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It's been a while since I have been posting. I am working at Kelly Sign Company in Toronto now. Here are some of the fun things we get to make. We sold a woodgrained sign...no one in the shop had woodgrained before.. Sooo..Scott and I figured it out, on the sign. Scott Rowan And Myself figuring things out..
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Very nice! I was in city hall the other day and noticed that all of the interior trim had been woodgrained this same way.
-------------------- Jeff Vrstal Main Street Signs 157 E. Main Street Evansville, WI 53536 1-608-882-0322 Posts: 670 | From: Evansville, Wisconsin | Registered: Sep 2001
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Very nice appeal. What type of application do you use for the grain itself, and do you lay it in randomly or have patterns? Assuming that it is laid in by hand randomly, you have done a great job on the overall look. A step by step would be great, if you care to share your methods. Thanks, Jack
-------------------- "Don't change horses in midstream, unless you spot one with longer legs" bronzeo oti Jack Davis 1410 Main St Joplin, MO 64801 www.imagemakerart.com jack@imagemakerart.com Posts: 1549 | From: Joplin, MO | Registered: Mar 2000
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Thanks.. We first painted the panels ivory. Then used the graining tool with a dark chocolate colour. A bit of dry brushing feathered out the hard lines of the graining tool. Once that had dried, we glazed the panel with an orangy-umber colour and a medium brown colour. A little spray of a transparent brown finished it off. It wa a lot of trial and error, and a couple of messed up scraps to sample on.
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Hey I just set the coffee pic as my wallpaper - that way I'll be sure to investigate that technique further - great looking sign - by the way; how will it be mounted? nuther words, wall, hanging, or..........?
-------------------- Carl Wood Olive Branch, Ms Posts: 1392 | From: Olive Branch,MS USA | Registered: Nov 1999
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