Members CitizenKate Posted January 13, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 13, 2010 Thanks for all the nice comments! Here's the latest progress on this board... I will need to finish the dye work, as well as the antique and finish by tomorrow if I want to ship this thing by the end of the week. The person who ordered it is taking it to give to a friend in Australia. I checked into what it would take to just ship it there, and now I know why I've never gotten an order from Australia!!! I would cost about as much to buy it a seat on a passenger jet. I could ship it to Japan for less than half the cost. Anyway, all the airbrushed dye work is done now. Since there have been questions about the masking, I included a shot that shows a little of how that works, and how nicely it keeps the dye right where I want it, and how nicely it comes up afterwards. Kate Quote
Ambassador freak Posted January 13, 2010 Ambassador Report Posted January 13, 2010 Again, WOW !! beautiful work Kate, just beautiful !! Quote It takes more then one freak to have a true freakshow. So take a seat , the show is about to start. Check out the freakSHOW
hidepounder Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 You do a remarkable job Kate. I can't wait to see it finished! Bobby Quote
Members TimDreamer Posted January 13, 2010 Members Report Posted January 13, 2010 That really is a sharp looking board! Quote An appeaser is a guy who throws his friends to the alligator in hopes that the alligator will eat him last. -- Winston Churchill True Gun Control is grouping your shots and hitting what you are aiming at. -- Tim Dotson
Members jbradford Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 Absolutely beautiful work! Your quality shows. Quote
Members CitizenKate Posted January 15, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 15, 2010 Finally finished all the dye work... The colors are a little intense, but I put the color on more intense if I'm antiquing, although the tan in the corners went on a little darker than I intended. There is room for a little variation there, though. The colors get toned down quite a bit by the antique. Now onto the antique, and in fact that is already done, I'm just waiting for it to settle... Kate Quote
dirtclod Posted January 15, 2010 Report Posted January 15, 2010 Hi Kate, Great job, you have out done your self ! It's so nice i'd hate to play checkers or chess on it. Quote I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 15, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Finally finished all the dye work... The colors are a little intense, but Intense, maybe, but PUR DEE... animated .gif, click the photo [hope that's OK] Edited January 15, 2010 by JLSleather Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members cem Posted January 15, 2010 Members Report Posted January 15, 2010 Wow that come up really nice Kate, I like nice and bright your customer will definately be pleased with that. It does seem to be cheaper for us Aussies to send overseas. Not sure who you are going to use but I've never had any problems when packages from the US have been sent by USPS. If you are sending to the West Coast definately don't use UPS they aren't the most helpful as there isn't an actual office here and you get sent on a wild goose chase if a problem occurs, should be fine for the East Coast though. That's an interesting idea. Hope you post the results! Kate Did some testing with the silicone and it's the same as liquid latex doesn't turn it grey but it does make it go darker and doesn't let the dye go on properly. I also tryed cleaning it with deglazer and the dye went on better but the dye came out a different shade compared to unsiliconed leather. I will probably do some more testing in the future with some different types of silicone designed for skin but that will have to wait until I finish these projects off. Quote
Members CitizenKate Posted January 16, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 16, 2010 It does seem to be cheaper for us Aussies to send overseas. Not sure who you are going to use but I've never had any problems when packages from the US have been sent by USPS. If you are sending to the West Coast definately don't use UPS they aren't the most helpful as there isn't an actual office here and you get sent on a wild goose chase if a problem occurs, should be fine for the East Coast though. Good to know for the future. The board is going to SA, and I checked with both UPS and USPS... USPS wanted over $300 to ship the board there, and UPS wanted over $400, but it's considered a "large" package, which at least partly explains the high cost. In this case, the person who ordered it is currently living in the US, but planning to move to Australia, so she just had me ship it to her in VA, and she's delivering it there herself. I will probably do some more testing in the future with some different types of silicone designed for skin but that will have to wait until I finish these projects off. I'll be interested to hear the results of your further testing. Well, the board is done, finally, and already been shipped. Here are the photos of the finished board. Kate Quote
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