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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 |
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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. |
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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 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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. |
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Could also 'brand' them as in cattle branding.
j/b "Up North" wrote in message ... "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 |
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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 |
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