with a foam brush or something.
Sure looks fabulous from a few feet away though - a testament to the strong design. Bravo.
Posted by dallas rose (Member # 3127) on :
Joe,
What is the solution to the creeping problem after the fact, meaning, would you try to somehow remove the creeped primer/paint, or paint an outline around your lettering to cover it up???
Thanks
Posted by dallas rose (Member # 3127) on :
Ok, anyone at all? How do you deal with creepy paint/primer?
Thanks
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
Great design. Great color choices. Outstanding job!
Posted by Dale Kerr (Member # 4661) on :
Here is a trick to help with the creeping I learned from Jay Cooke.
Paint all the carved areas with a thinned coat of the surface colour, this will seal the edges of the mask and than apply the primer and finish as normal
Also apply some butchers wax to the surface of your vinyl mask, and this will help relaese your paint and primer that comes in contact with that surface. a quick scuff on the surface and Bob's your uncle. Thanks Jay!
Dale
Posted by dallas rose (Member # 3127) on :
Thanks Dale, that makes sense, almost too simple - uhhhh.. why didn't I think of that!
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