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Let me premise by saying\u00a0 I would love to learn to weld.\u00a0 Until then,\u00a0 I \u00a0 will have to stick to a faux metal finish.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0 began by drawing my desired shape on a piece of OSB (Only because I happened to have it on hand. In retrospect\u00a0 I would had DEFINITELY\u00a0 used a smooth surface board\u00a0 ie:\u00a0 plywood, or paneling).<\/p>\n

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Using a jigsaw and a circular saw I\u00a0 cut out my shapes (Arrow and the letters E.A.T.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I also wanted mine to have a raised edge, so\u00a0 I cut out 1.5″ wide strips\u00a0 that\u00a0 would go around the perimeter of\u00a0 my signs.<\/p>\n

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Next,\u00a0 I drilled holes in\u00a0 my cutouts so that\u00a0 I could insert\u00a0 short carriage bolts. I thought giving it rivots would make look more realistic.\u00a0 (I also think it would be really awesome to insert lights instead!)<\/p>\n

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In retrospect I would have added the carriage bolts\u00a0 at this point\u00a0 so that they\u00a0 would get painted at the same time.\u00a0 ( I added\u00a0 just a dab of hot glue on each one to ensure they stayed put.)<\/p>\n

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This next part\u00a0 was a little bit of trial and error,\u00a0 I started by giving the wood a\u00a0 base coat of “Metallic Aluminum”\u00a0 spray paint.<\/p>\n

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Once the silver layer was dry\u00a0 I\u00a0 used a matte black and did\u00a0 some eratic\u00a0 dusting all over the signs (edging strips included)\u00a0 in order to give it some dimension.<\/p>\n

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I then repeated\u00a0 the same process with\u00a0 Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze. ( I pretty\u00a0 much repeated the erratic\u00a0 dusting method with any metallic spray paint I had in my arsenal),
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Using a finish nailer\u00a0 I fastened the\u00a0 1.5″ wide slats of wood and tacked it to the cutout.\u00a0 I just liked that it gave it dimension and created the look of a\u00a0 vintage metal sign.<\/p>\n

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Once everything was secured I took a rag with a little bit of stain and added it to the creases\u00a0 to give it more depth.<\/p>\n

Overall…\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t think it is half bad for $4.00 in materials.<\/p>\n

( Like\u00a0 I stated earlier,\u00a0 if I were to do it over I would have used a smooth board.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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