Comments on: Sign Painting Tips: This Home Runs on Coffee

By: Colleen Pastoor

Colleen Pastoor — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:11:14 +0000

In reply to Kristin. Such great tips! Thank you Kristin!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:33:15 +0000

In reply to Colleen Pastoor. Whenever I use vinyl in this way, I actually paint over it with the base color first (in this case, white) so that wherever it bleeds under, it will match, and also seal those spots more so the top color won't bleed under. It's worked like a charm so far! On projects where I want to keep the original wood color as the letters, I use Mod Podge on top of the vinyl first so the clear is what seeps and seals and then the color on top won't run under so much :)

By: Colleen Pastoor

Colleen Pastoor — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 17:05:33 +0000

In reply to Ashlie. Bleeding under the stencils? Around where the boards meet there will be some bleeding because of the stencil not sticking in those cracks really well BUT generally, painting away from the edge (from on top of the stencil to the middle of the design) will help. If you really want to eliminate bleeding- use a paint pen! They're genius :)

By: Ashlie

Ashlie — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:16:40 +0000

Hi! I love your tutorial :) how do you prevent the paint from bleeding? I feel like this is my number one problem!

By: Colleen Pastoor

Colleen Pastoor — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:11:55 +0000

In reply to Patti Gaeddert. Not a dumb question! The Cricut has a setting specifically for vinyl so it does that perfectly and you don't have to think about it :)

By: Patti Gaeddert

Patti Gaeddert — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 01:17:49 +0000

Dumb question ~~ How do you make the stencil so it cuts through the letters, but not the paper on the back?