Turbine Inspired Center Console DIY
I Put on some real thin bits of spot glaze, which adhered nice to the primer last night. I sanded it off with some 80 gritt this morning, and finished out the curves with 220. I had hoped this would be the last, or at least second to last spot check, but I really don't want to see any bumps or runs, cracks, etc... since it's such a small part. No one else may notice but I'll be seeing it every day and it will bother the heck out of me.
I used it to fill the grain in the mahogany as well. It worked good for that, since it kind of shrinks down into cracks.
Also with this next coat of primer, the superstructure is starting to look all like one piece, which is what I was hoping for. The paint colors will make it look like seperate parts, but that's later. I also went and bought a can of: Dull Silver, Gloss White, Gloss Black, and Crystal clear coat.
As you can see, I'm pretty close here (this is just the primer) and it'll be just little tiny spots to fix, then reprime, and I'll be ready to start taping and painting. I'm thinking of changing the paint scheme from my original idea.
I'm thinking the dull silver on the front turbine tube, just like I had wanted previously, then black on the skirting and superstructure, and paint the cup holder section of the "turbine" white. It's still an idea, and hard to integrate the black and white into it at the same time. You can kind of see that's the color scheme of my interior. The upholstery is all white and black, and the dashboard is brushed aluminum.
I'm also debating if the turbine tube, the cup holder area should both be silver, and the superstructure and skirting is just black... it's hard to decide.
I also found a perfect piece of metal to wrap the fan blades. I went to Lowe's and found some 1/16" aluminum stock x1" and I wrapped it around a cooking pot to make a basic circle, then worked it smaller by hand till I had to stretch it out to wrap the fan blade. Now I can trim the rear fan blades, and put another piece around the back ones. I have 6 more feet of this stuff to use too, and since it's already aluminum, I will leave it. It looks good without paint.
I have tape around it to hold it while I glued it. White Gorilla Glue this time. It held real good, and just minimal cleanup of the glue foam to do.
I Put on some real thin bits of spot glaze, which adhered nice to the primer last night. I sanded it off with some 80 gritt this morning, and finished out the curves with 220. I had hoped this would be the last, or at least second to last spot check, but I really don't want to see any bumps or runs, cracks, etc... since it's such a small part. No one else may notice but I'll be seeing it every day and it will bother the heck out of me.
I used it to fill the grain in the mahogany as well. It worked good for that, since it kind of shrinks down into cracks.
Also with this next coat of primer, the superstructure is starting to look all like one piece, which is what I was hoping for. The paint colors will make it look like seperate parts, but that's later. I also went and bought a can of: Dull Silver, Gloss White, Gloss Black, and Crystal clear coat.
As you can see, I'm pretty close here (this is just the primer) and it'll be just little tiny spots to fix, then reprime, and I'll be ready to start taping and painting. I'm thinking of changing the paint scheme from my original idea.
I'm thinking the dull silver on the front turbine tube, just like I had wanted previously, then black on the skirting and superstructure, and paint the cup holder section of the "turbine" white. It's still an idea, and hard to integrate the black and white into it at the same time. You can kind of see that's the color scheme of my interior. The upholstery is all white and black, and the dashboard is brushed aluminum.
I'm also debating if the turbine tube, the cup holder area should both be silver, and the superstructure and skirting is just black... it's hard to decide.
I also found a perfect piece of metal to wrap the fan blades. I went to Lowe's and found some 1/16" aluminum stock x1" and I wrapped it around a cooking pot to make a basic circle, then worked it smaller by hand till I had to stretch it out to wrap the fan blade. Now I can trim the rear fan blades, and put another piece around the back ones. I have 6 more feet of this stuff to use too, and since it's already aluminum, I will leave it. It looks good without paint.
I have tape around it to hold it while I glued it. White Gorilla Glue this time. It held real good, and just minimal cleanup of the glue foam to do.
