Bar Mills Billboard

[FrankG]

Can someone help -- I've misplaced my Bar Mills instruction sheet for their A&P billboard/sign.

I know it said I needed to prime the wood. This is the first time I'm working with a wood kit. I just wanted to make sure before I screw this up... is there a specific primer I should use? Latex or oil-based? Something else?

Any other tips for doing one of these?

 

[Matthyro]

All I have ever used is Tremclad metal primer that comes in black, red oxcide and gray. They dry flat. I have used then on wood and cardboard.

 

[Fred_M]

I have made my own signs like barmills from wood and cerial boards. If I'm going to paint wood or cerial board I use a gray dollar store primer and then whatever. The dollar store primer will seal the wood or paper product and not allow acrylic paints to soak in and/or warp the product. For bare wood I use oil based stains or ink/alcohol for a cruddy weathered look. The bar mills kits I have looked at appeared to be laser cut birch or basswood, so that's what I would do if i bought one of them. Fred