Regular old mineral oil from walgreens works fine and is dirt cheap. My mentor Harry has been using it for 20+ years.

Hey guys... Yes the Modern Masters paint works well, did the entire Denver Botanical Gardens' info stands in it and hadn't gotten any complaints. We used the copper color. It thins with water and we cleared it too with I think Modern Masters satin clear. They were quite durable and easy to paint.

When I was up in Vermont I was lucky enough to get to put the striping back onto restored Harleys from the 20s and 30s, and they all had some sort of gold striping on them. I tried the "mix-n-stripe" method and found it alright, but it didn't flow from the brush well and was hard to pallet...

WOW Bob, glad to see you are still doing the great hand-work you love to do. It's been years and years since I met you and saw you last (when I was dating Gail Cullen's niece), at that time you were doing some computer work... I'm glad you didn't go the way of Bill Bergen! Drop me a note, it'd be gr...

Hey guys... I totally agree, and great writing by Kent! A couple years ago when I had regular work coming in, the prices of gas shot up to $2.80 and over $3, so I added $25 to my hourly charge. Here a single bell pepper is $2.99! In California it was $2.99 a pound! It all seems like every price is j...

Dave... Can you do a set for my truck!? WOW... to have a Dave Smith Original! I think it would be better than a Von Dutch piece!

Keep up the INCREDIBLE work!

Doug.

You're INCREDIBLE Dave!

WOW... Still need to get out there to see you work!

Hey all, Been gone for a while and have only done 1 small gilding job in the last year since I left San Francisco (where I was laying some Hastings leaf!), but I have seen the price of gold almost double in the last year (by the ounce price). How has this effected the price of gold leaf? I have a co...

Yes, that was it! I remember when I was watching it, I kept falling asleep! Maybe I should watch it again and stay awake! :shock: The way technology has changed in 20 years is amazing! To think I was 11 years old when this tape came out! If I knew then what I wanted to do, I would being doing pretty...

Mike, the video says Copyright 1985.

You may have been at the Pre-Screening!


I am going to try tracking her down and see if we can get some copies out there...

Doug.

I have a copy of the video... Harry, my mentor, was a huge fan and after Mike died, Harry somehow found out that his sister had a few copies left and bought one. I now have it and want to get it burned onto DVD.
It was as exciting as Mike said it was... but he was a brush master as was Al Zannetti.

Hi there, I have been absent for a while, but I was thinking I could help. I am more of a newbie since I have been painting for 9 years, but I also have my bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and a year of masters degree under my belt. Anyway, one of my favorite books that could help you understand ...

A trick I learned... This is from a post I did a while back after visiting Glen Weisgerber (known Truck Letterer, Legend, Pinstriper, Myth); {I spend the day at Glen's shop Monday, and he filled me in on his technique for clearing over gold. He lays the gold, then after the gold effects (burnishing)...

One more way of doing it.... I have done quite a few restoration striping jobs on antique Harleys and other bikes and found it was best striping first in Immitation Gold 1-Shot then after about an hour come back with a felt pad and your mica/bronze/etc... and pounce it on top and you will get a bril...

Hi Dave and Larry,

How many people do you have signed up for the April event so far? I will be doing everything in my power to make it to this one (unlike all the others that have been canceled!)

Thanks Mike,

I talked to one of the guys at Ronan and he is sending me a few he had in files there... I was just hoping that somone had a collection of such things.
If anyone still might have some, they can e-mail them to me ASAP.

Thank You!!!!

Hey All, I have been busy with grad school here in San Francisco and still pinstriping, but am wondering who out there can help me out with any scans of old Ronan Paint ads, or any Paint ads from the turn of the last century. I have been looking high and low, but no luck... Thanks again in advance, ...

Great pics Mike!!! You will never go hungry with talents you possess!

Sorry I am not going, but I do do do wish to stop in and visit you Kent when I am in Colorado between June 26th and 29th...

Hope to see you then!

Doug.

Hi Dan and Mike... Thank You both! Dan, you do great work for someone "just trying to figure it out..." either way I can't wait to meet you and Kent! I haven't heard from anyone else except Brian Born in Harrisburg, Pa. I would love to meet up with more people along the way and maybe help ...

Hey Guys and Gals... So, I am heading to SF for Grad School in Graphic Design and will be making my way West to San Francisco this June and would love to stop in and visit some sign folks along the way. I am pretty much taking Rt. 80 75% of the way and will be making a stop in Des Moines Iowa for a ...

Hey Dave....
Can you please post more pics of your own lettering job on your ute?
I am forever fascinated by your skills and layouts.

Thank You!

Thanks Roderick.... Awsome tips, I will be sure to call your friend and also you. You are only 2 hours away no? I'd love to swing down and meet you and see your stuff. I also remember Geet Faulkner was talking about a meet around then????? I'd love to meet him and check out his stuff too..... Anyway...

I am going to Las Vegas from Feb 22 to the 2nd I think. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone knows where the sign graveyard is and if there are any shops I should consider visiting while I am out there. I am not a gambler and would rather enjoy being outdoors while I am there (Since it was -15 F here la...

Hey guys, Since this place has the most gilders outside the SOG site, I thought I would share a theory Glen Weisgerber shared with me recently. Glen is known to be a great experimenter as well as a great artist/painter, and I got to hangout with him at his shop a while ago adn he shared many tips an...

There's a chance I will be living out there by then, so I will try to make it, my first wall meet! Now I have another thing to shoot for!

Hey,

I was just searching around and found this site...
http://www.texasescapes.com/Signs/Texas-Signs.htm
Many old and interesting signs in Texas. Ghost signs, historical signs, murals and such. Check it out.

Congrat, it does feel good, and tell people you did it! Did you sign it in gold too? That is what I do. I haven't used the Dekorgloss, but do know about it. It is supposed to be good stuff. I have about 100+ pictures of my big window job, they all came out great. Ray, the owner of the store had an i...

Great question, Glen said he had seen that most clears don't hold onto the gold and the only thing keeping it stuck to the vehicle is around the edges.... He re-sizes the gold because his theory is that the gold sticks to the size, the size must stick to the gold. Then the other side is pretty much ...

Hey guys, This past weekend I was down in NJ for my mentor Harry Henkel's birthday and stopped by Glen Weisgerber's shop on my way home. I spend the day at Glen's shop Monday, and he filled me in on his technique for clearing over gold. He lays the gold, then after the gold effects (burnishing) he 1...