nicglass1
Member
well everyone that brass plate that i have been working on is finally finished, and yes i made it in under the wire for mother's day. as everyone can see my lettering skills are pretty much non-existant, i am not happy with the way it looks in the end. my letters are not uniform, the cuts aren't as bright as i would like, the letter width is no where near being the same from letter to letter. what i do like is the finish that i was able to achieve from the various tips and help that i recieved from you great people. that cloth the tim sent me WORKS LIKE A CHARM. it gets a nice matte finish on the back ground and takes away most of the bright shine so that the letters still look good. this plate took me a good solid 2 and a half weeks of solid everyday work. i know that for most of you this is a 2 day tops job, but i'm not a professional and ended up having to go back and cut the ENTIRE plate again to make everything wider and deeper. what i did take away from doing this is ALOT of learning that i can apply to my next job. i gave this to my wife and she LOVED it, luckily she isn't looking too closely. and this plate will look alot better in a few months when oxygen does it's work and tarnishes the plate for me. i coated the plate and then sanded it back down so that my letters and stars won't tarnish but everything else will. so here it is, alot of hard work from a new guy.