Hi Jackie,
I have done several dials like this cut from a large plastic board I purchased several years ago. The board is some kind of sign-board ¾ thick, with high density foam core and smooth plastic on each side. I cannot locate either the name of this material or where I got it from, but that wouldnt help you much anyway, since both are American and you are in the UK. Google for it. My problems were mostly related to painting and stencils. I used masking tape for the hour lines and made stencils for the numbers. Everything was done spray paint. There were two problems: one was that I did several layers of paint (background color, hour lines, motto) and the spray paint types can be incompatible. One layer caused all the lower layers to wrinkle and I had to strip everything and start ofvr. The second problem were caused by spray paint creeping under the masking tape and stencils. Use masking tape that claims it will make a sharp edge (e.g frog tape in the US) and press it down well. I made stencils by laying down overlapping 3 masking tape strips onto waxed paper and put the printed text on top. I cut through everything with an exacto knife and after removing the paper pattern from the top an waxed paper from the bottom, I was left with pretty good stencils. But I still ended up outlining both the hour lines and numerals and motto with a fine black paint marker. Jack From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jackie Jones Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 12:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Painted dial Dear All, I have been asked to do a painted dial for a south facing wall. Due to lots of reasons, I am going to paint it on board and then screw it onto the wall when it is completed. The wall is not suitable to paint directly onto and it is some distance away from me. I thought of using exterior or marine grade plywood; has anyone who has had any experience of this any tips or advice as to how to protect it so it will last a good number of years? Should I also paint the back and/or cover the top edge of the wood? Many thanks, Jackie Jackie Jones 50° 50 09 N 0° 07 40 W -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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