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people who .........HAVE ISSUES)))))
DR. PHIL..........what a bozo!!!!!
limbaugh, taking his advice is like going down the corner and getting the local drug dealer to tell you how it is.
ROOMS TO GO COMMERCIALS.......
politicians, when asked a QUESTION, the 1st words outa their mouth...
IS IT METAL OR FIBERGLASS???? iam sure you dont want to attack that with an ORBITAL SANDER, you will be there a month. i would find a guy with a portable sandblaster, to get the glue off and some of the bad parts of the paint, and reprime and paint it with a sherwin williams INDUSTRIAL PAINT...
THE ONES THAT PISS ME OFF.................are the ones who put their little signs all up and down the area where i live advertising 100 SIGNS FOR $99 CALL XXX-XXXX-XXXX
i got a couple here iam workn on, gona paste over the $99 with $29.00)))))))))))))))))AND PUT EM BACK OUT!!!!!!!!!
know the feelin arlo, iam on a first name basis with my anesthesiologist at the jackson, ms VA HOSPITAL.
i get into the pre-op room, and i ask one of the nurses to notify "dr.z", that joe would like to have him in his O.R. he usually comes in before i get to the O.R. and hes the last person iam...
GX-300, new went for $3200.00. so a used one in good condition, @$16-2000 is a pretty good deal. getting a graphtec LOW END machine, is really no comparison. the CM-24 ROLAND and the CE-5000 are in the same CATEGORY!!!!!
do a small MDO sign CIRCLEVILLE SIGNS!!!do a painted background with some hand painted effects like marble, stone, or some of the foux finishes that people put on walls.
do some small carved raised design in sign foam, and gold leaf the name and hand paint the outline on the letters.
these 3 are...
EARL, what business you been in for 40 years???? RACIN? you sure wasnt in the signpainter end iam sure of that.
now i been in the sign paintin, stock car letterin business since 1986...........and i think i can agree with most of the people here, RACERS WANT LETTERIN CHEAP, but spare no expense...
here i get $20 for ONE COLOR NUMBER, so if did 3 its $60 AND THEY PUT EM ON!!!!!!!
for ever color i add its another $20. and all i give em is the cheap vinyl.
when i used to PAINT STOCK CARS.....i got $200-300!!!!!!!!!! and no materials outa my pocket.
so you did a 3 layered/colored number @...
this is the REAL CAR........and lettering.
http://www.sema.org/system/files/products/SN-2009-12-Heritage-Happy-Grumpy.jpg
http://www.turbosracingphotos.com/OLDDRAG/PROSTOCK/grumpy1.jpg
HAND THROWN .........POTTERY
BY RAD.
me thinks you need to make the point of HAND THROWN, so people dont confuse his place with a MOLD POURING POTTERY, sometimes called ceramics........
and you really got to do the lettering in a totally freehand loose style, adds to the "hand thrown" hand...
it WAS HAND PAINTED....no plotters available in the late 60's!!!!!!
as for the ORIGINAL 67-69, having wing windows, yea they did, BUT racers removed the real windows, and wing window, to save weight..........and replaced all of the window with plexi.
nice.........BUT as a draftsman, my 1st impression is that he BUILD CROOKED BUILDINGS))))))))))
with the slanted lettering, is the problem. does he "want" it slanted, or is that your solution to give the sign some "detail?" i did this with serpentine bold...
straight looks better..............
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