Dave ,
Would I be correct in asuming that you are firing the red stain on first and then mirroring over that?If so what would the stain be made of?

In the second photo it looks like there was a black resedue that was wiped off to revel the stain.

Roderick

Danny,
Thanks.This screens gonna come in handy in the town of Machine.I'm thinking theres gonna be alot of projects to get done.

Roderick

I was about to clean and abrade a new screen and couldn't find the bottle of clean/abrade solution.Is there anything else I can use?
Thanks
Roderick

Sara, It's great that we have the Forum to share all of these ideas.I was thinking you could have called me to tell me this but then no one else would know, I like the time frame for the chemicals to settle.I normally let the waste water settle in old 2.5 water bottles but it was taking for ever, 2-...

A few months ago I was getting ready to silver a large antique mirror order. While mixing my a,b,c solution that would be later sprayed I was having a real probelm with the a,b component of the mixture.When the "B" was added to the "A" the solution turned cloudy and grey.I found ...

John, You gotta love the pain in the --- jobs.It makes you appreciate the fun ones. I'm with Danny,It patch will not match so let them know that right up front.When you size try to do it in a broken grid pattern that way you won't get any straight lines where your touching up. We just finished a gol...

Whitey,
Thanks for the double cut info.As for the dollar it sounds to cheap to for me to change now.
RT

Felix, I don't know what Larry means by double cut.After looking at your post I am thinking your formula might be a bit to strong and you might be putting to much on.I now put cardboard spacers all over the piece before pouring over the whole thing.It should be ready to cut and peel off the mask wit...

Doug,
Thanks,glad you like it.Don't think I understand your post though. "Im still wondering what the difference is between the 2.
It seems this peice has been a big hit with the Masons "Freemasons".

Roderick

Vance,
In fact I did use spray mask.As a Guy that doesn't do much vynil work I tend to lump all machine cuts material into one catagory which is why I said vinyl fo my mask.As for more photo details I will have to ask larry if he would post more for me.I'll get back to you on that
Thanks Roderick

Mike ,
I just showed the video to a friend.It's my 10th time whatching it and the guy still blows me away.A friend of mine just met Paul Mc Cartney the other day in Las Vegas.I wonder what he would think of it?
Thanks Mike
Roderick

My thanks go's out to Larry for posting this photo for me.When it comes to posting photos I am totally inept. I just finished this piece this week end in between trying to find any info I could about the Lodi wall dog meet.There where very limited photos of the event until Tuesday.Do to total lack o...

I am thinking of lettering the side of my van and wondered,For those of you that have advertizing on their trucks and vans,do you get work from it and is it the type of work you want.
If I picked up 3-4 jobs a month it might make it worth it.

Roderick

Doug, Now theres a great question.The very nature of a crackle finish is the fact that the paint is cracking and pealing off so you have to be ready for your finish to change over time.A classic crackel finish would be fat over thin.That means oil based over water based (glossy).Those finishes takes...

I took a look at all the stuff that sold,truly amazing how much people are paying for it.Had I known I would have had Big Daddy sign some of the thing he gave me. The artical from The OC was interesting.Big Daddy "ED" Roth was same same kind of guy allthough he didn't drink any more ,but I...

Hi Doug and Dan, Doug ,thanks for the tip on the photo flow.I remmeber that from my dark room days ,It's a final rinse for film right?I'll try it.How much do you use?One thing I didn't mension about this project is that it will be mirrored in the end so I will be adding hardner to all the paint so i...

John,
Didn't I already know the answer to this?I was just checking to see if you were awake.
Thanks
Brain dead in San Deigo
Roderick

The client has a very nice logo that will work great for a two tone boston guild.Bright outlines and matt centers. I have always done it the traditional way but I am thinking of useing a vynil mask to apply the matt centers ,peel off the mask and then water guild the bright lines.Then all I would ne...

Thanks every body, I downloaded a program from alien skin and it was pretty simple to do a nice metal gold rendering, but in the end I just show the client my gold leaf glass sample box and they were hooked.I forgot to show them the rendering after all. I love Lynda .com by the way,it's worth the mo...

Robert,
I use 1/16 " matt board in the sides of the art work to keep the thickness even.Seems to work great.It does take a little planning as to how you will screen off the extra glue.
As for the snails some one did mension Dave Smith was in England,maybe it's wetter there of somthing.
Roderick

Gary, Thanks for the link.I went there and kind of got overwhelmed.I'm not sure what to do with those things,I would need sombody to show me how to use them in a practical aplication from begining to end.Thats just the way my brain works or should I say doesn't work and it has to be slower than the ...

What is the best way of rendering gold leaf lettering for a rendering to show a client useing illustrator or photo shop.
Thanks
Roderick

Tony,
How is the camping situation going?I mentioned it to Ron percell the other day and I am hoping more people will want to camp.

Roderick

Just an amendment to the mix. 2.75 oz of used glue when remelted will produce roughly 1oz of useable glue. I rehydrated 5.5 oz. of used glue chips and skimed off the glass resedue,weighed that at 3.5 oz. so what I had left was 2oz. of useable glue.Unfortunatly I used the 1:2 ratio for the 5 oz.s so ...

I was getting ready to glue chip a sign when I realized I was out of glue.I took stock of what I had and knew it would not be enough to do the job. Having just purchased my first glue pot I thought why not due some chipping tests.After reading Dave Smiths post regarding chipping I expanded my testin...

My vote would be HDU primed with feather fill automotive primer that acrylic enamel top coat.
Roderick

Joe,
For dehumidifing I use those little plastic jars called DRY OUT from home depot.There cheap and your wife might not mind that.I use about ten in my box and they work great.I have had them over a year and there only half used.
Dave,Glad your doing better!

Roderick

Hi everybody, The best chipping I've done so far is to really watch the thickness of the glue.I put poster board strips on the sides of the artwork and use a stiff dry wall knife to sqeege the exes off.It seems to always chip great if I do that.My booth heat is 130 to 140 .8% to 11% humidity and wil...

Pat,
I found this site that tells you how to much your own hydrometer.check it out.I will let you know how it works.
Roderick
http://www.ecawa.asn.au/home/jfuller/li ... meters.htm

Doug,
I have a 5hp 220v 100gal. works great for most thing.Could be a liitle bigger for sparying auto type bigger finishes.I'm not sure but I think any bigger and you go up to 3 phase which I don't have.
Good luck

Roderick