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   user-1119429039 | Dec 18, 2007 12:44am | #1

   Dear Midwood,

   I'm no sign-painter (we lefties have trouble with sign painting), but I did edit an article not long ago for Fine Woodworking about carving letters. The author has made most of the signs for the factory outlets in Freeport, Maine, so I think he's pretty authoritative when it comes to outdoor signs in areas of serious winter weather. Basically, he uses just about any good straight-grained wood. Could be pine, poplar, mahogany, maple. The species isn't critical, so long as the wood is well finished on all sides. Prime and paint, or seal with shellac, then varnish. If you have to join boards together to make the sign, use a waterproof glue.

   Hope this helps.

   David Heim
   Managing Editor
   FineWoodworking.Com

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   Midwood | Dec 18, 2007 12:52am | #2

   David, Thanks for the info on wood for signs, it gives me a larger range of wood than I originally thought.

    

    

    

    

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   user-1119429039 | Dec 18, 2007 12:57am | #3

   Best of luck