[ December 09, 2002, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Steve Shortreed ]
-------------------- Rob Clark Rob Clark Design 11 Lassig st Moore Park Queensland Australia 0741598092 Posts: 421 | From: Australia | Registered: May 1999
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Great work Rob!,...I'm just curious can these type signs be cleared over for use outside and if so is there any inherent problems with longevity due to the nature of the chalk itself?
-------------------- 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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Rob Thanks for to insight to your chalk board work. Very nice stuff!
I have started mine last night. A 2'x4'masonite board. Doing it as a sample piece,(Beverage Room Cold Drinks) Primed and painted with Poster black. Not sure on the graphics yet,but will have something in mind today.
Oh by the way, on your posting. To keep it in the frame work of the screen, custom size your picture to no more than 500 pixels in width. Add your text under or above it.
Hope this helps! Looking forward to seeing more of your projects! Thanks......
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What a wonderful How-To. Thank you. I've been waiting half an hour and see the tops of some of the photos. This might be what is known as a slow loader. I'll come back tonight to see if it finished loading.
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The olny question I would have from this point would be about a "water based" clear ... haven't heard of such a beast ... and am guessing it has to spray through a gun of some sort (not rattle can)
Again THANKS can't argue with informative eye candy
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Thank you Rob! I haven't anymore questions, cept'n that I would love to see another step by step using all chalks without the use of vinyl for the lettering. Maybe Jerry Mathel will contact you to do a step by step for SBI via email etc...
Thanks again
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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VERY nice Rob!! Great step by step by the way....
Yes, the pics took very long to load, I have DSL and it's been about 5 minutes, and it's still not loaded all the way...... If you set your resolution at 72 that will make them load faster. (Open the images in photoshop, click on images, size, resample to 72 resolution, save) I hope I got that right.
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OH yeah ........very very nice Rob. Thanks alot. But now I am the type of person who learns much better by trial and error hands on experience ....so I will be heading your way to learn from the best. K? Posts: 3729 | From: Seattle | Registered: Sep 1999
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i got some old paint....from an old sign shop...paint is "chalk board paint"....is that the same as poster black?
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Firstly a big THANKS Steve for cleaning up after me yet again. I have some idea now where I went wrong so should be better next time. Though most (all bar one I think) were saved at 500 pixels and at 72 dpi so I dont know about this slow loading biz, sorry.
Yes, the clear is waterbased and is available here in Oz, so you may just have to pack a lunch and come get some. Solvent or oil based clears tend to eat the chalk heaps more than water based tho' Lindas suggestions in Joey's post (I'd like to see) may work okay. And yes it is applied with a spray gunrather than a rattle gun eh eh...good one.
These boards have been put up outside..... ,the owners screw a sheet of 3mm clear Acrylic sheet over them and seal the edges with Silicon... Some of my boards have been up for over 12 months now, they are surviving reasonably well,but this work was never intended for outside use so.......go figure
Hope I have it covered, but dont be afraid to keep asking questions.
RobC
-------------------- Rob Clark Rob Clark Design 11 Lassig st Moore Park Queensland Australia 0741598092
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Have had many E-mails re- the type of chalks used...Answer.......Dry chalks, not oils! Another point I missed, may be a good idea if I edit the original post.
Robc
-------------------- Rob Clark Rob Clark Design 11 Lassig st Moore Park Queensland Australia 0741598092
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eh eh...good one.
,the owners screw a sheet of 3mm clear Acrylic sheet over them and seal the edges with Silicon... 
Some of my boards have been up for over 12 months now, they are surviving reasonably well,but this work was never intended for outside use so.......go figure 
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