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Neil's post, remember when got me to thinking. I ran across an item I used to carry in my kit, a small mirror. Anybody know what it was used for? To eliminate any smartazz answers, no, it wasn't for checking my hair or makeup nor was it for running lines of drugs.
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I have an old kit that was traded to me in exchange for a (really bad) pin striping job, it had a mirror also. I believe it was for gold leafing but not sure how it was used.
-------------------- Jon Peterman 200 Summit Loop Grants Pass, OR -------------------- a.k.a. dc-62 success is in Jesus Christ Posts: 434 | From: grants pass or. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I would think it had several uses,...one would be to reflect light on a gild to check for pinholes and or holidays in a black outline or shadow on a dark surface like a firetruck. Another would be to look at a layout in reverse just to see if it was a balanced design.
edited to add I've used mine to trim wild hairs off of a brush from time to time,.and to mix transparent colors like tinted size,...
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-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Being that it's a small mirror, it had to be used for checking pinholes in gold work.
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Greg and Timi got it ...sorta. There was a point in the early eighties when I did a good bit of window lettering. I used the mirror on reverse jobs ( lettered on the inside ) to check on what the lettering looked like. Big letters were never a problem but the smaller stuff ( under three inches ) could be problamatic. The one stroke letters could look a little odd due to the fact that everything was done backwards. Precise layouts were also trouble due to the thickness of the glass. The mirror saved countless trips outside.
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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No fair, you said a small mirror. To me small means about the size of a compact mirror. But that's okay. Now you have to come up with a new trivia question about old sign times.
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3816 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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I carry a small one in my pocket and offer it to any of my customers who think my price is too high. I ask them to hold it up, so I can check if I have a red cross on my forehead as they must think I am a charity!
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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Preston: Only difference between your answer and mine was I'd say "Nope, stupid isn't written across my forehead."
-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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OK. Here is one for all the oldsters....what do you use stale beer for in painting signs, seriously?
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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Could it be to stop fish eye? I was told that urine would do the trick when painting wall signs. Bill
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If you was painting Sho-Cards with water based paints, I'd say to clean your brushes with. Otherwise I'm stumped.
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3816 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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When things weren't going right I would drink it!!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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Man, it bums me out that I actually opened a thread for old timers!
-------------------- Brian Oliver Paxton Signs Fort Collins, CO paxton@peakpeak.com www.paxtonsignsofcolorado.com Posts: 237 | From: ft. collins, colorado,usa | Registered: Mar 2001
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-------------------- Brian the Brush brian the brush uk Yorkshire, UK www.brianthebrushuk.com Posts: 123 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Sep 2001
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Stale beer I'd drink... Urine I'd use on jellyfish stings. Great thing about drinking stale beer on a job is you always have a lot of fish eye prohibitor on the spot.
-------------------- Darcy Baker Darcy's Signs Eureka Springs. AR. Posts: 1169 | From: Eureka Springs, AR | Registered: Nov 2007
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Gold work indeed! More aptly in my work is that sometimes I need to letter a door or walk up window and need a very tight chalk pounce pattern. With some stale beer, the chalk stands out considerably better on the other side of the glass, making lettering easier. I never tried it as a fidh wye eliminator, but will. If I am rolling latex on glass and the glass is getting hit with cool air from the AC on the inside, it always seems to fisheye. This might make a difference to cut the latex a bit with the beer? Any suggestion as to how much?
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6716 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6716 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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