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best way to paint/glue a college logo on wood?
mccoy178:
Because the sticker is going to have some thickness. Although slight, with enough coats of poly the thickness becomes very unnoticeable. I would think a few coats could do it.
hulkster:
oh i see what you are saying. well im not that worried about the thickness really....i guess my son could end up peeling the sticker off if we dont watch him closely though ::)
ChadTower:
Keep in mind it's a toy box - it's going to get dinged up and beaten on. I say just get a good quality vinyl sticker and leave it at that. If he peels it, put on another. No need to overengineer this one unless you plan on handing it around the family for 20 years.
drventure:
That's a fun quick project.
If you're good with paint, I'd probably go with stencils, but if not a sticker would certainly be very easy and straightforward.
For the lid, I'd put one on, it makes a great play table and seat, but I'd use those Toybox lid hinges that are either gas damped or spring loaded to prevent the lid from smashing down.
http://www.rockler.com/search_results.cfm?filter=toybox&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
I used that for my daughters toybox. The only way it'd slam down is if you forcibly slammed it down, and held onto it all the way down.
For the finish, poly would work, but this might be a good project to experiment with that super gloss pourable epoxy. I've used it on projects in the past, one pour is like many MANY layers of poly. and super tough too.
it's messy, though, so put down lots of dropcloths!
You can get it at lowes or home depot, but I can't find a link there right off.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21371&filter=pourable%20finish
Good luck. My daughter helped me build hers. She was 4. Got a big kick out of staining and nailing...well swinging a hammer at least!
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