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Farm and Implement Wrenches and Tools => Farm Implement Wrenches and Tools => Topic started by: Carl Wagner on July 04, 2014, 11:35:11 PM

Title: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Carl Wagner on July 04, 2014, 11:35:11 PM
Purchased at the PA auction. The box it was in was worth $140 to me. Thankfully there was other goodies that ended up making this one virtually free.
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Chillylulu on July 05, 2014, 12:16:15 AM
Did you paint that?

Chilly
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Carl Wagner on July 05, 2014, 12:21:13 AM
Yep. Just the lettering. With a toothpick.
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Chillylulu on July 05, 2014, 01:26:05 AM
It looks great. Nice job. 

How do you do that with a toothpick? Do you prep it (the toothpick) in any way or just use it right out of the box?

Chilly
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Lewill2 on July 05, 2014, 07:10:41 AM
Do you ever forget that one end has paint on it and stick it in your mouth?   :grin:
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: jimwrench on July 05, 2014, 09:48:45 AM
  Virtually free is good. Nice wrench.
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Carl Wagner on July 05, 2014, 02:58:42 PM
Just use it right out of the box. Craft paint works best. Good consistency to it. To date i havent stuck it in my mouth. That could easily change tho.
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: turnnut on July 05, 2014, 09:01:36 PM
Carl,  using a tooth pick, do you use the big end or the pointy end ?

I have used q-tips on slightly bigger items.

I will have to play around with tooth picks.

I thought that tooth picks were only for loose chair rungs. 

Frank
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: rusty on July 05, 2014, 09:07:53 PM
>I thought that tooth picks were only for loose chair rungs

Hmm, using tooth picks for painting....

I am going to have to start using paint brush handles for stripped out wood screws...
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Carl Wagner on July 05, 2014, 10:26:46 PM
Toothpicks are the only thing that is small enough to get small letters painted. I use the heavier round ones. Use the pointy end. Dip, paint a little and dip again. Like using an inkwell pen almost. It works amazingly well.
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Chillylulu on July 06, 2014, 02:13:46 AM
Toothpicks are the only thing that is small enough to get small letters painted. I use the heavier round ones. Use the pointy end. Dip, paint a little and dip again. Like using an inkwell pen almost. It works amazingly well.
I imagine you have a good hand for it also.  Those lines are crisp. Most painted logos look hand painted.  Not these.

Chilly 《~~~ Applauding for Maestro Wagner!
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: turnnut on July 06, 2014, 08:49:40 PM
thanks Carl, this is worth a try, I have enough clunkers to practice on. Frank
Title: Re: LaCrosse Plow Co with the big letters
Post by: Nolatoolguy on July 15, 2014, 09:35:25 PM
Another nice wrench, you have quite the collection.