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ScottR

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  1. There are many many finishing methods that produce amazing results. These days, I'm finding it difficult to find the time to type a few sentences, so I don't know how soon one could expect a tutorial. One thing I can and will do, is answer any questions you may have about the method you want to use......providing that I actually know anything about that method, of course. One thing most of them have in common is careful sanding. Plain old boring sanding can make all the difference between "oh wow!" and "oh shit!" SR
  2. Good things come to those who wait. Or something like that. This looks great! Love the color, front and back. SR
  3. Totally! That's exactly what that should be used for. SR
  4. Thank you! And absolutely. It's going to look like it's under glass. SR
  5. While it's reflecting light pretty well, this finish is still basically satin. It's going to get really shiny next weekend. SR
  6. So last weekend saw only two grades completed during the leveling. After another week of drying, the lacquer is around 95% cured. And that last 5% will keep shrinking for months and months. Since this is grain filled with a film of epoxy resin, I don't expect any shrinking into pores 6 months from now, I got through three grades of sanding this weekend. What you see is up to micromesh 3600. SR
  7. Got started on leveling last weekend. I like to break the surface of lacquer after one week. It's around 85% cured at that point, and I believe this helps trapped solvents evaporate. Also the act of leveling removes a fair amount of lacquer that now you don't have to cure. This time I leveled using only micromesh. And I took care to follow advice that @Bizman62 has been preaching almost since the first day he joined us. Use no pressure on the sanding block, which is a pretty dense square of foam.The point I was most interested in is doing my best not to introduce any deep sanding scratches. 1500 micromesh as a starting point should do the trick. And it didn't really slow the leveling down as much as I would have thought. SR
  8. You've got some intriguing stuff going on in your garage. SR
  9. And it's much harder to get the swan out of the beer glass. SR
  10. Thanks muchly Mike! Black lacquer is easy, and makes a classy burst. SR
  11. Thanks. And no, my midges are more party animals. They love taking swan dives into my beer glass, when I'm unwinding on the back patio. SR
  12. But Mayflies add a little touch of elegance. My bugs are basically midges. Small little heavy footed bastards. SR
  13. Lacquer spraying is done. There are several sets of bug's feet embedded in it, should add some mojo! SR
  14. You've got some good parts there, now you just need to get some of the noisy ones too. SR
  15. Those are fun! The former is a very descriptive way of saying we're doing things the hard way, at least to this English speaker. The latter creates more pleasant mental imagery, but (no pun intended) I can see how it could equate to "flying by the seat of the pants" which is pretty much "making it up as we go". Comparing expressions and idioms by language could make for an entertaining evening around a fire, if a couple of adult beverages were tossed into the mix. SR
  16. Very kind of you to say so, Sir Hamfist. Thank you very much! SR
  17. Thanks Henri! That is sunlight, and yes down in south Texas we do have sunlight at this time of year! Those last shots were taken right about 4:00 in the afternoon, and sunset is currently 6:20pm in Houston. I have a difficult imagining the low light-no light long winters you have in your corner of the planet. It's a good thing we're adaptable creatures. SR
  18. Thanks, you guys. The burst is subtle and transparent, and the figure is a bit in your face. I like the way it catches the light and glows. SR
  19. Thank you kind sir. I don't think I've ever had a bookmatched top where the two halves have had such distinctly different angled of reflection. Viewed at some angles the two halves look nearly like mirror images of each other. And from other angles, the look like negative images of each other, SR
  20. And after the first few coats of clear, we get this. SR
  21. Finally got a weekend that was both warm enough and dry enough to do some spraying. First a green tint coat. Then a black burst. And a black burst on the back as well. SR
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