Buck & Bear Signwriting Starter Kit

Experience the art of traditional signwriting with the Buck & Bear Sign Writing Starter Kit, a thoughtfully curated collection of premium tools designed for beginners and professionals alike. Created by Carlie Allan of Buck & Bear Design, a renowned traditional signwriter and gilder, this kit reflects Carlie's expertise and passion for the craft. Her work has been featured on popular TV programs, including BBC1's Interior Design Masters, Channel 5's Dream Home Makeovers, and Channel 4's George Clarke's Old House New Home.

This specialized kit offers a strong foundation for signwriting and glass painting projects. It includes essential tools crafted for precision, durability, and ease of use, making it suitable for both personal artwork and professional commissions. Pair this kit with our Glass Gilding Kit to create stunning reverse-gilded pieces combining paint and gold leaf for a truly distinctive finish.

Key Features & Benefits:

• Expertly Curated Tools: Selected by a seasoned signwriter to ensure the highest quality and usability.
• Versatile Application: Perfect for traditional signwriting, glass painting, and reverse gilding.
• Professional-Grade Materials: Designed for precision, durability, and ease of handling.
• Expandability: Complements other kits, enabling advanced artistic creations.

Enhance your signwriting skills with this premium kit, trusted by industry professionals and designed to spark creativity. Order today and transform your artistic ideas into reality using tools crafted for excellence. Using a Glass Gilding Kit along with this kit will to allow you to create fabulous personal artwork and traditional reverse gilded pieces combining paint and gold leaf

The kit contains:

• Sable Chisel Writers, 1 x No. 1 and 1 x No. 5 - These sable haired brushes are the traditional tools of the trade. The bristles are genuine Sable hair formed to a chisel edge, used for broad strokes and narrow lines. Perfect for straight lines and sharp edges.
• Aluminium Mahl Stick - This metal stick will support your arm away from the work while you're painting. This helps reduce fatigue and stops you smudging your paint! The rod unscrews into three small sections, letting it easily fit into your storage box. Also, the rubber head won't damage your surface when rested on it!
• 1-Shot Signwriting Enamel, 1 x 118ml Black and 1 x 118ml Magenta - 1-Shot Enamel Paints are the last word in signwriting and pinstriping paint and this American brand has a respected pedigree. The two paints included will form the basis for your sign painting and if you want more colours, we stock the whole 1-Shot range!
• Neatsfoot Oil, 1 x 250ml - This oil is used to care for your brushes by oiling them, preserving the hair between uses and alleviating build up of paint pigment in the ferrule. Neatsfoot Oil is non-drying but can be easily washed out of the bristles before use by using a solvent.
• Charcoal - Fine quality artists charcoal that can be used to mark out your painting before you start and is easy to remove! 
• Low-tack Tape, 1 x 6mm roll - This yellow paper backed tape is great for masking out straight lines for your pieces and the low tack adhesive will cleanly peel off most surfaces and leave no residue behind.
• Paper Dipper Pots - This kit also includes 10 paper disposable dipper pots, these are perfect for decanting a small amount of paint and white spirits into, rather than working out of a paint pot and risking contaminating the lot! The small size means you can balance them on your palette while you work and easily dip your brush in when you need more paint!