As others have mentioned, you need a bit with a shallower angle. What is the dimension of the piece, how thick is it? You may not want to waste the material, but by the sound of it, the best job will be accomplished by doing it over. Flame polishing the letters will help with clarity and smooth the ...

Powdered Bon Ami first, comet or equal in a pinch. Rinse out well with high pressure water. Bon Ami is sufficient to clean and abrade screens by itself, so any speciality cleaners or abrasives can be eliminated in most cases for cleaning and screen prep. Apply water and bon ami, then scrub both side...

Bill it as a new job. Rush? Charge accordingly. Size as you did originally but tint the size in order to identify the areas you need to touch up, charging time away from the shop, and any equipment you have to take / rent to get to the roof top site. Gilding on site you will have to roll from the bo...

Judith, I think any attempts to gild over colored glass will be overpowered by the glass unless it is a slight tint. Try a test by tinting the water size with yellow aniline dye. Aniline dyes are usually available at art supplies or wood working supplies. Guessing from your question, and the clients...

Doug,

You can't use an apostrophy until you clean your keyboard, or get a new one.

Then you shouldn't have any problems.

Danny

Joe, If it's raw with a natural patina, use a scotch brite pad or 4 aught steel wool to throughly clean the surface down to bare copper. If it's painted, let the customer know there may be additional labor in the event of any requiried repairs hidden under the paint. Paint or varnish can be stripped...

Mirella, look here for more information on Frank Atkinson: http://www.theletterheads.com/lhparts/atkinsonmain.html Scrolling down you will find a link that has information about the books he wrote as well as the publisher for his last book. With the authors name and publisher, do a search on an onli...

Some of you may remember Harry Oresko. He owned a sign shop in Southern California, and attended many of Rick's Conclaves as well as other local meets. He was recently featured in SignCraft Magazine's Jan/Feb 06 issue. Harry was diagnoised with Lou Gerhigs Disease some time ago, and the condition ha...

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Doug, Jeff's right, it's Locktite. Pat Mackle uses locktite UV # 349 which he uses for trophies. It's a thicker glue that when assembled won't squeeze out beyond the intended joint and leave a mess like the thinner glue tends to do. Another Locktite UV glue is # 363 which is thinner. It's used for r...

Doug, If you have CS2, use Adobe Browser and Adobe Bridge, all part of Photoshop CS2. The Browser presents thumbnails of the photos. When you double click on a raw file it opens Adobe Bridge where you can make necessary adjustments, which then opens into Photoshop. That's the quick answer, Mike can ...

Memorial Conclave 2006, Valencia Signs, Valencia California, hosted by John and Kathi Studden: http://www.baronian.com/Photos/cnclv_06/dave_1.jpg http://www.baronian.com/Photos/cnclv_06/bath.jpg http://www.baronian.com/Photos/cnclv_06/deco_glass.jpg http://www.baronian.com/Photos/cnclv_06/pat.jpg ht...

Brian, a grit from 100 to 200 mesh should be fine. If you have a good even frost , and no clear bare spots that wouldn't be the source of your problem. If your glue is really 1/8" thick, it could be pulling upon on itself, rather than the glass. A thicker application would take longer to dry to...

To get a better visual answer of some of your questions, the Nov/Dec issue of Sign Business (may be wrong about the months but was recent) had an article by Dave Smith, that acid embossed a glass plaque for a customer. The text and accompanying photos explained the whole process very well. As Larry ...

Thank you, I never got any feed back from the Adobe forum, but the suggestion of using Acrobat may be a good solution. It's not just the text I'm concerned about, but the whole document. From all I've seen and done, regardless of what you do, PDF files saved in Illustrator can be opened as though it...

The type of craftsman that would put rouge on their cheeks?

The contents appear to be a powder. I don't know if the color is accurate in the photo, but if the color is actually reddish, it could be part of an incomplete makeup container containing rouge.

Gold that sticks - if your regular loose leaf gold has a tendency to stick to the tissue leaves during damp, cold weather - just warm the book near a stove or radiator to remedy the trouble.

Here's an interesting one from the book: Putty, INSTANT DRYING - It can be made from powdered whiting and shellac. Or you can use dry plaster, corn starch or almost any powdered substance to mix with the shellac. Make only a small quantity as you need it and apply with a putty knife, to fill holes i...

When presenting files to clients I always provide files that give the basic information and dimensions in a format that does not allow the client, or anyone else, to modify the file. In the recent past, Adobe had touted the PDF format as the way to exchange files for everything from emailing to prin...

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John, your getting the color shift because the mica powder is semi-opaque. Put a color behind it and it will darken or tint the mica. Either work with the mica last so your working through a window area, or mask off the section your adding the mica to. Size with 1 shot, add mica, tamp lightly, and b...

Rod, Use Jasco Epoxy stripper to remove the paint backer from commercial mirrors, leaving the silver untouched. From there you can apply a vinyl mask and strip w/ silver strip to produce clear areas. If you mask over the commercial backer, then use a paint remover, I would assume the stripper would ...

Vance, on the mac, go to file, page set up and choose the printer and layout you want (portrait), click ok. Hit print and read your options, making sure the printer is the correct one if you have multiple printers. With multiple printers it will default to your main printer as well as layout options...

Ray, I suspect it's a problem with the viewer your using on your computer rather than lynda.com. On the mac I'm using Quick Time 7, using a native viewer on the pc with XP (whatever viewer that is). Both work well. On the left side of lynda.com's start up screen in red it says Attention Quick Time 7...

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Composite metals, ie copper, zinc brass and aluminum will tarnish, and will not develop a nice patina. It will not look pretty in a month or two. Using 1 shot will do the same, as with any metallic paint as they all contain similar composite metals. The only one that won't discolor - by the manufact...

Flash gilding usually refers to the process of applying mica powders over size in both reverse glass and surface gilding. The powder can be mixed with size or varnish, but it's effect and look is not as pronounced as applying directly over size. To flash gild, size your piece with 1 shot quick size ...

All metal powders will oxidize or tarnish over time regardless of the carrier or coating. Same goes for any metallic paints which also contain metal powders. Aluminum powders are less likely to tarnish, but brass, bronze and gold colors are generally made from a mix of fine particles of brass, coppe...

Until the new pan is made, use paper towels. Lay the glass on a table as Pat suggested, put several layers of paper towels on top of the glue chipped glass and pour warm water over the towels. That's what Rick did when the project was larger than his sink. Let sit for a while, replace with new towel...