Dr Pepper Sign

Created by Rachelle Carroll

My Dr Pepper sign steals the "Love - hope - charity" signs that you see and uses the phrase "Drink a Bite to Eat" which is an old Dr pepper slogan.

First I started with a piece of particle board. I took an exacto knife to the edges to create grooves to increase the older look I was going for. I also took sand paper to the grooves to dull the sharp edges. I then painted the board with a cream toll paint. I found crackle paint at walmart which creates a great effect. Basically you paint a layer of the crackle paint over the base color and let it dry abot 30 minutes. Then you take your top color and paint over it and it cracks. It works great!!

I let this all dry for about two hours before doing the letters. I actually used stencils I found at walmart. I lightly outlined the letters into place, and then using the cream toll paint I started painting the letters. I painted the letters really lightly with the brush, allowing the cracked areas on the board to not be touched with the paint so the letters looked just as cracked.

Finally, I took thinned black toll paint (watered the paint down alittle) and lightly brushed the edges to increase in the worn look.