Advice on Gold Paint

[NeathawkSigns]

Hello,
So I am new at sign making and CNC machining all together. I have been using Sign painters 1 Shot Lettering Enamel 109-L Metallic Gold that a local art supply store told me I should use, because all the sign makers use it. I have seen one shop use it.

I just did a sign using the gold and it looks great, but when I installed it the gold didn't have the same look as it did in my shop (aka dinning room) where it had direct light on it. And when I go around town there is one other sign with gold, and it looks bright and really shiny. But mine not so much. The customer did have a much thinner font than this other sign I saw, but what am I doing wrong? It still looks good, it just doesn't POP as much as I thought it would.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Lindsay

[fozzyber]

nothing looks as much like real gold as real gold..... but for going that, I have seen allot of signs rough texture their gold paint, I guess it give it more area to reflect

[billp]

If you're going to paint it, use One Shot Metallic Brass instead. It looks like gold when it dries, their "gold" looks like mustard when it dries.....

[GlenP]

Also most signpainters use a base colour that will accent the gold. I think my buddy uses a yellow paint under the brass paint that Bill suggested and he also uses certain colours under when applying gold leave. I will ask him next week when I talk to him and post or pm his advice. When he wants a texture to his gold leaf letters he use a gorilla glue technique. The website called letterville has allot of very talented sign painters and pin strippers on it and a great place for resources. www.letterville.com (http://www.letterville.com)
And nothing does look as "shiny" as real gold leaf. Wheres Dr. Crumley......he is a expert at this stuff.

[NeathawkSigns]

This is great! Thank you guys! MUCH appreciated. I am going to get the brass color and repaint where I painted before. I will just use the old gold color as my base for this. Thank you thank you!!

Lindsay

[paul_z]

Try Modern Masters Pharaoh's Gold ME660. It may take two coats but it's the best I have found. It's water based so clean up is easy. It can be brushed, rolled or sprayed. Last quart I bought was $29.

Paul Z