Pic's are coming soon, Doug.
Misery loves company and soon enough I'm sure to be hating it. Before I'm able to get pic's, let me ask about tips for prepping steel for paint. I thought about leaving it be and going for a steam punk look with maybe poly urethane on it. But I am going to put latex paint and primer on it. I need to know what to wipe the steel with for the final cleaning before primer ... denatured alcohol. That should work, right?
Anyway, this ought to be fun for a while before like everything else, it becomes obvious that it's just more work. I do this because I really like the things after they're done. Some of the wood is exotic (to me) and I install/assemble things so they come off/apart with either a screw driver or lacking that, a sledge hammer.
I already got the camera by the boots: ready to go. Oh, and aside from the steel, there's a small stack of trim I'm going to shoot latex on with an HVLP gun. I know that's wrong but all are welcome to remind me of that yet again. This not listening to anybody thing takes practice. The joy here is sanding and wiping down the material. The deal is that I have to clear the wood trim off the saw horses they now occupy.
The steel prep is a diversion at this point but it is also the thing I am most excited about. I want to spend 2 weeks doing this ... okay fine, 4 but no more than that.
About the only thing I have to buy is a respirator. Paint always makes me a little green around the gills. I've gotta shoot urethane too. That's gonna be a first. Maybe I wouldn't hate finish so much if I was better at it. Anyway, ... here goes