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I have an order to paint thse park signs you see everywhere. The ones with the crved yellow letters. I ram my brush full of yellow one shot down the letter. After I blinked, I noticed the one shot was sucked in like water on a sponge. Talk about dissapearing ink!
What do you use to coat this stuff to keep the paint on top of the wood?
Thanks steve for getting me on the BB>
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(Is that plural?) Go to the suppliers page, and click on the "St. Pierre Graphics" banner. Contact them about their coating called "Pelucid". If you use that for a coating, you shouldn't have any problems with the 1-Shot soaking in.
------------------ Jerry Mathel Jerry Mathel Signs Grants Pass, Oregon signs@grantspass.com
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Yes, Jerry......I've been insisting for YEARS that my wife call me "St.Pierre". Unfortunately she knows me better than you do, but thanks for the sainthood! :^)
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I really should have given a serious reply........farce of habit, I guess. Actually spraying a Pelucid base DOES stop paint absorbtion, but you must use an OIL based paint when on TOP of Pelucid. You would then need to final coat with the schtuff. On the other hand, if you apply paint FIRST, you can use a water based paint and then final coat with Pelucid. Strange methods, but they do work.
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
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Want to do it faster and simpler and have a more durable product. Put your ear to your speaker and listen carefully. Go to the auto supply and get a pint of acrylic enamel. You could add the catalist, but you don't need to. On the way back to your shop, stop by the feed store and get a syringe, the kind you'd use to give an injection to a horse. You don't need the needle, just the syringe. You can suck up the paint and squirt it into the letter cavity. Fill the letter about an eighth of an inch deep. It will suck into the wood and shrink some, but will hold a great gloss and last many moons. Sometimes we use an old mustard squeeze bottle instead of the syringe. Can you hear me OK?
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