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As promised, here are some pics from my 1st lettered wall. I have to send a big thanks out to Tony Vickio for the posts about the Shurline pad painters...they were great, once I actually started using them, that is.
Here's a before pic...
This is me thinking..."I should really give those pad painter's a try" I'd wait until the next day, only to feel like an idiot because they worked soooo much faster.
And the finished product.
I learned a lot on this job and had a ton of fun doing it, too. Hopefully I can get some more work like this in the future!
-------------------- Justin Cook Dimension Sign Studio PO Box 28288 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Posts: 25 | From: Richmond, Virginia | Registered: Mar 2009
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nice job, Justin, particularly since it was your first on brick. how did you layout the design? and can you shoot a picture of the painters pad you are talking about as I am not sure I have seen them.
Again Welcome out of the Lurkers Box.
-------------------- Miles Cullinane, Cork, Ireland.
From the sometimes sunny south of Ireland, Posts: 913 | From: Cork, Ireland | Registered: Jul 1999
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Thanks Miles! I used a pounce pattern to do the layout. It's actually kind of disheartening when someone see's you pouncing the pattern and then they say, "oh, I thought you were doing that freehand. I once knew a guy who could do it all freehand..." But, hey, they still paid me, so all's well.
Here's a pic of the pad painter. It really covered a lot better than I thought it would and filled in the rough surface great.
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Wow, talk about blatant product placement! How much did Coke pay you to display the can?
Nice job on the wall. Looks great. Those painting pads are pretty cool. Looks like a SurLine pad. I love their 3" rollers for small work. We de-fuzz them on scrap vinyl and they roll paint almost as good as a high priced mohair roller.
How come everyone knows a sign painter that painted freehand, and couldn't paint till he had a drink, or his hand shook like crazy until the brush hit the sign, blah blah blah blah blah.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5396 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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