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Just completed some smaller signs this week! Sometimes I have clients that ask us to make them a more simpler and smaller sign well this week I had 5 of those orders! The antique looking sign is a painted UV plywood made to look old. The other two are 18lb HDU. 3 down two to go.

Hi John Sorry I have only used coastals products so I can't comment on the sign foam The supplier may give you a chunk of each to try it out to see which one works for you Just a thought Paul

Hi John We use 18-30lbs HDU From Coastal Enterprises, We have used EPS as a rock face backer for a sign just a few weeks ago, but 99% of our work is with the HDU you can get a lot of detail from HDU, check out RogueRoller posts he has done some amazing work with EPS Foam.

Yes slapkiss everything we do is all hand cut, textured, carved we have a lot of hand tools, odd ones and hand made, we have just the very basic woodworking tools in our shop, It takes time and we love it :-) Paul

I love the gold letters they really pop off the sign. Nice clean look :smile:

Thank you Thanks for all the kind notes again, SkyHigh, the wood look is done with wire brushes and starts with a black wash to get into the deeper cuts and then multiple glazes of colours, and then a very light brush over with white or off white to pick up on the top surface to give the final...

You are probably getting sick of me posting my signs by now, I find this site addictive am I the only one? Anyhow here is a smaller sign 20" x 24" Cottage sign, this one I used a little sculpt to make a couple of the elements I think they turned out OK,

Hi We completed two signs a few months ago, but due to the TV schedule we had to wait to show them off, 36" circle, single sided, The black letters are inset carved. The smaller sign is a 28" circle made to look evil and old The TV show was Todd and the book of pure evil. 18lb HDU

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Just completed another cottage sign this week, Sometimes I should say to the clients that is enough elements on one sign and be firm. But they love it so....

They use stretch frames on Semi trucks, mount a stretch frame and use a heavy vinyl banner on the side, when it's done make them a new Banner my 2cents. if there is clearance for one.

:cool1: Nice work Charlie.

Hi SignManiac, I gave a quick note on the background a couple posts ago this explains my very basic process on the pitting. As for the paint I used Dulux latex exterior paint, the store had trouble getting the colours from my Pantone book so i made my own swatch to match the pantone and...

Hi Guy's Thank you for the kind feedback. I used a rotary tool with a flexi shaft attachment. I found that with a ball stone on the flexi shaft when you hit the surface when its on it bounces off the surface like when you tap the end of a pencil on a desk, so I bounced the ball all around the...

Not our standard cottage signs but still lots of fun. 30lb HDU, all the letters were all cut on my Hegner scroll saw. The Client wanted a pitted kind of texture like forged steel behind the letters. The Larger ones are 60" x 18"

Great looking veggies Charlie, do you ever use a frame or brace in the foam for support,

Thanks again for all the kind words, I love making Signs, and I love to see the clients reactions when they pick them up, Hi Pat, another winnipeger eh! No sorry it's just me right now, last December I took a huge jump in the deep end, after working for a very large digital print shop, and after...

Baked I think she may have baked her brain

Just completed another Cottage sign today, 32" x 24" 18 and 30lb HDU

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