has anyone been using the idea's form the july 16 MR on easy wall signs starting on page 34.I've been messing with it and have tweeked it some, and would like to hear from anyone that has been working with it.cant post photos here as i have no online storage.
I did see that article, but to me it seemed like more work than simply printing a decal on my computer and applying it to the building.
On this one, I painted a white rectangle on the wall so the colors would come out correctly, since my computer's printer won't actually print white. I added the red border to the original image so that the slightly uneven hand-painted white background would be less obvious.
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I've not seen the article to which you refer, but these "painted-on" signs were done by applying black dry transfer letters from various alphabet sets onto a painted white background strip. The lettering was not burnished in place, though, as its use was only as a masking device. Masking tape was applied to the top and bottom edges of the strip (to allow for a white border), then the sign area was airbrushed with Floquil black. As soon as the paint was dry to the touch - a few minutes - the masking tape was removed (revealing the white borders) and then masking tape was daubed over the areas where the dry transfers had been applied, lifting off the transfer material to reveal white lettering:
The smaller lettering on this one was done in a similar manner, but the stylised "GERN" was cut-out, letter-by-letter, from masking tape:
The apostrophes were added, using a brush, when the dumb sign painter realised his omission.
This one was done using the same technique, with the large words in masking tape and the smaller ones in black dry transfers:
This one was done more recently, and is a decal printed on Walthers clear decal stock. Because of its length, the sign was done as two parts, with the middle sections overlapping to allow proper positioning. The wall was airbrush white, while all black portions of the sign were printed on the decal, leaving the printed areas and the inset white edge strips clear. Once applied to the wall, the white showed through the clear areas, as intended:
The decaled area needed a fair amount of Solvaset, but it snuggled down nicely into the stonework and was then airbrushed with Dullcote.
Wayne
what this is is like a decal only using plain paper,you need to hunt artical up to fully understand it, its no more work than making a decal and applying it . as far as a free site i guess i'm just cyinical but there ain't nothing free.
Okay, this is a printed paper sign applied to a DPM structure. I used Weldbond glue to affix it to the clapboard wall, then, working from the top and with the glue still wet, used my fingernail to make the paper conform to each of the moulded-in boards. While the paper is still 3-dimensional to the touch, it appears, from all viewing angles, to be painted-on:
I'm still not sure if that applies to the article to which you refer, but I can no longer afford to buy MR on a regular basis.
doctorwayne Okay, this is a printed paper sign applied to a DPM structure. I used Weldbond glue to affix it to the clapboard wall, then, working from the top and with the glue still wet, used my fingernail to make the paper conform to each of the moulded-in boards. While the paper is still 3-dimensional to the touch, it appears, from all viewing angles, to be painted-on: I'm still not sure if that applies to the article to which you refer, but I can no longer afford to buy MR on a regular basis. Wayne
Wayne looks good but what the artical was , is to print the image as a mirror on regular bond paper(using a ink jet) then after it dry at least over night is cut out apply a thin coating of acrylic paint to back let ir dry for a few days then apply a thin coat of matt finish to it place on building then burinish paper to drive it into recesses then let dry for a long long time then wet the paper rolling it off the trapped print. this is the first MR i've bought in like 15 years how i got into the artical is too long a story for here.
Thanks for taking the time to fill me in on the details of what sounds like an interesting but pretty convoluted process. I'd guess, though, that for some centrepiece-type of structures, it might be well-worth the time and effort.
Wayne the process isn't that bad just a lot of waiting will email you a pic.
I recall that article, and that even the author stated there were gaps and holes in the resulting image, which the author had to touch up with brush painting. The results looked kinda...meh, even worse than the sometimes century-old painted wall signs that Kevin Walsh occasionally posts on his Forgotten NY website
j. c.form the july 16 MR
It's actually the June 16 issue.
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chutton01 I recall that article, and that even the author stated there were gaps and holes in the resulting image, which the author had to touch up with brush painting. The results looked kinda...meh, even worse than the sometimes century-old painted wall signs that Kevin Walsh occasionally posts on his Forgotten NY website
i just used the atricle for a jumping off point i tweeked his idea so that if there is a slight chance that a section don't hold the brick under neath shows through, the first try was a flop as i didn't wash side of old dpm i got at a yard sale and most of the sign didn't stick looks good in a bad way, the next try i had to bick bits off with a knife as street level signs take a beating, also the quality of the brick there on has a lot to do with weathering.
carl425 j. c. form the july 16 MR It's actually the June 16 issue.
j. c. form the july 16 MR
thanks i did look and your right quess thats what i get for trusting my memory.