 This week we had a challenge. We had a front porch welcome sign challenge. Kim challenged me to make a better welcome sign So I did But I also had audio challenges video challenges Project challenges third time's a charm. I will show you how we did it right now What is up a welcome back this week? We're doing a versus challenge I wanted some new door decor and Garrett was less than thrilled but said wait a minute Well, there was a lot of ribbons involved Pastels and paints and I didn't want to paint and I didn't want a ribbon. I'm making my own welcome sign Size doesn't matter All right, so you've got two completely different techniques for you two completely different techniques I'm going to paint mine and add a little accent piece to it and a ribbon It's gonna be really cute. And what are you doing with yours? I'm gonna use some ammonium chloride To burn my image into my my board. I told him but you know what that's not a welcome sign Oh, so he went back and he took his image and he added Added welcome. He added welcome to the front. So it was door decor Welcome All right, so I already made my stencil already weeded it put all my transfer tape on it Now I'm scared to put it on the board And get started that's it step one Putting my stencil on the board. All right step one for me is to put a first coat of paint I'm gonna put two layers of paint because I'm gonna ultimately stay in the top coat and Have it a distressed look so you can see the brown behind it. So I'll start with the brown layer and Garrett will attempt to put his stencil on we'll see how it goes Nothing a serious business It's down Okay, the brown is dry to touch So now I'm gonna go ahead and add the top layer on of the ivory which is this bare Deppered of chalk paint in pale moon Now how are you doing over there? And I'm gonna continue to work on getting my stencil down But once this is down, it's gonna go real fast. It'd be fun and then real fast Stencil is on Looking beautiful, but the dog sat on the cord and knocked the microphone cord out Mine is dry and looks beautiful too. Yeah, yours looks beautiful too, babe time for some alchemy I'm gonna take a Tablespoon of ammonium chloride like a good old heaping tablespoon I'm gonna put it in a half a cup of warm water Then I'm gonna take some thicken up And I'm gonna use this tiny scoop and put four tiny scoops into the Little concoction remember pinkies out pinkies out. It's a tiny scoop tiny scoop I'm just gonna mix this up and get it all thick thick like pudding Whoa, whoa. Hey. Hey keep your project on your side. They keep a project on your side I'm going to go ahead and distress mine. I'm just trying to Ruff it up with up so that the brown shows through and there's my pudding see how thick it is Oh, it's so thick like pudding But remember don't eat it. I'm still standing still standing still standing I'm just brushing my concoction My ammonium chloride on the raw wood now I'm just going to use one and a quarter inch brads to attach my high sign the nail not the guy Babe one more for good luck one more Now I'm going to make a star bow here. I'm just stacking ribbons assortment of ribbons 10 to 14 inches long and Then I'm gonna group and tie them together with the wreath wire Flora wire, and then I'm going to dovetail the ends because I forgot to do that before I tied it all together All right. I'm taking off the stencil Now I'm gonna use the heat gun to burn that solution into the wood And I'm attaching my bow with a quarter inch brad nail The nail not the guy I need to the board time for some burning right about here. We're starting to realize Welcome Welcome sign right back to the drawing board. I'm gonna try this again All right. I got the stencil on again. Now. I'm gonna go throw a coat of clear coat on it To coats actually all right clear coats all dry time to remove the stencil All right and the stencil is finally off and the clear coat is on there so you can't see anything Now back to the alchemy I Got my mixture but instead of four tiny scoops. I just put in two tiny scoops Make it more like paint I like paint Let's like water. I still don't want it to be all watery All right now. I'm gonna paint the whole surface with my concoction I'm just gonna hit it with the heat gun all over this jam all over it Should I keep going? I mean you can't even see the E Still not working Show them your test piece though. Show them what works beautifully So I'm not doing this all wheelie-nilly. I tried it on a test piece Look how good the test piece came out. Oh, those edges are crisp I did the same method on this board But it looks like it's still bled. I don't I don't know what's going on Maybe this is a softer wood All right, I got the stencil on it again I'm gonna take it outside and hit it with some rostoleum glossy enamel And then I'll be right back in right it's just about dry. I'm gonna peel the stencil off Again All the stencils off. You can barely see the gloss a few little sections We got my ammonium chloride mix. I just put a tablespoon And a warm half cup of water I got my brush I'm gonna start with the Little mountain bike guy You do small sections. There's the mountain biker Now to do the uh, that's what we've got so far I'm just gonna attach a chain hanger There's my chain bike chain, of course Mesh the bike She's using some One-inch screws through the chain. There we go Where's your day? You forget about it. It's been so long You forgot that you made one. Yes, so true All right, it looks good Wait, no looks good Mine finally came out Like three times But it finally came out. It's okay. I got a little hasty a little hasty with the the heat gun and some spots But I feel like it gives it character Yes, but that was commitment the time the time he spent To make a remake and remake this thing It took all week. It's all for the win I hope it was a win You guys vote down below in the comments and let us know who made The better front porch welcome sign first try kim Or a third time's a charm garret with his ball mass burning techniques Good job, babe. Good job