ratification goes on with the plate; experiment #2 didn't work.
Because first paint job on the plate didn't work for two reasons (1. aerosol paint made a bad reaction with the undercoat and everything got wiped off; 2. stencils were made od light cardboard that got bent when sprayed with aerosol, so the letters came out fuzzy and smuged), so I got to phase 2 of stencil making.
Printed out the letters on a paper sticker (not vinyl!) and spent another hour or so cutting them out. Prior to that, I striped the plate to bare metal (again!) and painted it green. When the paint was dry and the sticker cut out, it was white magic time in the Swamp; because aerosol paint lifted the green this time I used synthetic, water based paint which is less agressive, and aplied the paint with a brush.
Original plan was to, when the white paint dries out, peel the sticker off. White letters stay sharp, green comes back, and I can carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to old Virginia....
But no.
First I couldn't peel the sticker off; it left gluey residue on the plate which wouldn't come off even when I boiled the whole thing in hot water. Second problem was that the white paint stick to the paper and to itself, but not so much on the green undercoat, so when I peeled off the paper, white letters also came down.
Grind the plate to zero point and start over.
Casual problem; I ran out of green paint.
Green paint which was hand mixed.
In a store 100 miles away, in direction opposite from my daily home-work journey.:banghead:
Attempt #3 wiill be carried on later this afternoon, at 5 o'clock (now I know how 5 o'clock Charlie was feeling).
