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Force, do you do the painting by brush, by spray or by dipping?

 

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Force, do you do the painting by brush, by spray or by dipping?

 

D.ick

In both cases I painted with brush and spray lacquered.

 

My next venture will be all spray, Canary Yellow on a silver hardware Carene.

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Yes, sorry, my mind has been elsewhere the last 10 days. A couple of people I have known much of my life were 'called' last week and in the same family line. One was way to young.

 

On the re-work, I will say the Ivory was a lot easier to paint than this Crimson. It took less coats before I felt it was suitable for the lacquer. Hopefully I should be able to put a few pics up later today on progress.

 

I'm sorry for your loss, Force :(

 

Really curious to see how the crimson one will look, and your next project, the Canary Yellow. It might take you some work, but you get a few unique Carenes!

WTB: Waterman Carene Royal Violet

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After much ado yesterday I decided to flatten down the lacquer because it went on too thick. I will also buy a new tin of spray lacquer.

 

The restyling of the lounge door, along with my helper, got in the way of progress.

 

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Fergus, hello!

"Well, at least being into pens isn't a gross habit. Like smoking or whatever."

 

"Ahh, thanks?"

 

-My coworker Christine.

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I am back on the case....this is part of what came between me and it. I had to transform an old hardwood dark stained, 15 glass panel door into something more modern because I could not get a new door without a lot of hassle. So I had the door that required no fitting and just had to rework it. I appear to be reworking everything.

 

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Anyway I managed to get another coat of Crimson on the now well set parts. Not long now.

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That's a neat door, Force. You seem to have golden hands.

 

 

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I'm excited to see the finished product! The Carene seems to be beautiful in any color. The door looks very well made, too.

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That's the section back together while waiting on the varnish to dry....3 coats so far, maybe one more.

 

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Talk about difficult to photograph. It's taken me about 50 shots at different times of day to get it to show the colour and this is the best I could muster.

 

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or this

 

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I think it should look nice with the gold.

 

I will leave them to harden off before polishing.

 

Not forgetting the, unusual, never seen on a Carene, surprise I have with this rework.

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Very nice! It's going to look real classy with the gold!

WTB: Waterman Carene Royal Violet

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:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

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Well here it is in rather poor evening light, although I will be changing the section or its ring over time because it is rather loose.

 

That is a speck of dust on the barrel.

 

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Well done, sir, again. :thumbup: :notworthy1:

 

It would be nice to see the Crimson and the Ivory together, perhaps on that nice stand you have.

 

 

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