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   YesMaam27577 | Mar 12, 2009 12:23am | #1

   Just about anything..... a magic marker comes to mind.

   But if you want to be really fancy, build up a lamination with layers of properly-colored material. Then route your lettering through the surface and into the colored laminations.

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   JeffHeath | Mar 12, 2009 12:41am | #2

   I used to make signs a long time ago with routers.  I routed the sign, spray painted the routed letters black, and then sanded off the paint from the flat face, leaving a nice, clean, painted routed sign.

   Jeff

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   FrankDrackman | Mar 12, 2009 02:15am | #3

   I use a similar technique.  Instead of sanding I use the jointer set for an extremely light pass.<!----><!----><!---->

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   pzaxtl | Mar 12, 2009 09:15am | #4

   That works well.  I prefer to fill the lettering with a colored epoxy, sanded level to the surface when dry.

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   nco | Mar 12, 2009 09:13pm | #5

   How does this epoxy treatment weather? I imagine the epoxy would eventually pop out as the wood shrinks

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   pzaxtl | Mar 13, 2009 01:03am | #7

   I'm sure that is a possibility.  I've never had it happen, though.

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   RalphBarker | Mar 12, 2009 09:13pm | #6

   After routing, I just lightly burn the letters with my x-ray vision. The singed wood ages nicely. ;-)

   Alternatively, I just paint or stain them carefully, using an artist's brush.