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Here's my latest here...4' by 10' I use the crackle varnish that is sold at Canadian Signcrafters Supply.
Strange thing is that I use regular latex white for the background w/ a coat of Varathane clear. the One Shot lettering, mixed with UV clear for transparency, took 48 hours to dry, like there was something between the Varathane and One Shot.
Life is so good, anyway!
-------------------- Pierre Tardif P. Tardif Inc. 1006 boul. PIE-XI sud Val-Belair QC. Canada G3K 1L2 418-847-4089 pierre@ptardif.com Posts: 800 | From: Quebec city | Registered: Aug 2002
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Nice work Pierre, love it! Keep it coming man!
Phillip, go to home depot, get some crackling varnish and find some old wood and just play. Get it wrong a few hundred times, like the rest of us, and just play....having fun and learning along the way is what it's all about!!!!!
Make a sign for a friend as a surprise! Take an old clock, or a new $1 store clock, age it, make it part of the sign! The one surprised will be YOU by what you just created!
GO FOR IT!!!!!!!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Phillip, I would be happy to teach you how to hand letter. You come to the house, we practice all day... you buy dinner at the Ace Bar and Grill.
You really need to go to Fred's and hang out for the weekend. Meet me in Des Moines.
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Pierre, that is so cool. You know, I think the drying time culprit may have been mixing the 1S and the UV clear. Next time get the Super Gloss tinting clear. I have used the UV once with the 1S in a pinch for a varnish shade and found that they are not real compatible. Love....Jill
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Beautiful job, Pierre! Of course, the successor to the business will call you up and say: "Can you come and freshen up our sign? It's all old and faded."
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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HA! I can totally see this happening. Some people.
quote:Originally posted by David Harding: Beautiful job, Pierre! Of course, the successor to the business will call you up and say: "Can you come and freshen up our sign? It's all old and faded."
-------------------- Larry Ware Warehouse 360 Studios LLC Washington DC - Savannah, GA Posts: 53 | From: Washington, DC | Registered: Feb 2007
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I just ordered a bunch of brushes!!! Can't wait to try that out!
NO hablo, Francais, pero que es la problema para hablarle?
What is the language law, Lotti? Curious?...
-------------------- Nikki Goral Image Advantage Signs 4050 Champeau Road New Franken, WI 54229 920-465-4500 "Finish every day and be done with it. Tomorrow is a new day."-Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts: 928 | From: New Franken, WI (East Green Bay) | Registered: Jun 2007
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