Popular Post Smallpatch Posted October 2, 2020 Popular Post Report Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) It would be nice if the customer didn't attempt to repair things then bring them to me! Pieces missing and glued pieces are not straight and in line with anything? This ladies sister attemped to put things back after knocking the clock over and after gluing she drove flat headed brads in the very old wood and busted it into little pieces... I think the guy who built it did a great job for he took an old tin dial out of some kind of clock that didn't work anymore and made this many years ago...Varnish evidently was used in the finishing process. Me and varnish never did like each other.. I put a new movement in and here it is ready to deliver. I don't recognize the glue she used but it was all over everything... I also touched the flat headed brads with a black marx a lot? I also have some of these upholstery brads somewhere since one is missing? When repairing something this old one has to assume every kind of furniture polish and wax was used at one time or the other on this clock so its best to find an area that won't matter and if you are using spray lacquer in your repairing just don't do it out in the middle of something where you might have to end up refinishing the whole thing. This wood used back then was the regular pine plywood so there was enough light and dark areas all over the clock that I could do just about anything I wanted to the wood and finish and it would all blend in...I did recoat the entire front with satin lacquer so the same flat gloss was visible from top to bottom...otherwise the repaired areas would still be advertising big time!!! And it did away with the rough varnish look and feel! Edited October 2, 2020 by Smallpatch Gerald, steamshovel, HandyDan and 4 others 7 Quote
kmealy Posted October 2, 2020 Report Posted October 2, 2020 It would be nice if the customer didn't attempt to repair things then bring them to me! I would silently groan when I would hear, "My husband tried to repair this (with Gorilla Glue)" Cal and Fred W. Hargis Jr 2 Quote
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted October 2, 2020 Report Posted October 2, 2020 Nice job on the clock, Jesse. Cal 1 Quote
Cal Posted October 3, 2020 Report Posted October 3, 2020 17 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: Nice job on the clock, Jesse. Agreed! Quote
DRAGON1 Posted October 3, 2020 Report Posted October 3, 2020 I've got a ton of Dremel bits just for that purpose . Also dental picks!!!! Good job!!! Cal and Gunny 2 Quote
DAB Posted October 3, 2020 Report Posted October 3, 2020 "yes ma'am, how may i help you today?" "I need some wood grain paint that will adhere to bondo" "wood grain paint?" "yes, paint that will look like wood grain when you roll it on" "ummmm....." Cal, Gunny and Gene Howe 3 Quote
kmealy Posted October 3, 2020 Report Posted October 3, 2020 1 hour ago, DAB said: "yes ma'am, how may i help you today?" "I need some wood grain paint that will adhere to bondo" "wood grain paint?" "yes, paint that will look like wood grain when you roll it on" "ummmm....." Not the product, but the technique. I've seen some faux graining that was _really_ hard to tell it was not real grain. Also seen some faux marble that was likewise. As an aside tale, I took a faux finishing class a number of years ago from a guy that did it professionally. He came in to one class and said, "Well, we have a new record. We've re-done some work 27 times because the woman (a Karen) was not happy with the color." They are paid time and material, thankfully. Can you imagine a) 54 coats of paint on something and b) at some point it was darned close enough not to matter? p_toad, Cal and Gunny 3 Quote
Gunny Posted October 4, 2020 Report Posted October 4, 2020 Beautiful job bringing that mess back to life. Cal 1 Quote
DAB Posted October 4, 2020 Report Posted October 4, 2020 19 hours ago, kmealy said: Not the product, but the technique. I've seen some faux graining that was _really_ hard to tell it was not real grain. Also seen some faux marble that was likewise. As an aside tale, I took a faux finishing class a number of years ago from a guy that did it professionally. He came in to one class and said, "Well, we have a new record. We've re-done some work 27 times because the woman (a Karen) was not happy with the color." They are paid time and material, thankfully. Can you imagine a) 54 coats of paint on something and b) at some point it was darned close enough not to matter? some years ago, i got a request to make a custom cutting board, with the letter S featured in contrasting wood. their last name started with S. ok, interesting challenge. i purchased some maple and cherry, cut things to size, did a dry layout, took a pic, sent it to her, got an OK back, glued it up, finished it, shipped it off. ok, now just wait for her check.......2 weeks, nothing.....4 weeks, nothing......6 weeks, get a few excuses, but no check yet. finally demanded that she either pay what was agreed, or send it back, under threat of public shaming, as many knew who she was in my little corner of the world. finally, get it back, she maintains her innocence before men, and now i'm out about $100+ in materials and shipping costs. who else wants a custom cutting board? finally give it away to someone who's last name also started with an S. her reason for not paying? oh, you're going to love this: when it arrived, apparently hubby got a look at it, and found out what she had promised to pay me in money, and said NO. so she invented the reason that it wasn't "fancy enough" lady, you saw the picture of the dry layout. it didn't change when it was glued up. her name was not Karen (i don't even remember what it was, but my sister's given name is Karen, so i tend to remember other people named Karen), but she sure fit the bill. DRAGON1, Gene Howe, Cal and 1 other 4 Quote
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