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Same process on the head.
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Yellow is unmasked.
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Now I will manually mask the art off and tighten up the black.This is also very tedious but will sharpen up the fine
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Frant is masked.
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Sides masked.Not every single bit of the black needs to be nor should be done because if too much detail work is attem
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Head is being done under the same principles.
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Head based in black once again.
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Lower is based in black again as well.
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Lower unmasked.
The newly blacked out areas look richer right now but will be far less so once it is cleared again and
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Head is cleared again.
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Lower cleared again.
Still full gloss right now until I know all the art and paint work is where I want it to be.At that
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Lower is sanded once again.It is such a tedious time consuming process and the amount of expensive materials used is ha
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Now the leveling is done and there are some issues to be addressed once more with the highest color and that is the yel
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Other issues that can pop up in the yellow as it is shaved into is getting it thin enough that it starts to expose the
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Now that the lower is prepped it can be cleaned and manually masked for the final yellow reworks.By using the same pai
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Doesn't look like much but a good few hours were spent manually cutting and masking the yellow areas.At this stage anoth
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Yellow applied for what I think is the third time at this point.
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Head will undergo the same process.This will soften the lines and dial in the details.
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Head is less complex in the yellow details so it was not as time consuming to mask manually as the lower.
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Yellow is done on this side of the head.The other ide will be done next as was the lower done one side at a time because i
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Head is done and ready to clear.This will be the final clear most likely so the matte style clear will be implemented
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Head is cleared with the finishing version of clear.
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Prepping the lower for the final clear.Knowing there will not be anymore color painting moving forward I can redefine and c
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The bevel is in good order now.
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Lower is now ready for the final clear.
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Final clear was applied.It is not fully cured yet so it will still be a bit more glossy right now than it will be in a
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After the clear settles in I will then decide if I am comfortable enough with it to move it into rebuild.
The criteria
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Clar has settled and I am going to sand and clear the cabinet just one more time because it is at a 90% level IMO and
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Sanding my goal is to eliminate all traces of the hard edge.This can be seen by looking at the build up and surface as i
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Same process and concern on the head.
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