sign painting

[lutchman]

hi guys, i am doing some custom work, i am using .75 pvc, which is white, and i am doing some v carving in the middle, the vcarve has to be brown and the rest of the work has to be red...is there any easy way to do this? i usually paint the entire work and sand of the top layer with a palm sander leaving the color of the pvc (white) and the vcarved portion remains whatever color i painted it in...

[zeykr]

Paint the PVC Red, Apply paint mask, Carve, Paint carved edges of paint mask with the red, then paint carvings brown, remove mask.

You may have to do some experimenting to find masking that works with your PVC and paint combination. I use Gerber Mask II but it might be a little aggressive for your application depending on how well the paint adheres to the pvc.