10,000 Volts Sign

[Cyrix9445]

Finally got around to rounding the corners and weathering my sign. I think it came out pretty good. Still have to drill the holes for it though.

[ratrace427]

The weathering looks awesome. Did you look up how to do that or was it taught? Good choice on the weathering!

[cpltony]

That came out awesome.

How was it rounding the corners?
How did you weather? What technique?

[Cyrix9445]

Thanks guys!

I just kinda winged it; I had some minwax gel stain leftover from another project. I just dabbed some on a paper towel and applied a light coat to the entire surface, then wiped (most) of it away quickly, it made it not so bright white. Then just spot dabbed/wiped around the edges etc. The gel stain doesn't dry super fast, so you have opportunity to make changes. I quickly wiped some isopropyl on the right side of that red ring to get a faded look, also used isopropyl to get that wear mark on the black part.

The corners were really easy, I just used a liquor bottle cap and a sharpie to mark the contour on the corners. I then ground them with my bench grinder. I was afraid it might gum up my grinder like soft metals tend to do, but it didn't.