Hmmmm...what gun are you using?
My first Gold Crown refurbish
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Looks good.... I corn blasted mine, took 45 minutes, then a very light sanding and stain and clear coated, took max 4 hrs to do it all, other than driving to the corn blast man. The pocket Staples showed me this was likely not in a pool room it's entire life and the top rails are not worn at all. Enjoy.
bpeacock
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A cheap one that I got off of Amazon years ago. I am open to suggestions.
bpeacock
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I can only speak for the last 15 or 20 years and it was not in a pool hall. It was in Meucci Cues' show room. They are remodeling and needed the space.
Yep, the lack of staple/holes from recovering was the tell. Enjoy.
Wondering if you'd get a smoother finish using a Purdy Parrot roller cover. What the gun is laying down looks kinda rough.
It might be worth while to see if a cabinet guy would shoot everything for you.
Simply give it a rub down with 240 and spray it again. It will make all the difference
bpeacock
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Will do... Pictures comingSimply give it a rub down with 240 and spray it again. It will make all the difference
DeeDeeCues
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I'd suggest that it is more the type of paint. I shoot my wood projects with automotive paints, they just lay down so much nicer. I used Summit brand paint on my El Camino, and on my GCI.
I disagree. I used SW Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel Semi Gloss on my table. It's got very good leveling qualities which resulted in a very smooth finish through my Graco sprayer with an FFLP tip.
I had to repaint my friends Mercury Bravo stern drives after a body shop did a not so good job. I used PPG automotive base/clear coat. It was only the second time I was using my HVLP gun and I am by no stretch of the imagination a painter/body guy. The base coat went on real nice but the clear coat went on real thick and orange peely like it was not thinned enough. In the time it took me to walk around the stern drive spraying clear it smoothed out like a dead calm lake. Weird experience. I would definitely lean towards automotive finishes just for the durability.
bpeacock
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Wow that looks good...hard to believe that is the same paint that I am using. I have some new pics from what I did this weekend. It looks much better but nothing like this.
bpeacock
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I took a break for a couple of months, but I have been working hard on it for the past two weeks... Pictures coming soon.
bpeacock
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Quite a few of these screws were stripped and some were bent...someone suggested I fill the holes with glue and toothpicks but I decided to drill all holes and dowel them. I replaced the flathead screws with Phillips.
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Decided to resize the pockets to 4.5". The ends of the rails were soft to I trimmed them back and added oak to extend them. The rails still had some soft wood so I chiseled that all out and filled it with oak as needed. I sanded it down smoothe but no pics.
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The legs were in horrible shape. After I cleaned them up I saw that someone have used a pipe wrench to adjust the table height and they had deep marks. I thought I would fill with bondo and have them painted but that was starting to look expensive. My wife suggested that I should buy some new ones so I did. I couldn't be more pleased with them.
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Polished the formica the best that I could. Just didn't have the guts to try to replace it. Getting the glue off the rails from the old rubber turned out to be a challenge. I finally decided to make a skim pass through my table saw. They cleaned up nicely. Added superspeed K55 rubber.
