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Hi Shaun, welcome from Michigan, I too sandblast, mostly HDU, but have done boulders (for addresses/name)and quite a few pavers, never did slate... do you use silica sand? and what type compressor?

you wouldn't want our snow, it's all lake effect

Another welcome from snowny Michigan

Funny how I got started, retired from the Sheriff's Dept, moved up north, needed a wood stove, when purchasing that, noticed signs being painted, told the owner if he ever needed help, let me know, a month later, he called, I painted, and learned the sign trade (thought I knew it until reading...

welcome Chris, a lot of good people here

greetings from Up North

greetings from a fellow Michigander

Hi Mark :thumb:

Hello Annemieke, hope everything goes well :thumb:

welcome to a great site, and I agree, Graphtec, imho, is a very good product. dennis

I think what you're missing are just white highlights on the ripples of the water

Good morning Andy, hope you enjoy!

Welcome from the Upper Lower

a few years ago a guy wanted some signs duplicated, I gave a price of around 100 bucks each, he said "why, I had these made for just 40 dollars", I said that was a real good price and suggested he go back to the same shop. He couldn't, they went out of business!

I'm glad you bid more than $375. HDU is labor intensive and bid should be in the range of 80 to 110 dollars sq foot, and 2nd side is 70% of first side..

Jen, I must've missed the post in ref; price...we're still talking HDU? I see $375 for a 44 x 16...2 sided.. What density, what thickness?

Jen, Just sand, blow off the residue, prime and paint.. you need not use fillers UNLESS you have a major flaw in the substrate...the epoxy is for cluing piece to piece (ie: you may need a 60" x 120" substrate and rather than buying a 60" x 120" - rather pricey, you would clue, and if you...

what do you mean by fillers? HDU dents and chips, pebbles from transporting puts holes (dents) into it....I fill those with spackle paste, just have to be careful, cause when you paint if the spackle isn't properly primed and smoothed over well, you will see the spackle (shows up shiny), ...

Precision board is HDU, similiar to Sign Foam, it is much dustier than Sign Foam, and I've heard it doesn't hold up as well as sign foam does outdoors....very nice to carve, routing shouldn't be a problem... It comes in different densities, and thicknesses, and is less expensive than sign...

Better check the longevity of the chrome vinyl, don't think it's recommended for outdoors