My first real sign

I see a lot of people in here making signs of different sorts, so when my mom mentioned she was going to buy a new sign for here travel agency a :bulb: went off and I said, me and my X-Carve got this! Well the sign isn’t finished or painted yet, but here it is in three parts as it’s 42x18. The boat was processed in meshcam and the rest in Easel. Now the hard part, painting & finishing.

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Yes pink insulation foam (couldn’t afford the good stuff :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:), then gets a few hardener coats, then paint, then a wood backing and a few clear coat.

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I’m interested in your process. So if understand right, you are milling insulation foam?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Owens-Corning-FOAMULAR-1-2-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-R-3-Squared-Edge-Insulating-Sheathing-36L/100320356

I have done some modeling with the stuff before with hand tools, but always figured milling it would not yield good results.

I’m interested in your process. So if understand right, you are milling insulation foam?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Owens-Corning-FOAMULAR-1-2-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-R-3-Squared-Edge-Insulating-Sheathing-36L/1003203565

I have done some modeling with the stuff before with hand tools, but always figured milling it would not yield good results.

I actually use these http://www.homedepot.com/p/Project-Panels-FOAMULAR-1-in-x-2-ft-x-2-ft-R-5-Insulation-Sheathing-PP1/203553730 but those should work just fine as well. For the lettering I did the roughing with a .75 Spoilboard bit and a detail pass with a .125 Straight 2 flute bit. The stuff cuts like butter so I usually run at a speed of 50in/min a plunge rate of 50in/min and a DOC of .125.

For the boat I used a .125 Straight 2 flute bit for the roughing and a .0625 ball nose for the detail pass.

Too much trouble trying to line up the lettering and getting everything straight that way. Also being outside I wanted to use as little glue joints as possible

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Nice to see another Xcarve fan in Staten Island :slight_smile:

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What do you use to harden the foam when its complete? I saw something like this today and I was going to youtube how to do it but I ran across this thread before I got to youtube.

Believe it or not I find that a few coats of Mod Podge hard coat works best and it seals it as well (when using it outside I use a latex primer before painting and automotive paint sealer after painting).