Well, this project has suffered another setback (or two). Nothing too bad, but it still delays the final rollout. (No pun intended)
After the paint dried, I had to roll it onto its side to paint the legs black. I didn’t want to scratch up my new paint job on the cement garage floor, so I decided to use the carpet scraps left over from when our house was built. The wife has them in front of the downstairs entrance for people to wipe their feet on. As I laid them down, I thought that she might get upset if I got black paint on them, so I flipped them over. After all, who would notice black paint on the underside of a scrap carpet? Too bad that it turns out that the underside of it has a very coarse nylon mesh. Paint job ruined! Start over….
I never did really find the color I wanted in a store. I had mixed two colors together to finally find something I liked. Mixing them together to find that same color a second time proved difficult. What I ended up with was slightly lighter and a little on the pink side of brown/red. But it was OK and I pushed on.
Last night, that paint was dry enough for the clear coat to go on. Wifey loved the look of the clear coat with the gold sparklies in it last time, so I went that way again. This time though, the sparklies didn’t go on even. Must have been because of me reusing the same paint roller as last time. So now, I’ll have to repaint again. Shoot me now SHOOT ME NOW!
On the bright side, the amp showed up. It’s a beast! It’s about half the size of my AVR but weighs about the same. Can’t wait to hear this thing, but wait is what I’ll do. Gotta stop at Lowes on the way home to pick up more red Mahogany and gold sparklies. (oh, and another roller)
