On 2/9/13 11:02 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 2/9/2013 10:39 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/9/13 8:06 AM, Swingman wrote:

End result: The spray job, while not the "Steinway Piano" picture of
perfection I would prefer, will suffice ... it is, after all NOT a
farking Steinway Piano:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1113554...47907740904994




Scroll right for cornice detail ...

(Tough to photograph "black" with an iPhone)

After thoroughly digesting all of Robert's advice, I'm convinced the
product used will provide the client with a finish that will be much
better suited for his purpose than anything I could have come up with
myself.

Moral: You need to rely on expert advice, ask a real EXPERT ... with a
verifiable and proven track record!

Thanks for all your help, Robert!


You mean my rattle can advice wasn't good enough!?!? :-D

Hell, I was thinking along those lines myself .. great minds, wot?

And I appreciate the effort.

Looks to be about the same (perhaps a notch better) texture that I got
on the bookcases I installed yesterday. I'm sure your client will be
thrilled... mine was. Sometimes (most times) the standard to which we
hold ourselves is a lot higher than consumer expectation in this world
of Ikea and the $399 armoire.

Then, a more experienced-in-the-matter mind than either of us enters the
picture.

The problem, as Robert explained it after I went through the clients use
of the product (which he had the foresight to request before making any
recommendation ... _a dead giveaway of both knowledge and experience_ ),
is that none of the "rattle can" products will stand up to the client's
(a corporate awards company with offices in several states) intended use
... the likelihood of multiple applications of stick-on lettering,
which, with that type of finish, will have a tendency to both craze
and/or lift/peel the finish over time.

Couldn't take the the chance ... it's my name/reputation that goes in/on
it.

Texture, and the rattle cans took a back seat to that ...


Just to be clear, I only "rattled" the flats of the shelves. All the
faces and framework was HVLP.
I hope to get good enough to one day look back at the results I achieved
as "botched." :-)


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