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A local jeweler liked the Quince job we did a couple years ago and wanted something simple for his new location.
The fella applying the gold leaf is our newest hire, Steve. He's a vinyl jockey who had never done any gold leaf or smalts before so I let him do this one. He did pretty well.
The sign is 145"x38" and was installed using KingClips. Steve's son,Cam, was just back from training with the US Coast Guard the night before and was kind enough to give us a hand with the install.
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looks great Glenn, but I sure hope that box wasn't sitting on applied size or already gilded letters. I also see your cutting your patten leaf into strips, how do you find that for application?
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Very nice work Glen. I love the elegance. One question though ......... is "jewelers" spelled correctly? In Canada it's spelled "jewellers". I hope it's one of those words that we spell differently, like "neighbour".
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Pat, since Steve was just learning we only sized 2 letters at the beginning. Normally I use Australian gold since it sticks a little tighter to the carrier sheet. But the supplier was out and only had German. The German tends to waste more gold so I had Steve to cut it until he became comfortable handling it.
Rodger, "jeweller" is the British spelling. American spelling is a little lazier....er....efficient so we only spell it with one "l".
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Glen, I suspected that would be your answer & I was sure hoping it wasn't an error. I made a spelling mistake once on a sandblasted sign, in French. The customer gave me what he wanted on it & I didn't even think about it until I was painting it. It was an easy fix though ( Isle to L'ile)......adding another "L' to your sign would be a hell of a job.
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Don't you mess with me, Sonny Franks ......."chitterlings", you may notice, does have 2 "t's". Apparently, Chitterlings are not available in Calhoun, but they loved the story LOL
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I figured you were doing a few letters at a time and suspected you may be using fast size. I was trying to be funny as I know you do a lot of gilding too. But the cutting of the pat. leaf is a cool idea.
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Actually we used slow size. I get interrupted so often during a guild that it just became a necessity.
Also, I always felt I got a better burnish with it than the fast size. Have any of you experienced or seen any difference between the two in that regard?
Actually we used slow size. I get interrupted so often during a guild that it just became a necessity.
Also, I always felt I got a better burnish with it than the fast size. Have any of you experienced or seen any difference between the two in that regard?
Great job. love the letterstyle!
In regards to slow vs fast and the difference in burnish, yes, I find slow to yield a better burnish. I've always had problems regarding fast size. It kicks too quick, it kicks too slow, the window shuts too quick and on and on. I find it just too difficult to control. I think our weather here has a lot to do with it. Slow is soooooo forgiving, plus the gild is better.
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I agree with both you Glenn and George, and theres no rush. We usually size just before we close up shop then gild anytime after noon the following day...I've had test strips that I do at each gild stay open for over two weeks and still take gold, pretty cool.
Thanks Raymond, now I have another excuss to raise prices.hahaha
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Rusty, the molding was fabricated out of scrap HDU. All I used was a table saw and a router with a ogee bit. Its attached with screws and epoxy.
One thing I did do that I failed to mention was that I put a layer of bondo across the top and sides of molding cap where birds can dig their claws. I've noticed on previous projects where over time birds had taken out bits and pieces. I'm hoping the bondo will help prevent that.
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