Cal 393 Posted November 22, 2014 Seen plans for building six packs about a month ago. A pretty simple build and I thought I would do up a couple for my son who is a home brewer. Let me know what you think, it was a fun project and had it's rewards... I had etched the glasses for him a couple years ago. Cal edit The hobbies shown are woodworking, vinyl and, beer! Cal Oh yes, I have other hobbies too. So many I had to quit (retire from) my job so that I could devote more time to them all!!! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkipp 14 Posted November 22, 2014 Looks really good. I'm actually going to start a distressed wood project this morning. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 393 Posted November 22, 2014 Thanks guys, it was fun and I learned a few things along the way also. Cal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlvied 292 Posted November 22, 2014 Looks good Cal. What did you learn? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mabscotthandyman 1,410 Posted November 23, 2014 I dont care for the old distressed look i see it every morning in the mirror. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 393 Posted November 23, 2014 Bob, I enjoy the learning stuff. On this project I learned that the vinyl that I thought might pull up the paint, would barely stick to it! It was flat white paint, I had the decal down and when I pulled the transfer paper off I had to actually hold down the decal to keep it from pulling up. I had to pull a little, smooth it back down, pull a little further, etc. On woodworking, I learned quite a bit. First, how to go about doing the distressed look. Second, water base stain and water base paint, do mix! The first coat of white paint came out pink!!! I sanded that off, restained and applied a sealer. Then the paint and I still had some bleed through (it is red oak wood). Third, I would normally sand the edge grain down an extra 100 grit from the board's surface. Surface 220 grit, edge grain 320; so that stain is a more even match. In this application it was better to leave the edge grain at the same grit as the surface. It ended up with a darker red stain, but when I went back to sand off the color coat it wasn't so likely to sand through to bare wood on the edges. If I do another project like this I believe it would go a lot easier. Beer, the lighter amber colored beer actually photos better than the dark beer. It is interesting, because when I photo'ed a coffee mug, the black coffee actually took a better pic than one with creme in it. Cal 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
