Blue tape off and a quick touchup and cleanup, small amount of sanding. I think I like the contrast?
I made a quick spinning hook setup from a broken satchel strap hook and some fence wire. The wire is bent in such a way that it "snaps" over the rail in the IKEA "booth". The strap hook swivels, allowing the piece to be easily spun around.
I set up the IKEA spray booth, dog for scale.
Annoyingly, my spray can of cabothane might have been dodgy. I've never used it before so I don't know. There was a red... mister? ...supressor? on the nozzle. I got exactly one nice light spray out of it before it absolutely refused to work again. It's a 1.5 hour round trip to the closest big green shed, so I wanted to make this work. I tried adjusting the little red guy to see if it was acting as some kind of switch, and of course it shot off the nozzle and out into the yard, never to be seen again.
Good news, the spray works. Bad news, it WORKS. I'm worried it's gone down way too thick. There's nothing that can't be fixed, but I'm starting to run out of time for this project.
Was it a rectangular shape? If so it was probably a rotating nozzle, designed to give a fan-pattern rather then a circular cone pattern from a standard can. It rotates (I use pliers) to give a horizontal or vertical fan spray. Fan direction is at 90° to the main axis of the rectangle. So horizontal rectangle = vertical fan spray.
It probably just needed a pin to unclog the nozzle. (This is why they say to turn it upside down after use and press to use the propellant to blow any residue from the nozzle).
If you think there's too much on, then wait a day before spraying some more to give it extra time to dry.
You can always try using a nozzle from another spray can (use on cardboard first to avoid any old paint being transferred to the neck).
Ah yes that would have been it! It's been so long since I've sprayed anything that the technology got away from me.Originally Posted by Simon Barden
I've already done 3 coats as per Bakers advice above. At worst I need to scrape back in a day or two, fix it up, and do it again.
I'll definitely try and locate another nozzle thingo for the next few coats, good thinking!
Last edited by ross.pearson; 02-09-2021 at 02:33 PM.
It's been 4 days since I put down my last coat of poly. Only 2.5 more weeks to wait until I can wet sand, polish, and assemble.
I've never played Hungry Hippos.
Ah. I believe in the UK it's called Happy Slappy Fatty Chappies.
I've seen it advertised on TV ages ago.
I was 17 when it first came out, so beyond their target market.
"Happy Slappy Fatty Chappies"
What ever you do... DON'T Google that!!!!
Making the world a better place; one guitar at a time...
Oh no.
I'm totally gonna google that though. Or as they say in the UK, Googly Woogly Searchy Wearchy.
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