house name query

[gilljc]

The guy who supplies me with wood has just moved into the house he has been building for the past four years, and has asked me to make a name sign for it. I have made the pattern but will need to cut it and then bond it somehow onto an identically shaped backer board which I will need to stain black to show the pattern.
My two questions are, does anyone have any experience of this, would I use waterproof wood glue or maybe araldite to laminate the sign together? It will be made of oak that he has supplied. I am sure I have heard or read somewhere that ink is good for blackening backgrounds, would that just be a waterproof drawing ink?

PS the piece of oak he has supplied is just over an inch thick and 9 inches wide, about 6 feet of it and weighs a ton, my little thicknesser planer is currently hiding under my workbench trembling and whimpering as it has met some of this oak before :shock: :lol: :lol: think I will take it back out to him and ask him to run it through his big planer

 

[jonluv]

I make quite a few house signs using WRC/Douglas Fir and Oak---- whatever you do take into account the weather!!!

I usually back with exterior ply or Douglas Fir and regarding a black sub-strata when I have used one it is black boot polish but you could make your own "eboniser" with steel wool and vinegar but in general a dark stain suffices

Everything except WRC is usually covered with a really good external varnish.On the Cedar I put loads of beeswax on and over the years the silver starts coming through

It looks as if you will have spare Oak that you could use as a backer if you do I would realign the grain before glueing or pegging. I have always used a waterproof adhesive from Toolstation with no problems



John

 

[essexcowboy]

i have watched quite a few videos of sign making and carving and the better effects seem to be with stencil ink as it is unaffected by the weather then lacquered or waxed

 

[gilljc]

Thanks guys yes, weather important consideration as the house is near Aboyne so extremes of temperature the norm