...Don't know what brand but Steve Martinez
at www.goldleafcompany.com has some of the best
that I have used on glass.

After reading Rick Glawson's article on the "Original Letterheads" site about zinc metal sandblast stencils, I thought of the zinc stencils I seen made about twenty five years ago. Rick explained the process to make zinc metal stencils that Rawson and Evans may have made and used. Rick's m...

All the gold leaf signs in this part of the country were all sealed with spar varnish. I have always had good luck with spar varnish, as have all the other lettering folks around here. I still have a small street # over a door that I done at least 40 years ago and is still in good shape. Just rememb...

This post is for beginners and newbies basically. I think most of the people that hand letter large letters already know this tip. I have used this method for many years, and it was probably one of the first "tricks" that I learned while lettering walls. Letters in most logos and fonts are...

In the early years of wall dogging, the traveling painters usually traveled by train, wagon, or whatever. They didn't bother too much with paper patterns. They simply used a length of string or cord with knots and loops to indicate the guide lines and measurements for the particular wall signs they ...

Mike. I don't blame your rant. I made one reply to a post about train car lettering. My reply had to do with metal stencils Southern Railway made by hand that was used for all the lettering used on their trains. I guess I didn't understand the post. I thought someone might be interested in the proce...

Robare
I was shown by Southern Railway shop how they made
metal stencils. If this information is of any use, I can
explain.


Roger