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After reading Wayne Webb's post about the wax, which I have done myself, I wondered how everyone else does it. I uaed the wax paper on a small panel,and when I realized there was wax on it, I just sh*t-canned the board. Sometimes now I'll use pieces of vinyl backing paper. I also use a tip I remembered from an old Signcraft Tips'n Tricks section: about 5 nails or screws thru board. Make 2 or 3 of these, each made to fit on top of a sawhorse. Paint first side, let dry, and flip over onto screws. Kind of like a bed 'o nails. Works for me. How do you do it?
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We use 2"x2" scrap squares of 3/4" sintra on top of the sawhorses. We put a small piece of film liner, gloss side up on top of the sintra squares.
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Mike, I just finished a fairly large one (7x3) which was to be mortised between two posts. So, I put 2 large screws at each end and suspended the whole thing between two sawhorses, resting the temporary screws on the horses. It works great on this type of sign.
For signs with no tenons at the ends, I have used the methods that you mentioned too. I know that low or medium tack Anchor sandblast resist wont affect cured paint and leaves no residue so I intend to try that next.
I can tell ya one thing, DON'T USE NO WAX PAPER!
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Hehehehehe....Mike ....you ever forget and sit on one of those sawhorses?
Whenever I have to paint 2 sides of a board, after the 1st side dries, I roll on about 1/3 of the 2nd side and then stand it against a wall onto 2 pieces of short 2x4's, with the painted end down, then I finish painting it while against the wall. No chance of it moving on the nails and scratching the other side! Werks fer me!
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Si, never sat on one but I did lean on one once........just once. I'll NEVER do that again.
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I use 3 small round headed screws screwed into the workbench in a triangle pattern. Only using 3 screws assures that the panel is resting evenly on all three and is less likely to "rock" and damage the painted side.
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Dave, I like that idea. I'm gonna try it out tomorrow. Thanks.
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I have strips of scrap carpet tacked to the tops of saw horses and on the easel. Background & edges on the horses, lettering on the easel. Simple.
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