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I have a piece of planed American Oak that I would like to turn in to a house name sign. I have stencilled the letters on in pencil but I'm not sure which type of paint to use? Ideally I would like it to be gloss black lettering that I could then wax or oil over the top to finish it off.
Anyone know what it is I should be using?
Thank you.
I'd use exterior gloss like Dulux Weathershield or Sandtex 10 year. Actually that's not true, I'd CNC mill the letters in or maybe laser etch them but if I was painting that's what I'd use.
Laser etch for me too, but that's easy to say when you have a laser cutter in your shed
Thank you for the replies but unfortunately I do not have a laser etch machine in the shed, and I'm guessing it might not be cost effective to buy one for a one-off house sign.
So anymore paint recommendations please.
Any quality enamel paint, Humbrol enamel for model painting would work just fine, it’s what I used to use when I did a bit of signwriting and pin-striping. It does help to use proper brushes as well, the longer bristles hold more paint and allow curves to be followed more accurately. I used to use Wright’s of Lymm, but I got them through work, and I don’t know if they’re still around. Still got mine, forty-odd years old now,
Still going, these are the brushes I have, plus some ‘quill’ brushes, which have a translucent ferrule instead of chrome. There are paints and other sundries on this site, like striping brushes if you fancy giving that a go;
Where'd you live? I'll cnc router it for you.
But paint wise, gloss, then varnish the lot.
That's a very kind offer kayak23 but I'm based in SW France (Limoges) so I guess I am not that close. Paint it is then!
The last time I bought/used Humbrol I was 12 and rebuilding a Hurricane (model, obviously).
Pyrography..? Just a thought. Could even use a soldering iron.
Use a soldering iron and burn/etch it in, as househusband says.
Not tried it, but this looks easy and effective
+1 for pyrography. Did it recently for a swing made from an off cut of oak beam from our garden room, and it looks mint. Print the wording, cut the letters out and use the remain8ng paper as a stencil. Pencil the outline onto the wood and burn away.