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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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I'm in the middle of a small remodeling project that I'm doing for my dear friend(and hairdresser) Jeffery. He's been living in the same apt. for 20 years and the kitchen has had no updating of any kind in all that time.
It's a small area but there has been a lot of work. The walls and ceiling and hall moulding were all painted a semi-gloss in an awful color that looked like cafe-au-lait. I started by washing and priming everything, and then repainting the ceiling in a clean white and the walls in a soft bluish-grey, in a pearl finish.
The next step was to do something with the awful old cheap cabinets. The hinges were copper-coated steel 3/8" offset surface mount in a style I described as "Moorish". The cabinets themselves were plywoood with a thin veneer.
He hated the hinges but it was too expensive and/or too much work to replace them with something more contemporary. But luckily he has a friend who owns a plating shop, so he clipped the pointy ends off, rounded them down, bead-blasted the lacquer off, and had his friend put them in the nickel tank. They came out with a finish that went very nicely with some new stainless steel pulls. The cabinets we revitalized with more paint work: saning, priming, and 2 coats os a nice semi-gloss in a BM color called "gray Tint".
We're only half way done. Still have the bottom cabinets to do, but that will have to wait, as I'm off to Vegas for 2 weeks!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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So I'm walking by this building site in Ushuaia...
Did you happen to see if Charlie Porter was in port while you were there?
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Hi Lolli,
Pearl is just the name Benjamin Moore gives to a finish in their "regal" paint line that is between semi-gloss and eggshell, so the sheen is in between. They used to call it satin. It's typically used in kitchens or bathrooms, places where a flat paint or eggshell might not hold up as well, or on mouldings for people who don't like the sheen of a semi-gloss. The color is mixed right into the pearl base.
Overglazing is a whole different thing, but it does produce beautiful, often shimmery effects. I've done a lot of overglazing with my artwork, using acrylic glazes, or just very watered down paints. But I've never done any overglazing for interior housepainting. I'll bet it would be beautiful. In my artwork, I usually use a glaze in a pure semi-transparent or translucent hue over something lighter (often a tint of a similar hue), which makes the whole thing glow.
Show us your photos when you are done!
Phyl
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Healy,
It was suggested to me by Guido or somebody to look him up but having met
him only once ('75?) it would have been a bit presumptuous.
It would have been cool to go for a sail with him.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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First time I've checked out this thread-I'm amazed!
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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the plan:
the parts:
oak--so graceful and robust. now i just need time to install the thing.
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Kind of a smaller project for me, but I recently finished a built-in cabinet and bookcase for the realtor who we are trusting (praying for) to sell our house. I rarely work in red oak as it isn't appropriate for the furniture I make; probably 12-15 years since I worked with it?
The oddly shaped nook at her house. For some unexplained reason there was a 4" deep fin wall left of the fireplace that had to be considered and accomodated.
And the finished project. The upper bookcase tucked into the corner fine, but the lower cabinet was notched to fit the fin wall and the left end had a matching 45 degree to suit the high traffic area. That damned dog barked at me for 3 straight hours during the installation.
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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Nice cabinet/stupid wiener dog. ;)
Eggbert before:
and after:
Before:
and after:
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NigelSSI
Trad climber
B.C.
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EGAD DMT!!!
That thing does look like a beast! I'm sure it was fun, though. Having a blast with the little projects we've got on the go, and learning a ton. I may be getting paid, but I've put in over double those hours at home just schooling myself for the fun of it.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Here is a project T2 contracting just finished for Quiksilver in Huntington Beach. 3000 square feet with Ipe decking and fence boards. This was a huge project for me I thought would take 5 weeks and it ended up taking 7 (Sheesh one day i'll learn how to bid my time.) Anyway both Quiksilver and the primary contractor loved the work so they awarded me another very significant contract.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Thanks Skully! That was the biggest deck I ever built.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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T2, beautiful work!
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Gene
climber
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Quiksilver and the primary contractor loved the work so they awarded me another very significant contract. ~T2
Good to see that that level of quality work leads to another good job for you.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Updated version of last year's modular utility film crane previously mounted on a flat deck for moving shot of dummy smashing into a car.
This version with 24' mast and 32' boom for Libra remote head motivated by gloved hands, ropes and counterweights filming vampirical entities.
Way nicer office this time.
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Well it's built, but I'm proud of it. Creating that radiused step took me two days.
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NigelSSI
Trad climber
B.C.
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One more fan of T2's deck. WOW!
Glad you made a random connection like that, DMT. I find it's those encounters that raise my opinion of humanity every so often! XD
I'm far from an EE, and at 28 years old, tubes were basically finished before I was even conceived. As a guitar player with a love for old gear, I've picked up a bit of ability while keeping my ancient amps going, and slowly making progress on restoring a Hammond.
I've recently found some work that lets me go a little deeper into electronics with some great folks starting at the ground floor of a new very tiny company. Basically building everything from the boards to chassis to knobs in a garage, using a cnc milling machine, and whatever else we can get our hands on. Picking up textbooks, and such from the library to get my moronic ass up to speed, and loving every minute of it. It's a breath of fresh air, and mental stimulation among my other 2 jobs.
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Apr 10, 2011 - 02:30pm PT
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ay, Brandon. . . that's something. Did you heat/steam bend?
No steam box, I was fortunate to have some material that was blond, the rest of the ipe was much darker. So I just ripped it down to 1-1/4'' and clamped the strips one course at a time, ending up with the big radius. IMO, the alternating colors give it a cool look.
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