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Originally Posted by Chevys4life
I'm interested in the shop logo myself. That is the same thing I want to due to my truck.
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Here is a
LINK to the process I will be using, it is the condensed version. I actually have the magazine somewhere at home and will try to get it scanned and posted here in a PDF for anyone that would like to try this themselves.
Basically what they are doing is creating the graphics digitally, then having it cut on a vinyl plotter machine. Apply the vinyl as your template to paint on with a lettering brush with either a One Shot type of paint or some use a urethane with an hardener. There are several ways I found in my research to give the weathered look on the lettering. In one case the painter used One Shot paint and added a One Shot clear to the mixed up paint to help give it a transparent look and applying in a dry brush fashion. Others were rubbing the freshly tacked paint with reducer on a rag and using a buffer with compound.
Since I already have some One Shot paint, brushes, vinyl and vinyl plotter and work in the Adobe Creative Suite programs daily I thought what the heck lets learn something new and give it a shot. I will be doing some testing on a spare door I have to see what works for me.
Here are a few more I mocked up this morning.