I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled plastic
lumber. http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood was
engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would applying
vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl

Karl Townsend wrote:

I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled plastic
lumber. http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood was
engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would applying
vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl

Engrave and paint it. Should mill nicely on any CNC mill. Could also hot
stamp it.

I engraved this material with great success. I used a standard wood router
with wood cutting bits.
I was concerned about melting, so I eventually got a router motor with a
built-in speed control.


"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
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I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled
plastic lumber. http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood
was engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would
applying vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl

"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
anews.com...
I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled
plastic lumber. http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood
was engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would
applying vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl


You could sandblast the design in with a sandblast mask cut on a vinyl
cutter or a metal stencil.
Steve

Up North wrote:

"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
anews.com...
I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled
plastic lumber. http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood
was engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would
applying vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl


You could sandblast the design in with a sandblast mask cut on a vinyl
cutter or a metal stencil.
Steve

Vinyl sign material will peel off a textured substrate in a couple of
years (or less).

Easy/quick way - get a custom stencil, use the Krylon spray paint
designed for plastics. That should be quite permanent, even as the paint
fades and chips away the text remains visible on the wood/plastic
material for a long time.

For stencils, see a local sign shop or order from us:
http://www.MarkMyStuff.com

Carla

"Karl Townsend" wrote: (clip) A requirement is to have each bench
prominently labeled. The old redwood was
engraved and painted.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Another possibility is to link the new benches to the past by using redwood
as a part of the back, with the required lettering. If the lettered part of
the old benches is not in bad shape, you might even be able to incorporate
the old labeling into the new benches.

Could also 'brand' them as in cattle branding.

j/b


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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
anews.com...
I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled
plastic lumber. http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood
was engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would
applying vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl


You could sandblast the design in with a sandblast mask cut on a vinyl
cutter or a metal stencil.
Steve

On Mar 7, 4:35 am, "Karl Townsend"
wrote:
I have a project to rebuild a dozen park benches for my local Rotary club.

We're interested in replacing the redwood on the bench with recycled plastic
lumber.http://www.complexplastic.com/lumber...orce/INDEX.HTM

A requirement is to have each bench prominently labeled. The old redwood was
engraved and painted. Will that work on this material? Or would applying
vinyl sign material work well? Other options?

Karl

The town I grew up in used engraved brass plates. They were stolen.
Karl