A Joust restoration.. this is going to take a while

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bperkins01:
@Jennifer - No worries. Good call on pulling the stencil a little sooner. 24 hours was too long. The paint had a little too much tug. I went with a single coat. This paint has really good pigment and with a little reducing, self levels perfect. No orange peel at all.

One color to go.. w/o screwups :P

bperkins01:

Well the red layer stencils put up a fight. I got one side done correctly, with a minor hiccup. Applied the stencil, did the seal coat of yellow and brown. Sprayed red.. This went fine.

I peeled the stencil after about 30 minutes, but got a little yellow drag though the red.. Ughh. I waited a day and brushed a little fresh red on top. Same as the fix before for the yellow area.

The big issue is on the second side, I somehow got the stencil improperly aligned to the point were it will not look right if I shoot the red paint. Need to wait until Monday to see if I can buy a replacement for the one I have on wrong.. Nothing lost except a little time. I can’t peel and reposition it. It will shred. So I wait. I can 100% finish the rest of the cabinet without the red on the second side. The last color coat will be very simple to mask and paint.

Shop lighting vs. daylight

J_K_M_A_N:
That looks amazing! Major bummer on the misalignment. :hissy: Hopefully you can get just the one to fix it.

J_K_M_A_N

bperkins01:

--- Quote from: J_K_M_A_N on November 29, 2020, 10:05:26 am ---That looks amazing! Major bummer on the misalignment. :hissy: Hopefully you can get just the one to fix it.

J_K_M_A_N

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Thanks - its my own fault. I wanted to 'fit it in' while cooking for Thanksgiving.. I 'may' expose my gaff once I get it fixed up. :P
Oh well.. I'm sure it will work out fine and only us people here will ever know... shhhhhhh...

bperkins01:
Now for the learning experience..

It’s easier than you would think to get off course applying the stencil. The last one I just lost track of it until it was too late. Here you can see the lower alignment triangle is off by about 1/8″-3/16″. Which caused the rider to just about touch the jousting lance. There is way too much margin behind his foot and almost none in front of it..

Big takeaway from this is once the top section is stuck on and you are working your way down, make sure the back edge of the stencil stays aligned with the back of the cabinet. Its the reference point that keeps everything on track. You can peel the top section off while there is only a few inches attached and reposition it. But there is a point of no return where you will shred the stencil – which is what happened to me.

The people at This Old Game helped me out and sent a replacement stencil within a few days.

New stencil staying aligned with the back edge of the cabinet. Feet, knees and lance are all within the proper spacing now.

Full cabinet masked off except the red area, quick thin sealer coats of brown and yellow to prevent bleed and the final coat of red.

Came out great. Glad I waited to get a replacement stencil. I pulled it off after about 30 minutes and that really is the way to go. The paint is soft and levels off to a nice rounded edge. Just need to be exceptionally careful that the wet stencil doesn’t touch anything while taking it off. Keep a single edge razor in your hand (I keep it in my mouth) to cut away stencil material before it gets too big to handle during removal.

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