I started with paraffin oil down South, then lard oil up here, then that disappeared...maybe motor oil?? for a time, then neatsfoot oil, but found it dried up to soon (not using brushes often enough??) use Walldog OIl brush preservative now, with a can of Percells Lard Oil at the ready when the WD ...

Doug Bernhardt wrote:Yeo Pat.....I was about ready to get out a skillet and fry that feller up. Nice project and great to have jobs like that in the shop I'd bet!! We'll have to talk further about projects like these in person one day.

great sign could eat the fish

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Bob Ficucell wrote:Hi Ron,
It looks great!, I agree with Kelly the "B" needs some steroids! Bob

There are some letters that realy flow well together and some that strugle a bit However its a fun letter to do and it goes on very fast Hope you enjoy using it Ron

I really like the lowercase letters. They have a lot of nice swing about them. I'm not sure if you have uppercase designed or not, but the B you have there seems a tad lighweight in comparison. Are you planning to have it made into a font? Yes you are correct it was only designed as lower case howe...

See what you think of this, would appreciate feedback. All designed by hand.

Full size link http://yfrog.com/6bp6080149j

Heres a few of my jobs that i thought id share, just a couple from my camera This is a painting done for a friend who is the "top gun" of a company i work for. http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af144/olyl2009/P5250018.jpg Just a 8x4 hand lettered sign http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. Look forward to posting some of my work on here.

Just came accross the website while browsing the internet for some of Mike Jacksons work.

Im Ron Lloyd, I run Lloyd Signs over in Sunderland, England, ive been signwriting for 57 years now and look forward to posting some of my work on the site.