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Chris O' ! i don't think i'll get a good's night rest cause of your post !!@%$!@#!!! ( beeeeep) Actually, i warned Jake about my DIY-southern Md. Style ,1-shot dispensing, method.
So, naturally i'm looking forward to tommorrow's Photo Shoot........sorta like PBS /This Old Sign shop- the duct Tape Guys-Blue Collar"get er done" etc. etc. "combo"!! good night to all. mr.Z
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Mark, I know. I never though what I though to be a quick question would have started such a response! What a loquacious buch of people. Thats why I like this place...
-------------------- Chris O'Brien Cape Cod, MA Posts: 183 | From: Cape Cod MA | Registered: Jan 2005
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JAKE Snow! i finally had the time & OJT on upload pic's of the Photo shoot i mentioned...ie="warned" was coming.......sir.
As you may know Southern Maryland ( my neck of the woods ) is the the Tri-County area, Charles,St. Mary's & mine Calvert. the area has a few hand painters & all 3 have their own "peculiar" way of addressing the 1-shot paint "dispensing method". So, out of the kindness of my heart, let me show what the 3 tekniquez are, if you would bear with me, this may be of use to some other skilled craftsman "lurking" in the BB shadows ( like ahhhhh M. Clark ! )
First up the St. Mary's County tecknique: ( actually St. Mary's was the original landing site of Capt. John Smith ( Pocahantas main squeeze i think )-before the Jamestown settlement, in 1849 i think, in an effort to prospect for gold..-you know this from College history i'm sure as the Gold rush.. as in "the 49 ers" )
ok. here goes: IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/markzilliox/SM-FINAL.jpg[/IMG]
now for good ol' Charles County ( ie=chuck): this county had slots back in the 70's on the "Strip" -Rt. 301, many places similar to the Nevada Vegas, the Desert Inn, Jean's Las Vegas, the Wigwam, Starlighter, etc....and you may not be aware that this is the origional AREA 51, there are several AlienFest's held annually in downtown Waldorf !..here's their tecknique : IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/markzilliox/CHUK-SETUP.jpg[/IMG]
And finally my county, Calvert....you may not know this but the British, during the War of 1812...or was it 49' ?... did not come up the Potomac River,as anticipated , but our river the Patuxent, actually there was a naval battle in Battle Creek,named afterwards naturally, where the Maryland militia under Commodore Joshua Barney-from Baltimore, held the forces off with a makeshift flotilla with cannons lashed to there bows, for a while......the British eventually made it up to Bladensburg and brushd aside the militia there also & marched to the under-construction White House a few miles east & torched it ! ) afterwards i think they caught the light commuter rail up to New England to catch the Red sox's seasoner opener-Ray R. told me that )
here it comes the "favorite" tecknique used :
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1) remove lid carefully.... 2) trough lid in trash can 3) spill paint all dow n the side of the can and in the rim... 4) dip popsicle stick in color and drizzle into dixie cup 5) squirt some hardener in, and stir.... 6) paint away 7) stack can in paint cabinet, with no lid
upon using the can again.....
1) jam screwdriver into skinned over paint, stir well, 2) pour desired amount into dixie cup spilling more paint down the side and in rim... 3) add hardener and stir well 4) restack can in paint cabinet, carefully as to not tip over
(this technique although used many years personally is not recommended by anyone else or by me for that matter, and certainly is wasteful of paint, which sould make OS happy, but representitives have told me, do not use this method or recommend it anyone)
this message brought to you by NEPAC the New England Paint Abusers Collilison
-------------------- Ken McTague, Concept Signs 57 Bridge St. (route 107) Salem MA 01970 1-978-745-5800 conceptsign@yahoo.com http://www.pinheadlounge.com/CaptainKen
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Capt K. ! i tried to upload pics in sequence for the benefit of my fellow" heads".....so here's my last post on this useful & "regionally" unique techniques : first St. Mary's county : ( they got the amish so there first-old fashioned but hard workers )
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and Charles County ( chuck county....the slot machine town- waldorf )..i think this was the first signs by tommorrow franchise on the east coast....
-------------------- mark zilliox mark z signs 8425 pushaw station rd. owings md. 20736 301-855-5407 thezs@earthlink.net http://www.markzsigns.com Posts: 348 | From: maryland | Registered: May 2003
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and finally my county...Calvert, where the British in the War of 1849, rowed up the Patuxent to brush aside the militia & march from Bladensburg onto the then under-construction White house, and unfortunately plant a satellite dish on top & watch the season opener of the Red Sox......upon losing to the Yankess they....you'll never believe this historically accurate tidbit-torched the dam place !
However, gold was later found shimmering in the Potomac & led to the biggest strikes of the precious mineral ( no i'm not taking about the high grade pigments used in 1-shot enamels ) GOLD ! hence the 49 ers. ! honest.
my very own Calvert Tecknique : Ken would you care to have one of my staff fax you an app. for SMRSPAC....Southern Merryland Redneck Signpainters..PAC ? sir.? take care all. Z....ps: i TOOK my meds, they work a little.
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