# Engraving and Painting Weathered Boards **URL:** \ **Category:** Projects\ **Created:** [August 2, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/engraving-and-painting-weathered-boards/97001 "2020-08-02T23:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![RussellCrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@RussellCrawford](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussellCrawford)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/engraving-and-painting-weathered-boards/97001/5 "2020-08-03T17:31:20Z")
Depends if the signs are going to be outside, I use Shellac on interior signs and Rustoelum on exterior signs. After you carve the sign put a coat of clear on the area you just carved. That will seal it and keep the paint from going underneath the tape. Also if you can use a V bit that would help out, a V bit cuts through the masking material very clean. This is one that I did on plywood > [@A few projects that I have made](https://community.inventables.com/t/a-few-projects-that-i-have-made/66552/32): > > Some signs I made using plywood, Oracal 810 masking, shellac and rustoleum spray paint. I sanded the board and applied shellac Sanded and sprayed a coat of paint Sanded and sprayed 2nd coat Let dry and applied vinyl masking Engrave Apply shellac to engraved wood Spray paint Remove mask I have used the oramask 810 a few times and it has worked good. I used a 90 degree Diablo bit from HD --- _[View the full topic](https://community.inventables.com/t/engraving-and-painting-weathered-boards/97001)._