ended up using the one-shot/smiths cream/hardener method ... I realise from when I asked there are probably better ways but it seemed to me the concensis was the os/sc worked but took time ... I had the time and os/sc but not a lot of budget for play I originally designed it to go just beyond the window with the barber poles and wanted gold leaf at least on the letters. Budget brought it down to 8' and aqua leaf.
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Professional it is! That is one crisp clean layout. And we all know that goldleaf is tops, but from the picture Aqua Leaf sure doesnt hurt the quality of this sign.
-------------------- Sam Staffan Mackinaw Art & Sign 721 S. Nokomis St. Mackinaw City, MI dstaffan@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1704 | From: Mackinaw City, MI | Registered: Mar 2004
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closer up (that puffy stuff on sides of letters is snow) not really rocket science in construction ... HDU, routed out panel behind main copy (filled with the smaltz), v groove secondary copy, glue extra pieces on for poles (shaped round with a palm sander), dibond backer with studs for mounting
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Nice sign Mark. Great layout and design. Patrick G. Smith Disneyland Sign Shop, Anaheim, Calif.
-------------------- Patrick g. Smith Signsmith Studio 2047 N. Silverwood St. Orange, Calif.92865 714.282.7097 pgsmithdsign@aol.com Posts: 13 | From: 2047 N. silverwood St. Orange,Calif. 92865 | Registered: Mar 2003
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That's cool Mark! I always loved the "barber Pole"....my mom bought one at a garage sale once...I wonder if she still has it...I'd like to install it inside my office...
Nice job on the entire sign...classy.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Great sign, Mark. I love the way the smalts worked against your soft gold. Barber poles are one of my favs from childhood too. (don't get a haircut, now, we'll never recognize you!)
-------------------- Deb Fowler
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