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| A Joust restoration.. this is going to take a while |
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| Gilrock:
--- Quote from: bperkins01 on August 07, 2020, 09:45:18 am ---... It was the first part I painted with the spatter/texture technique. When you are barely pressing the nozzle and its spitting paint dots,... --- End quote --- When I read the technique you use to recreate the old paint jobs it makes it sound like they were just rushing back then to get units out the door and now we try to duplicate the sloppy work...lol. |
| bperkins01:
--- Quote from: Gilrock on August 07, 2020, 10:58:12 am --- --- Quote from: bperkins01 on August 07, 2020, 09:45:18 am ---... It was the first part I painted with the spatter/texture technique. When you are barely pressing the nozzle and its spitting paint dots,... --- End quote --- When I read the technique you use to recreate the old paint jobs it makes it sound like they were just rushing back then to get units out the door and now we try to duplicate the sloppy work...lol. --- End quote --- My bet is they went with the textured surface so the operators didn't have to clean sticky kid fingerprints off them all the time. It would be simpler to just spray it once I think.. The other thing it covers up is if the first coat gets dust in it, the spatter coat hides all sins.. I like it actually. |
| bperkins01:
Small update - major milestone At long last - the cabinet tear down and restore is complete. Spraying paint after a long layoff is not like riding a bike, it doesn't come right back. Its like playing your favorite game from when you were a kid.. after a few years you are just rusty but eventually it comes back. 5th coat was a charm. The 4th one went on fine - there were just a couple of thin spots and some of the fine sanding scratches were visible through the paint. I was going to leave it alone and the OCD in me said do it again.. Glad I did.. The feel for laying down a coat of just the right viscosity paint coupled with the right flow and coverage finally came together. Black and brown are boring to look at.. But I can now start putting this cabinet back together while I wait on the stencils, CPO, etc.. Compared to the plywood shattered mess this once was - I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. |
| Arroyo:
Sure looks purdy in the pics. Guess I’ll know for sure soon enough |
| bperkins01:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on August 26, 2020, 04:40:07 pm ---Sure looks purdy in the pics. Guess I’ll know for sure soon enough --- End quote --- Thanks Arroyo - single digit days :cheers: |
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