Hello Ron !
Thanks for the tip ! Would be interesting to try their system.. but cant find it on their webside. Do you have a direct link otherwise i will try contacting them.
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- Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:55 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: sign contractors pricing guide
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8359
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:42 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: sign contractors pricing guide
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8359
sign contractors pricing guide
Hello everybody ! Been a while ! I just have been missing my old sign contractors pricing guide from 2003 I think it was which had Just a few pages on hand painted signs / vehicle lettering. And now i have looking for a new one but nowhere to be found ! So anyway .. I thoght I would check here if an...
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:50 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Harley Davidson 1929 original pinstripes , any advice ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3287
Re: Harley Davidson 1929 original pinstripes , any advice ?
Hey guys thanks for the replies , sorry I should have checked back but I was all over the place trying to find info on this subject. I found a great book that has a full chapter with measurements for all the spacing and placement of the striping and decals. the book can be found here http://www.vint...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:32 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Harley Davidson 1929 original pinstripes , any advice ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3287
Harley Davidson 1929 original pinstripes , any advice ?
I thought I would check if anyone here has done a job like this and might have some info regarding the original striping on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle from '29 ? The bike I got has a base coat in Maroon, I have all the water decals and also a paper with all the measurements for the stripe widths. ...
- Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:42 am
- Forum: Hand Lettering Techniques and Step by Steps
- Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10089
Re: "ageing" letters on glass
Thanks for the fine examples of beer sizing Larry and it looks like it dose hold the test of time ! Nice with the white gold too and that pointer hand is killer !! I just made my fist glass guilds last night with both beer and water sizes and learned some lessons right quick, but man how cool is it ...
- Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:42 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5366
Re: "ageing" letters on glass
Thanks for the fine examples of beer sizing Larry and it looks like it dose hold the test of time ! Nice with the white gold too and that pointer hand is killer !! I just made my fist glass guilds last night with both beer and water sizes and learned some lessons right quick, but man how cool is it ...
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: Hand Lettering Techniques and Step by Steps
- Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10089
Re: "ageing" letters on glass
Wow nice work Bruce!!
so... is that with a beer or water guild ? it looks REAL nice !
so... is that with a beer or water guild ? it looks REAL nice !
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5366
Re: "ageing" letters on glass
Wow nice work Bruce!!
so... is that with a beer or water guild ? it looks REAL nice !
so... is that with a beer or water guild ? it looks REAL nice !
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:16 am
- Forum: Hand Lettering Techniques and Step by Steps
- Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10089
Re: "ageing" letters on glass
Hello everybody, Had a quick question on the "beer" size mentioned above.. Would this mean just using straight beer and letting the stickiness of the beer do the work holding the leaf... or is it that you would be using beer rather then water when making a water size. Heating the stale bee...
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:16 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5366
Re: "ageing" letters on glass
Hello everybody, Had a quick question on the "beer" size mentioned above.. Would this mean just using straight beer and letting the stickiness of the beer do the work holding the leaf... or is it that you would be using beer rather then water when making a water size. Heating the stale bee...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:58 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Depression and War Era photos and signs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4161
Re: Depression and War Era photos and signs
Great link Mike ! so nice to see signs in color , very cool .. especially the Circus signs/banners!
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:59 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Info about Pinhead RaceTrack? Storys, Rules, Dolly Partons?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2545
Info about Pinhead RaceTrack? Storys, Rules, Dolly Partons?
Quite a long time ago I was at a Pinstripe Meet somewhere in Minnesota (of was it Wisconsin ?) can't remember the name of the nice host of the event either. I believe he was a retired fireman ... I got a lift to the meeting from Carole Bersin. It was a small meet and though I have trouble rememberin...
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:12 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Shading/shadowing term question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3769
Shading/shadowing term question
First I would like to say hello to everyone and that I am glad to be here among so many fine letter people. I have been lucky enough informally trained some by Minneapolis sign painter Phil Vandervarrt but I am mostly self taught. anyway I just thought this would be a good place to ask about this sh...