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| averagewaistdude |
Posted - 23/01/2012 : 11:26:15
I have inherited a birch 14x6 shell to make a snare. It is butt naked and needs something to cover its modesty!
I am new to this building game so any suggestions to easily cover this bad boy are welcome:
- keep the wood finish and varnish?
- wrap?
- paint?
- spray?
Whats easiest for a more noob like me? |
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| dogface |
Posted - 24/01/2012 : 14:39:08
You can get a nice finish with just good old fashioned polyurethane varnish. I thin it down with white spirit and apply it with a cloth (thinner than is usually recommended, about 4 parts varmish to 3 parts white spirit). One coat will bring out the colour very nicely but will mostly soak into the wood and leave a matt finish. Subsequent coats will bring it up to gloss, but I like the satin finish of just two or three thin coats. However, you'll never get the immaculate super-glossy finish of modern high tec lacquers applied by spraying.
You still need to put most of the work into the preparation, though. |
| Th0mas25 |
Posted - 23/01/2012 : 21:02:40
Wrap is definitely the easiest option, but if the shell has nice grain then a lacquer or oil finish might be nice, that's more work though and harder to get right (probably why I've never tried it myself!) |
| hummdrums |
Posted - 23/01/2012 : 18:43:59
The other thing you could do is sand the shell with 320 grit, mask the shell up insides and bearing edge if already cut and then ask a local car repair place or two how much they would charge for highbuild primer, colour and and a clear coat with all the sanding between coats, they have the right equipment already.
I'm lucky because the workshop I have already had a spray booth and extractor when I moved into it, but if you spary it yourself expect to make a dusty mess. I wouldnt spray it outside with normal spray cans in the cold this time of year, but if you do then you can put the cans in warm water for 5 mins or so before spraying(not too hot... boom)
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| monkeythedrummer |
Posted - 23/01/2012 : 18:21:06
Drumbitzeurope does pretty good value wrap. |
| dogface |
Posted - 23/01/2012 : 14:30:54
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Originally posted by hummdrums
Easiest is wrap closely followed by stain/dye and oil finish.
Be aware that Birch doest take stains/dyes too evenly without good prep.
Spraying requires lots of sanding and buffing the clear coat.. Its time consuming and any imperfections you leave at any point of the process will show at the end. The actual spraying to me is the easy part, again its all prep.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
Amen |
| hummdrums |
Posted - 23/01/2012 : 11:47:27
Easiest is wrap closely followed by stain/dye and oil finish.
Be aware that Birch doest take stains/dyes too evenly without good prep.
Spraying requires lots of sanding and buffing the clear coat.. Its time consuming and any imperfections you leave at any point of the process will show at the end. The actual spraying to me is the easy part, again its all prep.
Hope that helps. Good luck. |
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