How To Make A Vintage Metal Sign | Rusty & Aged Effects... 

Hello there! I’m a 73 year gram who is doing my grandson’s room like an antique car service shop. I’m so happy that I found your video. Thank you for sharing, from Texas.

I've learnt so much from Dominic - a real expert with a rare quality - he knows how to put his ideas across in a way that makes it easy to understand the process. The 'antique' dealers would whip repro furniture with short lengths of old bike chain to get the distressed look.

Our school metalwork shop was full of those OXO tins back in the 60's, we kept our project work in them. Later, when I was an apprentice, we used OXO tins for our lunches. Such memories :-)

You are sooo patient. I'm in awe of sign-writers. Very clever.

This is the Unrepair Shop!

I worked at a printers for years, I remember making a "top" for a table with one of the old plates off the printing machines. Took me back to them days watching you cut the metal. I can't remember what I cut it with but the plate was as sharp as anything. Took my back to the good old days watching you cut it to shape 👍

I just wanna say how much I respect and admire your amazing work and skills on the Repair Shop, it's always a highlight to watch the show and see the amazing transformations everyone makes and I admire all of you on it for your talent and genuine heart

Fantastic craftsmanship Dom! I have a friend that had “rusted” his bicycle so well that he never locked it up and never had it stolen… 👍👍

Amazing to think at the final shot of it that it was around 24hrs old, rather than 50-60yrs! Top job mate….

I will be honest, I was questioning myself about rust on an aluminium sign because it was so realistic. That was actually amazing. love your work Dom.

This reminds me of an old "Perishers" comic strip. Maisie points to an old "Camp Coffee" sign, saying you know that it's old, because it goes clang when you throw stones at it.

I did a stint for 5 years as a French polisher and we would distress reproduction furniture with a knobbly old piece of rock to make it antique distressed, loved the vintage sign.

Absolutely fantastic, a real skill. Your skills need to be passed on to the next generation. Where would a young person start to gather the skills and passion you have? Just love your videos and enthusiasm in presentation. Thanks, keep them coming.

Well, if I hadn’t watched you do that, I would have thought that was a genuine old sign. Thanks for the insight into set design. Fascinating!

Husband said that’s how he does his- minus the English Wheel part- obviously. Even i I could follow it. Very generous to share your skills/processes. Great video.💚

Great job Dom, really enjoyed that. My Dad (81) loves your work both on the Repair Shop and on this channel, he is also an engineer, repairer of things and maker of one off pieces. We talk for ages about your projects and the stories he has from a lifetime of making. Cheers mate.

Absolutely amazing, if I hadn't watched you make it I'd have sworn it was an original, old sign, Brilliant !!

Great to see an artist’s progression. Looks great & old & weathered

Outstanding my man, plus in over forty years in the construction industry, that was the first time I ever heard anyone say "these are my favourite wall plugs". Bonus.

Great skills Dom....looks like the real thing from a distance.

This is fab Dom. Don’t put your painting skills down - the letter spacing is right, the lines nice and crisp and the corners look spot on. I paint signs and you’ve given me some inspiration for a project idea. Thank you 👍👍

Really great results! Just a thought on your order of operations - it looks like you did a dark wash (that wasn't covered in the video) before painting the details, but you didn't bang it up until almost the end! With prop making, often you'll distresses the surface, followed by the dark wash to fill in all the little bits introduced by the distressing that dirt naturally accumulates in, and then you go in with the detailing of rust, wear, etc. If you don't already watch his Tested videos, Adam Savage is a master of distressing props!

That turned out great, Dom. I had no idea it was going to end up like that. A lot of work I'm guessing but also loads of fun.

Love ageing stuff, and have just finished a mirror for the garden. Definitely going to give this a go with an old sheet from a landrover door I have lying in my garage. Thanks Dom

Looks really good my friend, my father was a sign writer when he was younger and he would make antique signs for his customers. It brought back some memories watching you.

Wow, I'm blown away how convincing that looked, amazing work Dom and great to watch!

Great to see how you achieve the passage of time without time passing

When I worked as a antique restorer Distressing materials was a important part of antique restoration ……from drilling tiny holes in wood to represent wood worm to placing brass fittings in a mixture of sawdust and ammonia to eat away at the brass to age it!

Totally amazing, looks so good. I can remember rusty old signs like that at the local garage when I was a kid. Can't tell the difference between yours and the originals. Keep up the good work.

I instantly stopped what I was tinkering on and ran to the closest bench to watch this 🇭🇲

Nice final product. The aging and weathering are for me the easy part, I started weathering car and other models as a kid. The hard part, for me, would be the part you didn't show, doing the layout for the lettering! Getting the spacing just right, the width of the letters, that kind of thing makes me crazy.

Hi Dom, It would have been interesting to see how you put the text on the sign! Still a great end result

Really fascinating video, loved watching you paint the lettering, such a steady hand and then the finished sign looked so old!

Looks great Dom the same as happens when we make plastic models gives mazing affects. Makes a new tank look like its already been through a battle.

Excellent video, don’t know how you do it Dom - well I do really, passion & enthusiasm! 👍

bloody great thsi ! iam in the garage tonight!!

WOW. Very god job, I like your styles a techniques. Keep it up!

Brilliant episode Dom 👏

Wow, another fantastic video. I wish I could meet you Dominic just to shake your hand and tell you what a fantastic job you do 😊🤝

Absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately I haven't got the space or tools to do what you did but I did buy some Old (not) rusty signs from Amazon. I really do wish i had the space and tools to make my own.

