Being occupationally challenged since 9/30/08 (looking for a job), we've decided to do "Christmas Lite" this year. I wanted to get my wife something special for a present.
I've restored a baby's spindle chair for my wife as a Christmas present. It was her fathers (my FIL's) as a child 75+ years ago, and she remembers the chair sitting in the corner of the living room when she was a kid, and the project has sat on a shelf in my garage for years. I had to fabricate some new spindles and repair a break in the rear curved piece, and have it primed and ready to put the final coating on it this week when she's at work.
What's the best paint to use? Spray enamel, lacquer or something else? It's primed with Rustoleum automotive primer since I had an almost full can sitting on the shelf from a prior car project. I tried to do the work to make it last a long time: gorilla glued the joints, used plumbers epoxy and brass wire to make the repairs- it's as solid as I can make it.
What's "freaking me out" is as I work on it it thinking that the next child who uses it will be a grandchild, since I have 2 kids in college- and I still think I'm 25 and going gray early
Note my meat cooler used as lower work area, and the cover from my duck hunting gear container I throw in the bed of my pickup used as a spray painting base!
I've restored a baby's spindle chair for my wife as a Christmas present. It was her fathers (my FIL's) as a child 75+ years ago, and she remembers the chair sitting in the corner of the living room when she was a kid, and the project has sat on a shelf in my garage for years. I had to fabricate some new spindles and repair a break in the rear curved piece, and have it primed and ready to put the final coating on it this week when she's at work.
What's the best paint to use? Spray enamel, lacquer or something else? It's primed with Rustoleum automotive primer since I had an almost full can sitting on the shelf from a prior car project. I tried to do the work to make it last a long time: gorilla glued the joints, used plumbers epoxy and brass wire to make the repairs- it's as solid as I can make it.
What's "freaking me out" is as I work on it it thinking that the next child who uses it will be a grandchild, since I have 2 kids in college- and I still think I'm 25 and going gray early
Note my meat cooler used as lower work area, and the cover from my duck hunting gear container I throw in the bed of my pickup used as a spray painting base!
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