 We just went through step-by-step on how we made this outdoor series and stay tuned to the end because one lucky viewer is gonna win one What is up a welcome back do it to do it build it or make it so do we have a new video each week this week We're taking it outdoors. That's right We're working on an outdoor sign series if you've been following us in test cut Tuesdays We've been doing a couple of outdoorsy signs. It's something new. We wanted to add to our product line So it's a couple of Tuesdays ago. We did a fisherman sign this past Tuesday We did a hunting sign and now we have three more to kind of complete the series for now One of them is a lake sign with a canoe and a little camp little pop-up camper 10 One is a mountain biking sign which Garrett wasn't gonna let this outdoor series go without some sort of a bike sign And then the last one is kind of a s'mores camping outdoor sign That'd be great for any kind of outdoor deck little campsite Yeah, yeah, and we're gonna show you from beginning to end how we make our door signs we're gonna start in Canva and finish with a ribbon and Stay tuned to the end because we're gonna give away one of the five We're gonna select a random comment, but want you to choose which one you like best We're gonna select a random comment We're gonna choose that person to pick which sign they want out of the five and we're gonna ship it to you Step one we're gonna create our cut file. We use Adobe Illustrator to create our SVGs that we use in our files. We start in Canva We grab a lot of images from Canva if you're new to creating your own SVGs. That is a great place to start We import those files or graphics files clip art into Adobe Illustrator and then we create our design we merge we cut we crop we create the 3d layers We put all of that together and we create the SVG that we use as our cut file Now if you are new to creating SVGs don't know how to create SVGs. Don't worry. We've got you We offer those SVGs in our store at KNG make it calm. We have hundreds of cut files up there So you're bound to find something Next we're gonna import our SVG into our laser software our SVGs work with any laser software It works with light burn and x-tool creative space To we're gonna gather all of our supplies. We needed some quarter-inch MVF We're gonna use this high quality cabinet grade MVF You see that it's light in color because this cuts better. It's less smoky and has less char I like this over plywood too because I don't hit knots and I don't hit glue spots I have a consistent predictable cut each and every time and we're gonna seal that MDF with this exterior house paint So we use exterior house paint because it has all of those additives in it that make it water resistant mildew resistant UV properties so that they don't fade its UV resistance And then we also use this star bond thick glue This glue is the best glue that we found to adhere MDF to MDF It doesn't work as well for really rough woods thick grains and things like that, but it works beautifully on this MDF It does whether well whether it's in cold heat We found it's the best glue for our signs and it's the fix up so actually fill little gaps Take a panel saw so we'll fit inside of our lasers We offer the same MDF in multiple laser ready sizes Again check it out at kngmaken.com And we're just gonna load it up and make our cuts Foam rollers, I thought I would take you through the whole process of how we do this at the workshops So we're gonna do it step by step and I'll show you all the tips and tricks that we use All the tips and tricks Well, maybe not every tip and trick on this particular project, but we're getting there So when we cut out our pieces on the laser, I put like a frame around everything Everything gets a frame so that all of our pieces will stay together I tape them off and I remove everything with the frame I set my files up like that too So if you have one of our files and you don't understand why there's a box around everything This is why I tape everything off so I can remove it easily And this is mostly for shipping purposes for us So that we can ship everything and we don't lose little pieces in the shipping process That's right. They don't break. We don't have little corners that get crunched in the shipping box Everything stays together with this nice little frame around it For you, if you're using one of our SVGs, you might want to keep the frame Because then that gives you a nice clear cutoff And you can use the rest of the board for something else If you don't want the frame, you can just delete it. It's not a big deal We're going to remove all of the tape, but I'm not going to throw this tape away I'm going to use this tape to make a little tape palette Where I'll be able to put all of my little pieces on So when I'm painting, I might have to chase them around the table There's a little tip for your painting the small pieces Just like he said, you're going to put that tape face up And then you're going to tape it down on either end You can put the small pieces and like he said, when you roll it They don't get stuck to the roller, they don't move while you're rolling It's a good way to keep everything nice and still And if you're buying a kit already cut from us Comes with the tape already on it So we're just going to use the tape and help separate all of our colors Yeah, the first thing we're going to do is paint the backer But before we do that, we're going to go ahead and pull all the pieces out And start grouping them by color and putting them on our little tape pallets This one that we're doing is going to be the mountain bike sign So you can watch us paint it fast in uh, what is it? Just for me, this one was all about me Yeah, this is something we've been learning, you know, you live and learn You get better One of the things we found is we, with the 3D layers, the signs sometimes get heavy And what he's doing now is anywhere that there's like multiple layers He's trying to save space, cut space, we cut things out of there Save the weight by taking the insides out Yeah, we cut welcome out of there and then I put some tabs in there So we can break this piece out, no longer needed Save some weight on the actual sign itself And then this is going to give you the next layer And still look solid, but you don't have all that extra weight in the back So that's cool, good job I like that The first step in painting these projects would be to start with the backer The backer is the largest piece it's going to have the most area The backer is the