Wonderful video again Dom. The sign looks fabulous. Well done. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

WOW!!! First time watching your Channel and it was seriously IMPRESSIVE! I definitely Subscribed. Thanks very much Dom, what an Awesome Talent!👍😉🇨🇦

Great job again Dom.

Another great video both for the action as well as the information on how to do it🤗

PDG.... Pretty Darn Good... I love painting and you do too! This is a learning workshop!!🎩🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩

A creator and a destroyer there's no end to your talents, keep it up ,lovin it

Nice one Dom 👍

G’day from 🇨🇦. Great vid thanks so much. Hoping to use this fir a family shop sign& others. An hopefully get my boys interested in it too 🍻

Fantastic job. I loved watching you do the distressing part!

You're wheelie machine is called an English wheel.great job on the sign.

Loved it, keep it up, so much better than the repair shop

Wow, wow, wow. Another video to blow me away. I really enjoyed that content right up my street. I wonder if I could do one of my portrait paintings and then age it using your process. Obviously not metal as my medium but wood!!! 🤔🥰

That's Amazing. Well done you...😊

Hi Dom, love your show. Couple of gems you might like to know about. 1.When using paint stripper apply as quickly as possible then cover with cling wrap. This prevents the volitilies from evaporating and will remove maybe twice as much old paint. 2. Removing rust. Here in Aussie we soak the rusted part into mollasses for a week or so. Not sure if you can get mollasses in the UK as it is a by-product of sugar making. Only costs abour 1 pound for 5 gals. here. Cheers. Aussie Keith

That is so cool! Learned alot from you. Thanks

That was the nuts!!! Really liked the finished product!👍👍👍

A true craftsman. Fascinating...

Excellent work Dom that looks the dogs!

I've been really interested in learning what goes into doing the old ceramic sign painting. I imagine it is a lot like pottery in that you probably paint like a standard sign painter, but with ceramic paints and you "fire" the sign in an oven or kiln? Probably also can involve either screen printing or lithography.

Really enjoyed watching this Dom.Given me some ideas to fill my workshop walls. You even got the other half interested her lights came on,. Cheers mate

It's fascinating material you offer to your audience. Thank you very much for contributing. A heartfelt thanks!

Perfectly old and knackered. Nice one Dom.

Absolutely outstanding! Excellent job. Regards Gareth Wiltshire UK. Gratitude. Quality. Respect.

Awesome job. Half way through I was not too sure but the end result amazed me.

Dom, love watching your Videos, Sunday afternoon special, just to let you know, you're doing a excellent Job ,wish you good luck, 👍👍

I have recently discovered your Chanell love your diversity, looking forward to future content

Absolutely stunning sign, great skills shown there Dom 👍

Creative. Nice job

Another great video Dom. Your videos are always better than I expect them to be! I start off thinking "Do I really want to watch a video about making a sign?" Then I get to the end thinking "I want to make a sign!"

Man, I just found your channel. You are a very talented man. Your zeal is what makes it great! Your joy in what you do is blatantly obvious with no way to hide it. Of course, I know you don’t want to hide it but it’s without question real! I’ve subscribed and a fan. Great job! And, thx for what you do and sharing. I’ll spread the word

Hi Dom, great video with a lovely sign. I spend all day weathering model railway wagons for my channel and love to learn new techniques from other crafts. Its also cool to see similar techniques and effects from totally different types of modelling too. Keep up the good work.

Nicely done!

Brilliant job Dom. Looks so weathered. Thank you for sharing some great tips.👍🏻👌🏻

Looks good for the bridge.

Absolutely brilliant, you are one talented person.

Very talented craftsman. Just such a shame others use such a talent to con people.

Fantastic.. such skill

Right down my alley with this one! Excellent

That was a fun watch. Good job Dom. 👍

Great job Dom, it looks very authentic. Kind regards, Richard

Hello Dom, That shape reminded me of the Peterbuilt truck logo. Gr8 vid though. 👍👌👏🇬🇧

Really impressive. I've done similar with wooden furniture. Must say this, though.....I'm a little surprised you didn't make a Ranalah sign.

Great video Dom, fascinating to see you age the paintwork. Keep up the good work.

Absolutely amazing! You're so talented (and multi talented). I was bought a mile stick several years ago and cannot get my head around using it. I think it finally fell into place last night (I have a brand new easel and want to use it for my next canvas). Being left handed makes everything look wrong but watching you use yours was helpful. Really enjoying your channel. Thank you.

MAGIC SIGN I LIKE IT DOMINIC WELL DONE

Bloody brilliant !!

Dom that’s a lovely sign. Inspired to go make one myself now.

Trilled with watching you create. Next time can you show a video about using your art supplies. What size brush are you using and what time of hair does it have? Natural? Synthetic? I just find it interesting. I am an artist and painter but despise doing lettering. Maybe if I have the correct tools it would work easier instead of against me and I might enjoy it. I love the fact that you’re using pigments and lacquer what are the name of the pigments I’ve never used pigments before. I just totally find that so informative

Love your unique style, it works, job done well

So Cool! I want to try a project like this. Thanks for showing the little details in the process.

Wonderful, I enjoyed that. Brilliant result, and well done.

Well done Dom - fascinating to watch and such a great age-distressed effect!

Incredible work!👌

That’s brilliant Dom very clever 👍

Hi Dom. Looks like one of the advertising blimps you see floating around (minus the rusty bits of course).

this was brilliant Dom the way you made it look 60 years old was perfectly done thanks for doing this video :)

Great job, very realistic looking "old" sign!

Awesome, such a creative thinker, and an inspiration. Thank you Dom!

Awesome job! Fooled me, I would put it as enamel and the real deal.

Wow, well worth the effort. Great channel. Keep it up 👍. Thanks for sharing.👍