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Fire Station Doors
First bid on this job about 4 years ago, they finally decided to go for it.
I did the layout, Neil Davey helped with a file, and my mentor Bill Berberich helped me paint it. It took 8 hours. We waited three weeks for a decent day.
It’s always great to spend the day painting even if one does have an audience of volunteer fire fighters.
It’s even better to have help from friends.
Love….Jill
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looks really good Jill,
only crit, i think that the ‘NO PARKING’ might’ve looked nicer in brush scr….
ok, sorry! 😳
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nice one jill looks great, really brightens up those plain white doors 😀
nik
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Nice Jill and friend!
Kerning needs adjusting on FIRE though! 😮 😀
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…yeah Bill did the spacing!
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Looks great Jill.
Is the paint tinted on site or do you get it ready for use
so does your nice new avitar!.peter
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quote Hugh Potter:looks really good Jill,only crit, i think that the ‘NO PARKING’ might’ve looked nicer in brush scr….
ok, sorry! 😳
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HughYeah me too! 😉 :lol1:
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That looks pretty nifty Jill,, Always nice to see a bit of paintwork.
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Bill did all the mixing on site.
We used straight vermillion for the lighter red bits.
Then a mix of fire red and bright red for the darker parts.
The grey was a mix of just s few drops of black, some white, and believe it or not a hint of medium brown.
Bill mixes into cans he’s saved from coffee and soup etc.
(he even ate a can of cold chicken noodle soup for lunch! Yuck!)
He has this ancient butter knife which he dipped into a color, wipes off on a rag, dips into another color, etc.
We only used about a half-cup of vermillion, and I have a full coffee can of the red and about half that of the grey left over.
I used about 8 oz of black paint.
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Thanx Peter for the avie comment. I can never get them to upload right. -
Hey, looks fantastic Jill, glad the weather was finally kind to you,
and you persuaded the Fire Chief to park the ladders outside?Nice to see some proper staging being used too, none of
this modern aluminum tower scaffolding cr*p 😉Nothing like an audience either heh…..
Bill looks happy in his work too 😀
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That was the hardest part, Neil, the trucks.
I had at least three calls last week about where and when the trucks would need to be pulled out.
One guy said why?
Well, I for one didn’t feel like having to move everything whenever the siren went off.
They were to have the trucks out by 8:30am.
We got there at 8:45, trucks all still neatly parked inside.
A few frantic texts and a call, finally the guy who lives BESIDE the station strolled in. He was the one I gave the original bid to 4 years ago.
Then they were all in a huge hurry to get the trucks back in as soon as the doors were finished.
And a neighbor had decided to mow the grass next door, sending thousands of dandelion fluffs into the air.
I realize there is a lot of money invested in these trucks, but certainly it should not have been a problem, in this rural area, to leave them out for another hour.
At any rate, the weather was perfect, and I am glad the job is finally finished.
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lovely Job Jill…nearly didn’t recognize you with your new avatar…how ladylike 😀
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that looks good Jill and very satisfying to finally do it, hope you put the price up to allow for inflation 😀
Lynn
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Nice job as usual Jill. 😀
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Nice job.
Brush script…nah,its a warning.
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extra extra !!!!! sign company personel flattened by fire trucks read all about it !!! 😀 😀
excellent job jill as per usual
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