The sign is HDU, with the steel bracket sandwiched in between 2-1 inch layers. The letters are hand carved from 1 inch HDU and applied. Sign is 5ft x3ft. Finished in B.Moore Aura low luster...Letters had a final coat of oneshot before gilding... The posts were also designed with a huge wheat stem as these are grain farmers. We'll have to post pics onces the install is done... The pinstriping graphic and smaller lettering are also B.Moore Aura.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Thanks Joe. Yes, no CNC here. The aposthrophe was requested by the family so I added the word "The" Grant's because they didn't want people to think their last name was Grants without the aposthrophe.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Very nice Joe, Did you use a mask for the pinstripe, border & small lettering? Did you roll the paint on? I's still not comfortable with latex paint yet. Lets see the finished posts!
-------------------- John Arnott El Cajon CA 619 596-9989 signgraphics1@aol.com http://www.signgraphics1.com Posts: 1443 | From: El Cajon CA usa | Registered: Dec 1998
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Hi John: No mask just tape where needed IE: top and bottom of the letters, though a mask would work...It does tend to bleed under tape or mask so if your going to go this route I would do a bleed coat, in other words put down the mask for example and paint the blue BG., then letter and remove the mask when set. I used lettering quills(Mack water based)to letter and pull the lines then just touched up where needed...The background I brush or spray and sand lightly in between coats...We'll post the posts when completed.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I take my hat off to you Pat, you keep turning out beautiful work. Bill
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Very nice Pat great looking sign! How do you like the Ben Moore Aura line? I got a sample from my local paint supplier and it seemed to stay very tacky for a long time. I have been using the Ben Moore DTM line for years, but some colors do not cover well. The DTM will dry to a hard vinyl/paint ready surface over night.
-------------------- Aaron Taylor A Router Works Pensacola, Fl Posts: 69 | From: Pensacola, Fl | Registered: Apr 2008
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Hi Aaron , Great article in SignCraft...Your right it does have a tacky feel for a long time, now I only use low luster and I'm not sure if it would be the same in the higher glosses. But it covers well, and I'm working with it for hand lettering, we'll see where that takes us...I too used a lot of their paint before the which and liked it.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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It makes no difference to me what materials or techniques, good is good. Keep us up to speed on your quality work.
-------------------- Joe Crumley Norman Sign Company 2200 Research Park Blvd. Norman, OK 73069 Posts: 1428 | From: 2200 Research Park Blvd. | Registered: Sep 2001
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A great job Patrick. I like to see lots of hand rendered techniques. The Aura paint is sure nice. I've used it on a couple of walls. Nice a bright and covers as well as anything I've used. Slow drying hasn't been an issue, as I've only used it as a spot colour on walls. What happens if you layer and blend with color over color as in pictorial work? I know they make a specific additive to retard drying.
Dunc, I did the Brooks mural with Aura. It's not too bad for blending, but it dries really fast especially in heat. A word of warning, you can't mix it with other paints, you can paint in conjunction with other paints(over or under), but you can't blend them or mix them together.
-------------------- “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” -Winnie the Pooh & A.A. Milne
Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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