Sign for Nephew

[Dan]

My nephew asked me to make a sign for his friend. Cherry with green resin-filled letters. Font is Algerian with some modification. Finished with rattle can poly then buffed with steel wool. It was fun to make but very fragile and hard to fill the narrow parts. This may be the first project I posted in over a year. 

 

[Dave Monk]

That turned out really cool Dan.

[Tomanydogs]

Dan that looks so good. I love the font and resin fill really makes it stand out. Well done. 

[wombatie]

Wow, I love it. Everything about it is perfect, well worth the effort of trying to fill the narrow parts.

Marg

[dgman]

Great job Dan!

[Foxfold]

Brilliant !!

[ike]

You did good on that one

[FrankEV]

Beautiful, very well done. 

You must have nerves of steel and over the top cutting skills in order to cut those narrow parallel cuts.      

[Joe W.]

21 minutes ago, FrankEV said:

Beautiful, very well done. 

You must have nerves of steel and over the top cutting skills in order to cut those narrow parallel cuts.      

Yeah - What he said.
How big is it and what kind of resin did you use?
I was going to use polymer clay for a sign I've made, but the cost factor scared me off.  Looking for an alternative substance.

[daveww1]

awesome job

[Jim McDonald]

Love the clean simplicity of it.

[amazingkevin]

7 hours ago, Joe W. said:

Yeah - What he said.
How big is it and what kind of resin did you use?
I was going to use polymer clay for a sign I've made, but the cost factor scared me off.  Looking for an alternative substance.

Do not use play doe it srinks but comes in lots of colors and cheap as it gets .Maybe you'd have to do it twice once to height and let it dry and crack and then do it again only takes a second and is water washable!

[Dan]

10 hours ago, Joe W. said:

Yeah - What he said.
How big is it and what kind of resin did you use?
I was going to use polymer clay for a sign I've made, but the cost factor scared me off.  Looking for an alternative substance.

Hey Joe. The sign 17" wide and 6.5" tall. I used Timber Cast resin from Rockler. It's supposed to cure (under ideal conditions) in 24 hours but it took 48 hours. But no bubbles! I used some pigment from Alumilite to get the green and it was easy to mix. A little goes a long way when doing small projects.

I've used polymer clay and love it but it requires heat to cure it and I wanted a glossier finish so I went with resin. Give it a try.

[heppnerguy]

On 3/9/2021 at 5:28 PM, Dan said:

My nephew asked me to make a sign for his friend. Cherry with green resin-filled letters. Font is Algerian with some modification. Finished with rattle can poly then buffed with steel wool. It was fun to make but very fragile and hard to fill the narrow parts. This may be the first project I posted in over a year. 

 

Wow  extremely cool piece. Very clean looking and eye appealing. Congratulations on this well done project

Dick

heppnerguy

[spirithorse]

Beautiful work, Dan!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse