Last month we picked up a couple of 2'x2' button reflector highway signs at the junk lot. Have started to clean and fix some of our signs and catch up on a few other projects before our next trip in August.
Didn't take any photos of removing the molding. Cleaned the sign board with Dawn soap and water then applied phosphoric acid to remove rust and other stains from the white paint. Dowsed with soap and water. Popped all the round reflectors from numbers and molding, cleaned and painted all numbers and molding.
While removing the molding and numbers on the US 59 sign, I noticed a hole along the upper edge of the number "5". After removing the number, I found the remnants of a bullet slug wedged between the number and sign board.
Hole or dent on upper left, slug on right and hole through number on lower left.
Slug laying back in dented hole.
Number "5" painted and re-riveted with slug back in hole.
Just thought this was interesting.
Cheers!
