FINISHED!!
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Update: December 23, 2007
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Well, I've got this thing about as
done as I can get it.....without screwing it up, anyway.
Here are some pictures of the final product. My photography skills are...well, they're not good. Suffice it to say that the board looks a bit better in person.
After letting it sit for about 10 days after applying the Rock Hard, I rubbed it out using successive grits of 400, 600, 800, and 1200. Having never used paper with grits that high, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect. Halfway through 800, I was getting pretty concerned that I had done something wrong, because I wasn't
seeing any discernable difference in the surface. But after I finished with the 1200, and then rubbed it out with a gray Scotch Brite pad, I was happy to see and feel that I had a very smooth, satiny surface. I applied three coats of Johnson's Paste Wax, which brought it too a satin finish...which is what I was hoping for. I have to admit, there is a bit of orange peel throughout the board, which sorta sucks. But my wife gave me the slap to the back of the head, and said that it looked
awesome...which was good enough for me!!
Anyway, Here are some pictures...
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And, as promised, I made a short YouTube video of the "playability" of the game itself. I think it came out pretty well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxY2z_xDsO8
Please let me know what you think. I've got a couple more of these to make now, so If I can make improvements, all the better!
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
- Keith