bottom layer that all the pieces sit on top of So we're going to do that first because that's going to be a larger space to dry And then we're going to put a second coat on that So we're going to put the first coat on our backer We're going to use these foam rollers We reuse our rollers, they last for a couple of weeks in these baggies We just pop them up so that the little hole is sitting on top And then we put our handle in there Now you don't want to try and push down like this You're not going to have enough leverage, it's not going to be close enough So I just do a little tap on top Take it out of the bag, you don't even have to touch it And then we're going to put a little paint on our paper plate We use these paper plates because we can throw them away at the workshops And it's just easier, a lot faster than cleaning out paint trays So I'm going to put a little paint on the top of my plate Notice here that I didn't put the paint right in the middle of the plate I put it right here at the top of the plate That's because these look a little nicer if you can keep the edges clean And leave those dark edges Don't worry, you're going to get some paint on the edges We always do We use these paint markers at the end to clean them up And I'll show you those But for the paint on your roller These already have some paint in them So they don't need a ton of paint You don't need to slosh it down right in the middle So I'm going to pick up a little paint from the edge And get it on my roller Now here you can see that there's Here, let me just do an excessive Oh, there you go Yeah, I did excessive So here you can see there's a ton of paint on this roller And if I start painting with this roller right here The paint is going to ooze everywhere And it's going to drip over the sides of your pieces So you want to roll that off on your plate like this Until you can't see any more paint Blobs, I don't know Clumps of paint Do you want to be able to see the sponge through the paint again? That's right You should just see the sponge again with the color on the sponge If you can't see the holes in the sponge Then you've got too much paint on Too much paint All right And then we're going to start painting our backer And Gear's going to start painting some of the smaller pieces Now, I told you all that For mostly the big, the tiny little pieces For the large size backers You can get a little more paint on your roller Because you've got a lot of area to cover here Now when I'm doing the tiny pieces I'm trying to keep these edges looking nice and crisp and black So I'm not putting any pressure I'm just kind of letting the roller ride on the top Not really pushing at all I do have to go back and forth several times But I can keep my edges nice and black You can see here I just added paint straight to my backer You can do that But you've got to be careful not to add too much Otherwise you're going to have too thick of a coat And it's going to look sloppy You'll get those bubbly textured look to it Which to be honest I think I've got too much paint on it now Oh, look at that Try to pull a pro move I wasn't ready It can't be me Kim This is normally your move Want to be like G That's okay If you get too much Roll off your roller onto a paper plate That'll take some of that excess paint off So you can get it to a manageable level And remember when you do your backer You're not going to have it looking perfect on that first coat You just want to cover it with paint and let it dry It's going to look blotchy It's not it's going to look spotty It's not going to have a clean, perfect finish And that's okay You're really just trying to get that first coat That second coat will give you that clean look It'll give you that even look It'll really even out Yes Cover those patchy areas Really help you with that comb over All together with a little bit of this starbond thick It's a gap filler So even though if it won't touch each other It'll still fill in and hold tight We get a lot of questions about this glue Will it hold up outside? And from my experience it absolutely will It is the best glue that we have found To glue these MDF pieces together It does a great job of sticking these things together You can leave your signs outdoors for the winter Summer in the heat in the rain We've had signs that have sat in the rain And completely been waterlogged But the pieces are still stuck together So it is a great glue for this kind of project My favorite part of this glue Is it's dried in 30 seconds Yes I'm ready to manhandle that thing within a minute Yes And you can find it in our store at kngmega.com We're going to start building our sign Or putting it together from the bottom up We're going to start from the backer And work our way up And then from the bottom And work our way to the top Oh I took your glue You want a different glue? Hold on Oh he's boosting the lofty three Now you guys are getting a good look At Garrett's childhood classroom activities It was usually erasers Comes in with a manual Right into a hard wheel Ooh those pens do a great job of cleaning up the edges Making it look black again If you go over the edge a little bit Yep you can find these in our amazon store All these links that I keep talking about Will be down below But you can find these sharpie markers in our amazon store Look at this thing That is just perfect for you Any mountain biker I think would appreciate that Put that into their main cave It came out better than I thought it would I am pleasantly surprised Yeah Kim thought the chain might be a little too much Around the welcome But I think it's just enough It's like a little bike chain around the outside I like all the colors too I like the different shades That's what I was going to say This one came out great This is a guy sign all day every day Because it's six shades of blue Six shades of blue That's a new movie Gosh you did Look at this little higher and the longs You made so many cute things on this one I love this one Totally going to jump in that cameo Right Come on Kim you're paddling Let's go We feel like you can look right in It's totally 3D I love it I love it Oh it looks so cute Aw I still think the mountain bike one is my favorite Now go get me wrong These marshmallows are looking scrumptious Looking like you're about ready to put them right over the campfire Let me see let me see let me see Yes I love it I love the little pop tent I love the fire and those cute little logs The detail I don't know if you can see the real detail in those logs So cute so cute