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Some of you may remember a clock I posted WIP awhile back (prior to the server meltdown in December)... well, this project took a turn for the worse when I fouled up the antique job - big time! (I ran out of paper towels and couldn't get the excess off before it started turning to goop! :ranting2:) Also, most of the water-based dye I applied to the dial and the numbers came off. I was pretty disgusted with it, and tossed it aside until I could decide objectively what to do next with it, but I was pretty sure it was headed for the :censored2: boo-boo bin.

I took some deglazer to it, and got as much of the antique off as I could, but it had absorbed well into the leather in the deeper parts (which is one thing I usually like about the formula I use), so it wasn't coming off in those places. Last week I took another look at it and decided to try to finish it. I re-painted the dial and the numbers with some Createx transparent colors, then re-applied the antique. This time, I had a massive pile of paper towel sheets ready to go! Yessir! Yup! Heck yeah.

So here it is... I still haven't attached the clock movement, and it's still not as nice as it would have been if I had done the job right the first time, but at least it's not a total loss...

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Kate

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I'm afraid I don't see anything wrong with it at all -- it looks like one of your usual fabulous pieces! Really, as I read your description, I started to think you had carved it all over again because the pictures look so good. . .

BTW, would you run through the details of what exactly your coloring technique was for this piece?

Thanks for posting this, Kate.

L'Bum

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Nice save Kate!!! Nobody would ever know it was almost a boo boo. Wanna fix some of the stuff in my boo boo bin???? It's getting fuller all the time.

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I like this one a lot better.

pea-aire'

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nice looking clock!! How bout the cats beating Ku in b-ball YEA Go wildcats!!!!!!!!

Mike

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LOL, your mistakes look better than my sucesses.

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Your work is so freakin' beautiful! Your "mistakes" are better than my "good!" I wish I could screw up that well!

Brian

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Did Washroad just call me beautiful ???

Kate i love seeing your work. LOVE IT !! No matter what the color is it will never take away from your great tooling and design. In saying that i must also say how fantastic your dye jobs are as well. You're the triple threat !!

It looks freakin beautiful !!

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