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I v-carved some letters into black walnut with a brand-new 120 degree bit but the surfaces aren't too smooth. I sanded them with a little piece of sandpaper but still not too smooth but steel wool gotr them looking pretty decent now.. What primer and paint would you use to coat these before sizing and leafing? Fsc88 and Oneshot? Thanks
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-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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its really a dark wood. i would take a piece of the scrap, and try a couple different things. 1. KILZ OIL BASE 2.KILZ WATER BASE 3.if you have any(in quarts/pint)automotive primer sealer. 4.you base for the gold is gona be a yellow iam thinking so you gota get the area your leafing with no dark wood showin thru.
-------------------- 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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I wouldn't bother with Kilz water base primer. Used it on my house and the paint is peeling in less than 2 years. I'm not all that impressed with oil based Kilz either. Also any water based primer is going to raise the grain so that also eliminates FSC88. Didn't you used to sandblast redwood Wayne? Did you ever use First step sealer/primer? That stuff is awesome. The problem is it's expensive and only sold in gallons. If you don't use it fast enough, when the can gets below half full it turns to jelly. Very strong smell too. But if you have it, that would be my first choice. After that I would go to Sherwin Williams best oil based primer, then One Shot with hardener. The hardener really makes the One Shot glass smooth. Actually I personally would use Ronan Lettering Enamel because I don't buy One Shot anymore. Ronan's quality hasn't diminished as much as One Shot since the lead went bye bye. But since you'll have size and gold on top of the One Shot it will surely hold up better than One Shot as a finish coat. A trick I learned at a letterhead meet is to paint your letters black. Then wipe on some kaolin powder. It makes the black turn light grey, and totally disappears when the size is applied. It is very obvious when you miss a spot with the size, and the black paint makes holidays pop so you can cover them. One other hint, don't try the mask method and then airbrushing the size. It's too easy to get the size too thin. Don't ask. But the paint mask idea does work good for brushing in the size. I used Avery paint mask and it worked great.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5396 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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Wayne...I just V carved letters into walnut. It had some fuzzies in the letters, so I sprayed it with shellac before removing it from home and waited a few minutes and cut it again. This cuts off all the fuzzies and ready to finish.
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Wayne, Is there any finish on the surface of the wood? I've used a sanding sealer on the entire board, then prime and size and gild. The sanding sealer would breakdown and go away in a short time where it's exposed.
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