Final result:
Process:
- Made image for sign in Inkscape, scoring all lines for the dogs and text (mirror imaged) and then cutting the outline last. Here it is just after job complete on the Glowforge:
- Buy a spraypaint shelter from Lee Valley so that I don’t make a mess of my paint area. For $40 CAD, this tool looks like it’ll pay itself back in no time:
- Weed all black parts (i.e. remove the backing protecting the acrylic for text, dogs, and border):
- Apply two coats of spraypaint intended for plastic. I wanted to use Krylon Plastic Fusion, but my local Michael’s didn’t have it, but had a rustoleum spraypaint that said it works on plastic and is good for outdoors, so I used that:
- After 1h (can claimed dry enough to work at that time), started weeding. Paint is still wet and had to stop midway. Wound up weeding the backing more than 2h later to try to ensure that I didn’t make a mess with the black. Worked out OK:
- Paint behind the black with yellow:
- Completed sign: