water pointe II project

This was a fun project to do; from start to finish it took 3 weeks from first meeting to installation.

	The Water Pointe sign consists of... The urethane sign is 1.5" thick. Into which groves were routed in the back to take 2"x.25" steel flat bar welded to form a skeleton, and epoxied into place. This extended 4" past the sides of the sign to allow for mounting. The steel tabs fit into slots cut in the custom shaped treated posts and a galvanized lag screw is screwed through from the back to hold it in place. The whole sign was then backed off with a piece of .75"marine ply, a little smaller than the main sign, and epoxied onto the back. This was then coated with several coats of a solid urethane to encapsulate the ply and seal it, this is not like the polyurethane you get from the paint store it builds to a thickness of about 1/8th inch and has a very high impact resistance. So a very strong and durable sign is created The front of the sign was sandblasted in three levels, the various areas were either air brushed, dry brushed or hand painted. Water Pointe II and the outer border were gilded using 23kt. patent leaf. Lastly the palm tree and the Adirondack chair were carved and glued on as appliqués.