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First time on here so forgive any mistakes. Recently invested in a cnc router and am working on some projects involving carved out lettering and shapes from hdu or foam. What is the best procedure for painting in lettering and outer areas or indeed what is the best way of masking these off or can anyone recommend a good book on the subject
-------------------- Kevin Gaffney Artistik Signs Kinnegad County Westmeath Ireland 044-75187 kevingaffney@eircom.net Posts: 628 | From: Ireland | Registered: Oct 2003
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Welcome Kevin I have a book that helped me a lot when I started when I get to my shop in the morning I will get the name and information on where to get it.
-------------------- Dennis Raap Raap Signs Posts: 840 | From: Coopersville, MI | Registered: Feb 2003
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Hiya Kevin & welcome aboard. I haven't read any books on the topic but, I learned the old fashioned way with some twists. I assume you can use the same concept when it comes to routering. We would cut the blank to shape & finish it in our usual manner...seal, prime, & paint, etc. Once the paint was completely dry, we would apply some precut vinyl masks, weed out the lettering that needed to be carved & start carving. After all the carving was complete, we would paint and/or guild and remove the rest of the mask and have a completed sign. There's a recent post about using paint masks in a similar manner. Unfortunately, I can't find the post at the moment.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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Kevin, try this on a sample HDU board............ prepaint the total blank with the finished paints. Apply a GOOD paint mask of your choice. Route out your graphics THROUGH the mask. Vacuum out the dust real good. Roll out the mask well with a rubber roller. Prime and paint the letters and graphics. Then remove mask. Very little touch-up will be required. If there is that little "flashing" around the edges of the graphics, it can be wetsanded with 400# sandpaper with very little damage to the background paints. Practice this a few times and you will be surprised at the time you will save in painting. I use this method as often as I can when sandblasting recessed letters and graphics in HDU.
oh, and WELCOME to LetterVille !!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ October 23, 2003, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: John Smith ]
-------------------- John Smith Kings Bay Signs (Retired) Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 822 | From: Central Florida - The Sunshine State | Registered: Jan 2000
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