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Ken asked me to post this for him. Great Job Ken
quote: My Very First Sandblasted Sign.
This past winter, a customer whom I've done some handlettering for approached me about possibly doing a sandblasted/gold leaf sign for him. I'd never done one of these, but was just familiar enough with the process to be dangerous. After doing the initial design work, and final approval, it was time to get this into production. In order to avoid any "newby pittfalls", I gave Dave Sherby a call to get some suggestions as to how to best accomplish this part of the project. Special thanks go to Dave ( Sandman) Sherby, for walking me through the process, and giving the benefit of his experience that enabled me to pull this off, without stepping into any doodoo. End result was that the customer was delighted with the result, and may want another one done for a farm he recently purchased.
Ken Henry
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Ken nice work. It is wonderful that forums exist and many find away to be helpful. Keep at it. Nice to see some work in the portfolio gallery. Its been a dry spell.
-------------------- Bob Sauls Sauls Signs & Designs Tallahassee, Fl
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Nicely done Ken, for your first go...I don't know if I would have given the 'the' that much power, but then it may have been a client request, and we all know what those are like...Great job.
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Very nice job Ken...your an old pro now...once you get something like this out there for people to see it gets easier to sell that type of work...good luck on future jobs...and by the way...I see the woodgrain texture...is that real wood or simulated woodgrain on hdu.
Is the gold/yellow colour paint, or gilding (or vinyl) ?
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Thanks folks for all the positive feedback. For those who've asked questions, here are some of the answers. The sign blank is Western Red Cedar and ia 4' high by 6' long and 2 1/2" thickness. The thickness was accomplished by glueing up boards 1 1/4" thick, and overlapping them on the reverse side to add some strength and avoid weak seams. A 2-part exterior epoxy glue was used. The cut line was then traced onto one side and the top & bottom scrolls were cut to shape and sanded. Cutting to shape was a bit of a problem, since the blade tended to "drift" in the tighter turns. I used a good bit of sandpaper up in smoothing out the curves and straightening up the cutlines.
With the cutting & sanding done, the blank was coated out both sides with a waterborne sanding sealer. The sandblast mask was then applied using my wife's pie rolling pin ( a very useful tool to use BTW for getting down the sandblast masking good and tight.) The pattern was then traced onto the mask, front & back, and the masking cut and weeded. The blasting was subbed out to a local monument maker, and once he was done ( also a first-time for him ) The panel was then primed and finished coated with a top grade acrylic exterior latex. Those colours were custom-matched to the siding/trim colours on the customer's home. Once the panel was dry, the border decorative trim was applied using red sable showcard brushes, which worked really well with the water-based acrylic. The raised black panel and outline/shade portion were then painted with conventional brushes/quill using 1-shot black with hardner. The guilding was then done using pre-cut masks and quick size. Initially I tried Instacoll size on a single letter but that resulted in too high a shine on the guild. The posts and final installation were handled by the customer who I had confidence in to do that portion correctly.
The customer happens to be a guy who does restoration work as a hobby. He's done several farm and industrial windmills which he has working on his property. He also restores old pedal car toys and tractors, and his craftsmanship is superb.
-------------------- Ken Henry Henry & Henry Signs London, Ontario Canada (519) 439-1881 e-mail: kjmlhenry@rogers.com
Why do I get all those on-line offers to sell me Viagara, when the only thing hardening is my arteries ? Posts: 2684 | From: London,Ontario, Canada | Registered: Feb 1999
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A real beautiful job, a great future awaits you. Bill
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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