I really like how this turned out.
Likewise, looks really good.
You must be getting close to getting it playable and then disappearing for a while!
If I had my way I’d keep building, but I think I need to buy some political capital from the wife when this things done. There’s going to be a lot of “yes dear” for long time me thinks.
Wrapped up the back door this weekend.
A LOT of work for something few people will see
Wanted to paint the interior and stupidly started priming:
Got what I deserved.
Reached out to OND as he is my paint hero (among other things). Got a good chuckle out of him when I sent the above pick. So yeah, lots of sanding and filling was in my future. But how to sand this thing hmmm…..
120 grit glued to 1inch dowel held in place by rubber bands until it dried. After many hours of using this and bondo, and wood filler I got this:
Getting a smooth surface on all of those surfaces means many a sore shoulder. Ideally I would have had the dowel screwed down onto another piece of wood so I could ensure it would stay at a right angle to the piece at all times, but I didn’t have the patience. Took a lot of focus to keep myself from wobbling the dowel while sanding.
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Anyway applied the laminate to the side that I didn’t cut the inlay on:
Then I wanted to pre-cut the other side as I didn’t trust the flush trim bit to not take off some paint if I waited to do it later:
Masked off the area for painting (black):
then white:
I learned a lot from this painting experience.
#1) It takes a lot of time and patience (sanding, bondo, priming, sanding, & cure times for paint)
#2) It’s easy to spray too much paint.
#3) Put your money into your primer.
#4) the lighter the mist of spray the more even your paint job will be.
#5) Read the instructions carefully.
#6) Oil vs. latex. So far in my limited experience oil seems to get a nicer more durable finish, however it come with terrible VOC’s, and you need to make sure you have a good respirator.
Anyway moving on.
Lined up the precut disc laminate with the embedded acrylic and grill:
Purposely only did this half first so that we (need two people on this one) could keep clamps on the rest of the piece to maintain the alignment of the discs. Marked off where to put contact cement on both sides, and drilled holes in the corners and tied them to the top of the clamps to keep the pieces separate while drying. I had the acrylic and speaker grill off to the side to prevent the contact cement from getting on it, and applied to the acrylic face only. Then put back in place and screwed everything down.
When doing the other side had to use a paint brush to get into the corners while it was tied up:
Came out good on this side (hadn’t cleaned the laminate yet):
And for the paint side which had been drying for 24 hours:
Pulled off tape and used Exacto blade to flush trim excess build up:
And final:
I think both actually look nice, still trying to decide which one should face outwards.
Opinions?
No paint side:
Paint side: