Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/7/1 14:34:45
WOODGRAINING
Evan, I can admit now that I read the written instructions but hadn't watch the video for a long, long time, until I did this last group of parts. This explains why I thought woodgraining was a wet and messy process.
The written instructions said to wash the roller to remove manufacturing powder and to clean the roller and to have a lint free towel to wipe it off after every application. Therefore, I thought the roller had to be washed off with water (the reason I set up in the laundry room) and dried with a lint free towel every time I applied the wood grain. After I watched the latest video doing that flat 30s dashboard, I realized that cleaning the roller means rolling it on something clean, like heavy paper.
The 320 sand paper/blending paper works, but it would be help to know what it accomplishes and why. Why not just paper? Why not 100 grit sandpaper?
Also a few tricks when you have to use a small roller like the one in my kit. Maybe you need an even smaller roller like 1/4" wide for getting into corners with out messing up the grain from a big roller?
And actually seeing someone shoot urethane and wet sand (how much), and polish. What level of rubbing compound or plastic polish to use? The paint store told me to use Meguiar's clean and polish on clear urethane after wet sanding, but I really needed Novus scratch remover. Plastic Clean/Polish didn't cut it.
As mentioned before. I'm very happy. I didn't wreck anything. (I was worried the urethane might get under the masking tape and melt the dash plastic. That didn't happen.
WINDSHIELD It's in.
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Evan, I can admit now that I read the written instructions but hadn't watch the video for a long, long time, until I did this last group of parts. This explains why I thought woodgraining was a wet and messy process.
The written instructions said to wash the roller to remove manufacturing powder and to clean the roller and to have a lint free towel to wipe it off after every application. Therefore, I thought the roller had to be washed off with water (the reason I set up in the laundry room) and dried with a lint free towel every time I applied the wood grain. After I watched the latest video doing that flat 30s dashboard, I realized that cleaning the roller means rolling it on something clean, like heavy paper.
The 320 sand paper/blending paper works, but it would be help to know what it accomplishes and why. Why not just paper? Why not 100 grit sandpaper?
Also a few tricks when you have to use a small roller like the one in my kit. Maybe you need an even smaller roller like 1/4" wide for getting into corners with out messing up the grain from a big roller?
And actually seeing someone shoot urethane and wet sand (how much), and polish. What level of rubbing compound or plastic polish to use? The paint store told me to use Meguiar's clean and polish on clear urethane after wet sanding, but I really needed Novus scratch remover. Plastic Clean/Polish didn't cut it.
As mentioned before. I'm very happy. I didn't wreck anything. (I was worried the urethane might get under the masking tape and melt the dash plastic. That didn't happen.
WINDSHIELD It's in.
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