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Old 11-09-2008, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ibjeepin View Post
I just had an amazing idea......

Design a tombstone in corel or some cad / drawing program. The vinyl cut the stencil / relief design including letter and stick to the foam and then use any solvent in a spray form or solvent spray paint and spray away. It will etch the foam and leave the rest! VOILA instant stone!

I will try this soon and let everyone know......
Yes, that does work. Herman Secret tried that and it worked great. Here's the link to the thread: Easy Tombstones

I somewhat followed his directions (I printed the design on inkjet sticky tag paper) and it worked really good. Later I did a latex stencil and then did the spray paint. Worked nicely as well. Here's the sticker way before I finished the tombstone:



Here's the latex stencil treatment:

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