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mccoy178

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Adding plastic or fiberglass coating to wood
« on: January 04, 2006, 07:38:59 pm »
I want to make my jukebox have the appearance of a plastic shell or at least a super smooth glide and feel.  Is it possible and/or feasible to add some sort of plastic coating or fiberglass to my finished frame?  Do companies do that sort of thing, or better yet, can I successfully?
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Re: Adding plastic or fiberglass coating to wood
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2006, 08:18:23 pm »
It is possible to fiberglass over wood.  Just be prepared for lots and lots and lots of sanding, filling, sanding priming, sanding...well you get the picture.
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Re: Adding plastic or fiberglass coating to wood
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2006, 02:02:41 am »
ugh..................... :-\  I plan on doing some heavy research on this one.  I'm only building one juke.
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Re: Adding plastic or fiberglass coating to wood
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2006, 02:29:53 am »
Several coats of paint at an auto body shop.
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Re: Adding plastic or fiberglass coating to wood
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2006, 02:50:48 am »
Good idea.  That may just work.
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Re: Adding plastic or fiberglass coating to wood
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2006, 04:04:04 am »
Look into wetsanding.  Some dish soap, water, and one of those 1/4 sheet sanders (the kind that are square with no vacuum holes) work miracles.  You can easily get a mirror finish with metal, and can work up quite a high gloss with standard polyurethane too.
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