Creating a Custom Sign Board

We have been so flush with eggs here at Bean's Rock Farm that I was tempted to re-enact the egg scene from Cool Hand Luke. I needed to get a sign up to help draw attention to the fact that we have eggs for sale.

Here I show how I used a one-time stencil to mask the sign board for spray painting. The creation of the paper template will have to be another Instructable at a later date, but suffice it to say, it was a matter of taking a photograph of the sign board, adjusting the image DPI so the image was actual size then using various programs to create text to overlay the image, then printing out the overlay.

This method of stenciling allows for disconnected letter centers to stay where they need to be for a professional looking result. Ok, the OSB for sign board isn't professional looking, but the lettering is. ;)

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Step 1:

Start with these materials:

a board cut to the shape you need and painted with a base color as desired
a full size paper printout of what you want on your sign
a can of spray adhesive
a utility knife
masking tape
a can of spray paint

Spray the back of the paper printout; save some spray by only spraying around the areas that will later be cut out. Let it dry for 1 minute; according to the directions on the can, this will allow the paper to be removed later without leaving adhesive residue.