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While we are waiting for some really big jobs to come into the studio, we are staying busy doing some of these residential signs.
The "before" sign was done in pine and a hand held router. The owner wanted to know if we could touch it up and make it look nice. We suggested that it would be better to start over.
The "after" sign was just installed this morning. It is oak (18" x 27") and was routed on our ShopBot. Several coats of clear were applied and then One Shot Lettering Enamel was poured into the routed areas. It was allowed to dry for four days before we installed it.
We tried to talk the client out of wood with a clear coat because it won't last very long in our Texas sun and heat, but they were insistent that it be routed wood and clear..."just like what they had".
Price: $300 installed.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Looks much better. To bad you couldn't talk him in to something else besides wood with clear coat. Oh well maybe he will just have you make a new one every year.
-------------------- Dennis Raap Raap Signs Posts: 839 | From: Coopersville, MI | Registered: Feb 2003
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Quite an improvement. Very classy and upscale
-------------------- Michael Clark Clark Signs 138 W. Main St. Aledo, IL 61231 clarksigns1@yahoo.com www.clarksigns.net Posts: 241 | From: Aledo, IL | Registered: Sep 2001
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That is one great looking sign! I love the font tweaks. It may not last as long but there is something very appealing about the natural wood finish.
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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It's beautiful! I really like natural wood too - other than the clear coats are there other ways to protect wood so it'll stand up to the elements? What effects do staining, marine-stain, and tung oil have when the wood is going to be outside?? (I don't have any knowledge in this area obviously - but my husband loves to mess around with wood and all the different finishes
-------------------- Karen Stanley Signs & Wonders Amherst, VA Posts: 136 | From: Amherst, VA | Registered: Jan 2007
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Ray, the sensitivity of the swashes is tremendous. It's rare to see anyone accomplish what we do with brushes on a computer aided project. Bravo.
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6712 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Why'd they change it??? It was spelled right, you could tell it was supposed to be trees -- I don't get it. What are ya? Sum kinda wise@$$$????
-------------------- Michael Gene Adkins The Fontry 1576 S Hwy 59 Watts OK 74964 Posts: 845 | From: Watts, OK USA | Registered: Jun 1999
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But, The wonderfull effects that are achieved with a carved image depends on the play of light.......highlights and shadows. By painting the carved areas black, all of that is negated.
It would look just the same if the letters and images were just painted flat.
Of course, that is just one man's opinion.
Joe,
Makin Chips and Havin Fun!
-------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883 Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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