Really clean work. That Hickory is beautiful too and I don’t think I’ve seen much of it used before.
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All three are top notch!
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Oh wow, these look great!
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Very nice. Are you from Louisiana?
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Hardboard from Home Depot. The texture comes from Rustoleum Textured spray paint. After it drys, I then sprayed in the colors.
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I had been wanting to try it for awhile and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I applied Minwax Golden Oak stain before assembly.
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No, but have many friends from there. I spent some time there in 1986 preparing for Super Bowl XX. Most of my time was spent in Basile/Eunice, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Love the state, love the people and love the food. My father owned some land around Houma.
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Nice signs! Yes the creative rut is a thing, but power through! You need to find some new inspiration!
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I was born and raised in Houma! Moved to Thibodaux when I got married.
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I’ve planned several trips back, but something always comes up to interfere.
If you come to Louisiana we will have to meet for coffee or lunch.
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These are beautiful.
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It’s a deal.
I guess you had to tape it before adding color? Look great!
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They look so awesome!!! Sooo nice!!
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Thanks, But there was no taping.
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Each design item is cut from a single board. I cut from the reverse side and when done, before removing from the crumb tray, I secure all cutouts with strips of masking tape to hold it all together. (That way I don’t lose any pieces). I flip it over and wipe with acetone or alcohol to remove smoke and burn marks, if the design has any light colored or white items I will also wipe all of the cut edges otherwise they will get charr residue smudged all over the finished project.
While it is still being held all together from the back, I give it several coats of either Rustoleum or Krylon textured spray paint. It has a gritty texture almost like sand. If you use the faux stone paint, it takes for ever to cure. I speed up the curing a bit with a heat gun or hair dryer so I don’t have to wait as long between coats, but the final coat cures at least 24 hours before finishing. Between each coat “pop” the cutouts loose a little so that they don’t stick together to where they pull the paint off from each other later.
When everything has cured enough to handle, I remove all of the cutouts from the “motherboard” and group them together by color and finish on a strip of masking (this makes it much easier to get the same finish on all like objects. Plus I’m less likely to lose small pieces) and paint them their respective colors.
While all of my painted parts are curing I take heavy cardstock (like jigsaw puzzle weight) and do an identical cut plus a backing board to glue everything to. The pieces cut from the cardstock are used to be placed between the. painted pieces and the backing board to give different layers to the colors to add a little depth. I glue the project together with all of the same height pieces together and clamp in my heat press to get even pressure.
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I love the look of the Rustoleum spray, and thank you for doing a write-up on your process! The end product definitely speaks for all the care of the tiny details that you put in!
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Thank you. Sometimes the reassembly and glueing gets a little tedious, but it’s always gratifying to see the end results. Here is a link to one of my posts that has pictures to illustrate the process.
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