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Rush job... small sandblasted redwood sign the background needs to be painted.. So in my brilliance.. I opt to slop on a way heavy coat of latex..so's I dont gotta clean a spray gun....those grooves are such a PIA.. any way..Im gonna slop on the latex.. then sneek up on the sign outdoors...with an air hose..and 175 lbs of air..and blow off the excess.. Im old enuff and wise enuff..to stay low so I dont cover myself....glasses and all.. huh.... that din work so pretty good... well it worked good....but I dont look good...Green.... you can laugh now...
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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-------------------- Harris Kohen K-Man Pinstriping and Graphix Trenton, NJ "Showing the world that even I can strategically place the pigment where its got to go." Posts: 1739 | From: Trenton, NJ, USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Latex is a real PITA to get off'n yer glasses. Ask me how I know. Don't feel bad, I was trying to be Miss Efficient and was deleting stuff on my computer. It's taken Stevo more than a day to repair the damage I did! And I lost most of my files, too. DUH! At least it's not my sign computer. Where you near Whitey by any chance? Love....Jill
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you should have a webcam going too...i swear(duuhhh ya think?)i do more dupa stuff then i care to admit. however...seeing that scene you described would have been priceless i'm sure!! sign reality in its true form!
-------------------- Karyn Bush Simply Not Ordinary, LLC Bartlett, NH 603-383-9955 www.snosigns.com info@snosigns.com Posts: 3516 | From: Bartlett, NH USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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-------------------- Janet Bakewell One Sun Grafiks Inc. Slave Lake, AB Canada www.onesungrafiks.com Posts: 128 | From: Slave Lake, AB Canada | Registered: Apr 1999
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No, Jill- Whitey's in Victoria, Bushie's in Queensland. The longitude of their places is about the same, but the latitude is about 1600km apart!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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In the skit where he's trying to paint his apartment, he gets the bright idea to put a stick of fireworks in the can of paint, wraps all the furniture and stuff in newspaper, lights it and.....reminds me of that.
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7404 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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Been there, done that. Sounds like I didn't have the mess you did though. I was using oil stain only I sprayed it on so I could cover a bunch of signs real fast, then work it in with a brush. I figured I could save all that brush dipping time. Well of course I sprayed it on way too thick then tried blowing it off. The first shot of air told me this wouldn't work very well. I ended up standing the signs on edge and used the brush to brush out the excess.
I gave up on latex because the redwood I was getting had such a tight grain there is no way you could get latex in those grooves no matter how long you worked it.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5398 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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hey boone...chalk up another OH ****, WHY'ED I DO THAT? make you feel better if i tell ya bout using the airless spray painter to paint the red steel of my building? 10 GAL OF WHITE PAINT it took and i used my step van as scaffolding to paint the 14-16' roof purlins. i got 6 gal of paint on the steel...and 4 gal on me and the truck... it looked like that anyway. after i got done cleaning the airless...then i got out the pressure washer and took all the overspray white paint off the truck!!!!!!!!! still got paint on my glasses....and my toenails(had sandels on when painting) hehehehehehe
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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