Ken Cook
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Then again, yes we{or at least I} do...
Lucked out on the finish for this box I made out of & for the neighbor who gave me all that oak firewood earlier this year....Spray can lacquer from the auto store, clearly stated 're-coat with-in one hour or wait three days'...I put the first couple of coats on the other night while finishing up last minute X-Mas gifts, then yesterday{less than 48 hrs later} attempted to apply a few more final coats...Sprayed the top first, and this is what happened never seen anything like it before It's kinda cool now that it's dried, sorta has that frosted glass texture/look to it. But dang if I could reproduce it on the rest of the box ..Any hints on what went wrong?
Another question if I may... tried my hand at using magnets in the corners for a latch type closure mechanism, but not happy with or just plain need more refining of my covering patches & or technique...do you folks that use or have tried this method, lay down a full length piece to hide the magnets or is there an easy way to make little circle pieces{like dowel trimming thin slices}? I only set the magnets just shy of somewhere near a 1/16" deep...I'm thinking maybe I just need a little more patience in grain matching
Sorry, probably should of put this in the 'questions' section
Lucked out on the finish for this box I made out of & for the neighbor who gave me all that oak firewood earlier this year....Spray can lacquer from the auto store, clearly stated 're-coat with-in one hour or wait three days'...I put the first couple of coats on the other night while finishing up last minute X-Mas gifts, then yesterday{less than 48 hrs later} attempted to apply a few more final coats...Sprayed the top first, and this is what happened never seen anything like it before It's kinda cool now that it's dried, sorta has that frosted glass texture/look to it. But dang if I could reproduce it on the rest of the box ..Any hints on what went wrong?
Another question if I may... tried my hand at using magnets in the corners for a latch type closure mechanism, but not happy with or just plain need more refining of my covering patches & or technique...do you folks that use or have tried this method, lay down a full length piece to hide the magnets or is there an easy way to make little circle pieces{like dowel trimming thin slices}? I only set the magnets just shy of somewhere near a 1/16" deep...I'm thinking maybe I just need a little more patience in grain matching
Sorry, probably should of put this in the 'questions' section