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BASS!:
not just bondo, but your crazy bondo in a spray can, which I have never seen before.

Ond:

--- Quote from: BASS! on August 18, 2009, 06:16:54 am ---not just bondo, but your crazy bondo in a spray can, which I have never seen before.

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 :lol "Crazy Bondo"  heh heh I don't know why but that reminds me of 'Silly String' that liquid string in a can!  Tip: do not use silly string to patch holes in cabs  ;D

xerox4100:
I bought a clamp and got wood glue because you all told me to and WOW what a difference it now stands on its own and dose not fall apart never thought that glue would be that good now im just looking at ether

1 building the control panel
2 painting the cab wanting to get a mirrored black colour for the sides not sure if control panel  going to have design   
3 start buying pats for actual pc "expensive part"
4 finding the right monitor or tv to use, because i want to use hyperspin not sure if i should try a 3d one or just get something nice, becouse pc games are also going to be on this cab


give me input guys it is greatly Greatly appreciated


PS.. so not having a table saw you would think every cut would be in a strate line but not realy just about every cut is fubbared  in some way the only thing keeping my amazing cab together is the power of pray to god and a lot of glue once i found out how to use it that stuff rocks. now a nice sander i think to make everything look look good to be honest this project make me fell great

 :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: THANK YOU ALL please give more advice 

saleem:
if your after a mirror finish i suggest you use wet sanding technique.you wont get it from just paint or spray,you need to get the paint/spray smooth,that means sanding,wet sanding being the best.it removes the shine you get as normal with glossy paints but,it gets the surface smooth,you just use something to put the shine back afterwards.

i am currently sorting the cosmetics out on a cab i am maming,i got another that is jamma.it is just taking me a while thats all,every coat of paint takes a day to dry so when you put like 3 coats of paint on it takes nigh on 3 days just for waiting for paint to dry.then its wet sanding,have a go here then have a go there.trouble is if your not carefull like i was not,you find you sand it that smooth that you start showing the undercoat so you end up having to paint again and it gos round and round.

i found best technique is to put 4 coats of paint (i am using enamel) dont sand inbetween the coats,just roll it on and get it so it aint got roller marks all over it,then on the 4th coat,when thats dry use 240 grit wet and dry silicone carbide paper.just get a bucket of water,use a sponge to splash water on the surface,dip your paper in the water (use a sanding block) then sand back and forth in the same direction,dont swirl it.always back and forth on yourself.

then when you think you wanna check it,wipe the residue of it and wait till it drys,if you see lots of little dots,thats the top coat of the paint,where the shine was,try to get rid of it.then check out the smoothness.

when you have it wet it will shine and it will reflect everything,that is what will happen once you put the shine back.its like piano finish.

i have had to just put 4 coats on my cab side (again) cos i sanded it down too much,when i wet sand that,i will be carefull this time not to take it too far down,then my sides will be done.i will post pics in my other project thread.it will give idea of what happens when you wet sand.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=94827.0

this was the first side of the cab i did,i noticed i went a bit too far in parts,i went and did the other side and same happened (white blemish's and patchs) i just put 4 coats on and wet sanded and its looking better than before.this side in the pic i am just having go with again,4 coats of paint,then wet sand it.

so yes,it takes quite a lot of paint,time and pastience and knowing when to stop sanding,just that little bit too far and its back to drawing board.
:)

Beretta:
since we're talking about gluing, if you was to use glue instead of screws to modify a cab, and say you wanted at some point to remove said modification how would you?

also someone painted the inside of the cab im working on.. i dont think it came that way from teh factory.

do i need to sand any parts i wanna glue to? or can i just glue right over the paint?

and lastly i have been using elmers would glue, has a beige or tan look to it and it seems to do good on cracks i've been working on.. although most of the cab looks to be made of plywood not mdf.

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