Looking for advice on signwriting onto a barge

[Jill Marie Welsh]

You can cut paint mask on your plotter, I use Oramask, then paint it with lettering enamel.
The mask must be removed right away.
The only thing is, it looks like vinyl lettering (to me)
You can also hand-outline the painted lettering with paint to make it look less "stickery".
If you can find a traditional sign writer in your neighborhood I would refer the job to them.
Or get me a plane ticket, I’d do it for free.
Love….Jill

[Lynn Normington]

Liam you can do it in vinyl, you can get some good traditional looks with vinyl, depends how traditional you customer is, where are you based?

Lynn

[Karl Williams]

Tell him you can do it and sub it out. That way you don’t lose face and the customer’s happy! 😉

[Liam Pattison]

Hello,
thanks all for your advice.

I think the job has to be pretty traditional, can anyone point me in the direction of any pics on here that have been done in this way. I did try to find some but failed.

I am based in Bedford Lynn, the job is in Northampton.

Cheers

Liam

[Lynn Normington]

Liam take a walk along the canal with your camera then you can get a feel of what you need you should see plenty of narrow boats this weekend, or ask your customer what he has in mind.

Lynn

[Liam Pattison]

Thanks Lynn, i should have explained myself better, what i meant to say was are there any pictures of lettering that has specifically been produced by this adapted method of signwriting with vinyl templates.

Thanks

Liam

[Jamie Wood]

If you get stuck, I can recommend a traditional signwriter in Northampton.
He’s done narrowboats before at Stoke Bruerne (for Jill) just round the
corner from our unit.

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Here’s some pix from Stoke Bruneueneuene.

Like I said, fly me over, charge the guy, and I will do it for one fish & chips.
hahahaha

[Lynn Normington]

Jill you forgot the beer 😀

Lynn

[Neil Davey]

I’ll do it for just chips and I’m already in the country, well Wales.

Me thinks we have a bidding war going on :lol1:

Perhaps you could throw in a beer 😉

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Really just for fish & chips and I don’t even have to have the chips.
I am still very rudimentary at the roses but I can hand-letter OK.
😉

[Neil Davey]

OK, I’ll do for just beer…………….. :lol1:

Jill, the Roses get easier the more you drink, seriously tho, look out for the book ‘Roses & Castles’, great for canal art.

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Already have it.
😉
I picked up another one at Stoke Brueneuene too.
(I know you kind of pronounce it like bruin, speaking of which, I was on an estimate today here: http://www.gatewaylodge.com/ about 1½ hours away, and two young black bears crossed the road right in front of me!)

[Neil Davey]

quote Jillbeans:

Already have it.
😉
I picked up another one at Stoke Brueneuene too.
(I know you kind of pronounce it like bruin, speaking of which, I was on an estimate today here: http://www.gatewaylodge.com/ about 1½ hours away, and two young black bears crossed the road right in front of me!)

Thought you probably would. I think it’s spelled ‘Bruerne’.

What kinda sign you doing at the Gateway, did you ‘freak’ at the bears crossing 😮

Whoops, didn’t mean to hijack the thread.

[Lorraine Clinch]

This is a narrow boat which I did right at the beginning of my signmaking career!

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … er&start=0

😛

[Liam Pattison]

Thankyou all for your advice, i’m still considering weather or not to take this one on.

Thanks for the photos Jill, some really nice work there.

Also, thanks Lorraine, i have to say that work is amazing, i love the snakes.

Thanks

Liam

[Liam Pattison]

Jamie,
please could you PM me the contact details of the signwriter you mentioned, i might pass them on to the customer if i decide not to do this, which is most likely.

Thanks

Liam

[Jamie Wood]

I’m away for the weekend, so I’ll send the details when I get back if that’s OK.

[Liam Pattison]

That would be great thanks Jamie

Liam