{"id":37,"date":"2014-03-04T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sawdust2stitchescom.ipage.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2015-08-09T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:46:45","slug":"faux-metal-vintage-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sawdust2stitches.com\/faux-metal-vintage-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux Metal Vintage Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Love these ? Me too.\u00a0 Here is my semi-successful attempt.\u00a0<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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\n* Like I said earlier,\u00a0 in retrospect\u00a0 I would have added the bolts (rivets)\u00a0 before the painting process.*<\/p>\n