Step six We're going to add some something to hang this with I think I'm going to use some cotton cord or macrame cord For this guy And Kim's aching to add a bow To some of these Yes these look so great Look at these just all three of them look amazing I love them I'm so impressed with them And I know they need a hanger They have to these are door rounds We can change these and make these Table standers and swap out some of the words But for these they're actually door hangers So I've got to put something on them Now Garrett and I have already had What friendly banter chatter Chatter Negotiation Yeah negotiation I think that it needs a bow Do you think it needs a bow No these do not need bows These outdoor ones do not need bows They do not need bows No it might ruin these It does not need a bow Is this lake perfect with a bow? Bowing or yes Yes your hair No on the signs Let me see you want to see it Yep It's a very neutral bow I see this But I have you know what else I have ribbon that have fish on them It's a whole outdoors thing I don't know So what's your vote You want us to see some bows on these Well if I can't do a bow I do have some other options Do I just simply add Yeah like a colorful hanger A wire ribbon hanger A little hanger Colorful like I've got this one Look this is so outdoorsy That one might work really well with this one Okay Because I feel like yeah it gives it that outdoor We always get asked how long do we make this I usually make them about the width Of the sign for our normal door rounds But these I can see are kind of close Yeah these are a little bit closer I'm just going to keep it about that same width And if it's too long I'll slip it on Yeah well what happens is you just poke it through these holes And tie a knot So if it's too long You just pull it through a little bit more So easy Tie the knot down a little lower All right let's lay it down I don't know What are you doing Just trying to keep So that you can see it on camera Well I would love to show them on camera But honestly I'm going to grab this other camera then Oh you know what I will just use my phone Got a camera in my pocket Okay I have pushed it through And I'm just going to tie a little knot in the back Simple like that Then for the other end I'm just going to fold this up I usually like Give it a try fold Yep and maybe even a little smaller for this guy Try fold with a double in the middle The great thing is this All of this ribbon has wire in it So I'm just going to shove it through I can grab it Make sure I have enough here at the top I did make these holes a little bit smaller I don't know if you've noticed I did notice I made them a little bit smaller Because I didn't think we'd be using like Colorful ribbons That would be keeping with Some kind of rope So this one has this like a little outdoorsy thing What do you think I like it I like it I think that's all it needs I don't think it needs a ribbon I knew you were going to try it one more time You know I think it needs a bow I don't I don't think it needs a bow All right So what about for Okay Well this guy I had some rope But I lost it Oh there it is What do you think I should put the knot On the inside of the back So Yeah I was going to ask you So you get your choice You can hang it with a knot behind here So you can't see it Like this one Where the knots are in the back Or you can accent it And put the knot in the front I think we could put the knots in the front And they might look like clouds Okay Might continue that cloud look All right So from this one I'm going to push up from the back See I like it with the string I like I like the knots on the outside On this one too Like I'm not trying to hide anything Just out there in the open All right Campfire Bag Keeps it fun Keeps it Keeps it fun Looks like something I would see at a campsite Probably on somebody's RV door Yes And because we painted this with exterior house paint You can keep it out there for a while It can get a little wet I mean if you keep it out there All day every day in straight weather All day every day It's not going to last as long But think like your picnic table It'll stay out there for a couple of years I know I've had mine out there for a couple of years And while the edges may swell a little The pieces do not come off And the paint truly does feel the front And if you're worried about it We don't really seal our backs But you could paint this with a coat of Exterior house paint and seal the back too Well I mean my top tip Don't put it in a monsoon Top tip Top tip No monsoons What do you think? Which one is your favorite? I love them This is the first time we've really done an outdoor series We pumped out these five over the last couple of weeks We'll definitely add more to them Because I really love making them I think they're so cool So we're going to add more Leave us a comment down below And vote for your favorite As we said earlier We're going to pick one random comment And give one of these away So put your comment down below Tell me which one you like better The most The most And then And maybe just let me know If there's another type of outdoor sign That you'd like to see We're happy to make more And add to this collection Yeah I want to see this collection grow This is right up my alley A big thanks to all of our patrons One of these guys over here Will be getting a free gift this week also And did you know that we have a Kim and Garrett After Dark podcast As well as some free files And a zoom call Yes the best way to support this channel Is through patreon.com It's a way to support creators We have an account over on patreon.com We offer multiple levels of subscription $5 you buy us a cup of coffee every month $10 we give you a free file every month But the top tier the $20 tier Gets you all of our benefits It gets you a free t-shirt All of our files Also gives you the access to the Outtakes and Monthly zoom calls Yes monthly zoom calls Weekly aftershows Yeah we're a little bit of everything over there So we're about out of time I have to go do something outdoors I'm really feeling it right now You have to go do something outdoors And we will see you next week Where we'll do it building and make it again Oh and don't forget to join us on Tuesday For some test cut Tuesday We usually cut something like this That's where we did the fish And the hunting sign Yeah we usually cut something And see if it actually fits together And see what it looks like First try First try First first T Tuesdays This one's going to get hung up right now