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Meenrod thanks for starting this thread and thanks to Coleman, NC Trackrat and Gavonder for the ideas and sourcing on the letters. While I liked the look of the raw metal, I took it just a step further and decided to paint the tops red but leaving the sides in their raw metal state. Then I made mounted them using cabinet magnets to a 1ft x 6 ft gray shelf from Home Depot. Overall I'm pretty happy how it turned out.
Unless you have absolutely no humidity in your garage, I would paint those metal letters. They will rust over time...especially where the spot welds are.
Did you get those silver letters off Ebay? I was wondering what they really look like in person as their pictures are fakey fakey looking. Just what are they made of? Do you like them?
I went in the direction of ShdwFx but used a black 1 x 6 shelf and painted the letters with a "hammered metallic" paint. I used two cabinet magnets per letter which made it easier to ensure that they stayed level. To hang it, I used hooks in the joists and eyes in the sign, then hung with chain to level it above the door. Since my garage is pretty crowded and rather dark, I need to find a nice spotlight to highlight the sign.
Unless you have absolutely no humidity in your garage, I would paint those metal letters. They will rust over time...especially where the spot welds are.
I have quite a bit of humidity in my garage, sometimes up to 80%, and I don't have any big rust issues with the metal letters, .. Maybe a bit of discoloration on the spot welds but the material itself seems to be impervious.. I'm talking about the 3-D versions, not the ones from "garage decor"
I have quite a bit of humidity in my garage, sometimes up to 80%, and I don't have any big rust issues with the metal letters, .. Maybe a bit of discoloration on the spot welds but the material itself seems to be impervious.. I'm talking about the 3-D versions, not the ones from "garage decor"
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Give it some time...I run a metal fab company and our unpainted inventory rusts sitting in the racks if it has spot welds...
02-21-2020, 04:05 AM
