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john, i have been using acrylic on plywood signs because it seems to weather better than oil based paints. the southern sun is brutal. now with mack brushes making an excellent water color brush, i find right amount of "floetrol" makes the paint flow similiar to 1-shot. plus, it is quicker using acrylic, one can double coat faster.
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Talkin about Flotrol, just yesterday I was at a flea market, this guy had two full gallons of it on the ground, So I ask "how much for this stuff?" He looked at the gallons, sort of puzzled, then answered "I don't know, how about 2 bucks each?" I wanted to smile, but stuck my hand in my pocket and quickly handed him 4 bucks for the two gallons, I was smilin as I put them in my tool box on my truck. I think they go for around $15 bucks each here. I love sweet deals. Now when I redesign my kitchen, I will use it as a glaze in the paint to give the walls a new effect. Oh by the way, sign looks great Mark. Need any flattening paste??
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Your sign should last 12 plus years using the premimum house paints.
We profiled Bill Diaz in Sign Builder Illustrated this past year who is a Letterhead in Pontiac Illinois and whose wife frequents this BB from time to time.
He uses latex house paints on indoor murals to signs painted on south facing steel sided buildings. The ones we viewed were over 12 years old and no signs of fadeing.
All his paint jobs are holding up great! The outdoor sign jobs he painted with regular sign paint have faded with in 4 years.
Bill prefers the low sheen finish instead of the glossy latex enamels.
The trick is to use the very best 100% acrylic latex money can buy.
As for truck lettering, Bill still uses HOK with the hardners ( I didn't want every one to think he is lettering a truck door with house paint!
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Do you do the installations too or sub that out? I've read a few posts in the other room where, due to some insurance matters it was wiser for a one or two man shop to let that out.
The reason I'm asking is I see you do a boatload of design and building and I know you do vinyl installs but is there a point when some things are out of your realm?
I've run construction crews where I'll hire a crane for a day for a grand rather than tie up the crew. The crew gets back to work doing the building and the crane operator and his crew handle the install and insurance~! Do you have your own scissors lift or boom?
I have a buddy who offered me his Lull but that's more of a booming forktruck. As you can tell Mark, I've just been hashing over many new paths and choosing via those with experience.
-------------------- Brian Cornwell AutoMotivation Plymouth - MA - USA
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Makes sense to me....I didn't know high quality house paint was what Dan Sawatzky used on his outdoor murals till I visited him in Coultus last summer.... Makes sense, and those Mack brushes are pretty neat too for waterbase. A
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