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The reflection on this side shows that it is improving.
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Sanded again.
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Most of the graining is gone.What is left behind are dents and splits in the wood.Those will now be filled.
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Big gouge under the mountain
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I will also start working on the underside.There are a few places where the lip is knocked off and will have to be rebuilt
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Areas filled on the front.
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Areas of concern filled left.
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Lip being rebuilt and working on the right side.
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Serious graining still present on the right.
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More of the same.It is really splitting more than anything else but the previous clear has esentially glued it.
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Areas of concern are filled on the right side.
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Left side sanded and being prepped for refinishing.I will start working one side at a time now so I can really begin to lev
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Head is being prepped.
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Head is having the low spots and grain filled.
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Cleaned and prepped fro refinishing.
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Black roughed in just to keep it fresh.
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Head ready to clear for the third time.
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Head cleared again.
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Left side masked and the black is roughed in once again.
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Left side gets a very heavy third coat of clear.Once it cures overnight I will flip it and re-black the right side prior
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Right side masked and blacked out.
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Right side unmasked and ready to clear.
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Right side cleared.At this point the foundation is solid and it will need to cure a few days before I start the straighte
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Ready to sand again.It is really the right side that is being problematic.The graining is just so severe that every time
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Cut it down on the right side very hard.
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The worst areas were leveled without worrying about the art since I can easily redo the problem areas.
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This is finally leveled.The break throughs help highlight how raised these areas were.It was almost like water damage but
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Cleared on the right side as well as the front and back.I should be able to start the actual repaints in a couple days.Ha
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After seting up a while it is ready for repaints.
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Head sanded again.
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Lower sanded again.
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Floor sanded.
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Floor masked.
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After several hours of masking and cut out the right side red is ready to repaint on the lower.
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Red sprayed lower right.
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Lower right unmasked.
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The red is looking pretty good.
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