Yeah, so anyway, after starting to sand the primed layers... found that it really clogged up my sandpaper - even after 24 hours of drying at 41% humidity and heat set to 75degrees. That and when I would sand it thin enough for perfection, it would suddenly get "torn" off like a paint chip. ARGH. Yes, the first thing you might think is that I didn't clean the surface before priming, but I'm pretty sure I wiped it down pretty good. Conclusion: Kiltz primer isn't sand-able. Doh.
So I reset it back by sanding both of the pieces back to wood. Damn it. Oh well, at least I didn't waste any more of my expensive 400 grit sandpaper (3 sheets irrecoverably clogged with primer clumps... blah).
More bad news: Today, when cutting the base pieces of tokin#3, I accidentally cut my metal ruler, destroying both the ruler (it's in 2 pieces), the miter saw blade (tons of chipped teeth), and the strip of wood that I was fabricating the base out of. One of the ruler pieces landed 20 feet away outside in the grass. Spent 20 minutes looking for the other half of the ruler.
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FML. Luckily, none of the pieces hit my car, which would have been extremely devastating... And even more luckily I was also wearing my gloves, I have the feeling that the impact of the ruler/wood may have pushed my glove into the path of the blade as it was slowing down. >_<;;;
Btw: Cost of Tokin materials thus far:
From Home Depot/Walmart/Sears
~8 foot stud ~3$ (can make like 3 tokins)
Pack of mixed grade 80-220grit sandpaper ~8$ (probably only will use up like 1/4th of it)
Bottle of Gorilla Wood Glue ~4$ (suprisingly cheaper then elmer's wood glue, probably will use up only 1/10th of it)
Fancy Red Spraypaint: ~4$ x3
Lacquer Clear: 4$
Gloss Clearcoat: 8$ turns out this was uselessly stupid as it doesn't sand well.
Kiltz Primer: ~13$ (turns out this was useless, but oh well, I'll use it later for something else)
Spackle 14$ (Big thing of it, but me or my dad will use it later) Probably used like 1$'s worth for this project
400 grit sandpaper: 4$ (for 4 big sheets! pricy!!)
400 grit sandpaper (wet/dry type): 6$ for10 sheets (probably 1/3rd the size of the bigger sheets - pricy)
800 grit sandpaper (wet/dry type): 6$ for10 sheets (probably 1/3rd the size of the bigger sheets - pricy)
Terry Towels: 11$ for a 24 pack
From Advance Auto Parts:
1000 grit sandpaper (wet/dry type): 5$ for 5 sheets (probably 1/3rd the size of the bigger sheets - very pricy!)
1500 grit sandpaper (wet/dry type): 5$ for 5 sheets (probably 1/3rd the size of the bigger sheets - very pricy!)
2000 grit sandpaper (wet/dry type): 5$ for 5 sheets (probably 1/3rd the size of the bigger sheets - very pricy!)
Polish Compound: 7$ (I think it's equivalent to 4000 grit) got a better one
Meguiar's Rubbing compound: 10$
Meguiar's polishing compound: 10$
Sand-able Primer Spraycan: 5.5$ x3
Material Costs (some of the materials can probably be used for another project later on): 128.5$ = ~36.17 per tokin. Pricy.
Accidental damage:
10 inch miter saw blade: 14$
Awesome Metal Ruler: No idea how much this costs, probably irreplaceable as this was a (very nice) gift
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Total cost (including damage) thus far:
$122.5
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A non-fancy finish painted version would probably cost way less:
~8 foot stud ~6$ (can make like 3 tokins)
Pack of mixed grade 80-220grit sandpaper ~8$ (probably only will use up like 1/4th of it)
Bottle of Gorilla Wood Glue ~4$ (suprisingly cheaper then elmer's wood glue, probably will use up only 1/10th of it)
Fancy Red Spraypaint: ~4$
Gloss Clearcoat: 8$
= $30 for 3 tokins.
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Sigh. The things I go through for perfection. :V
Girls are now stripping off the crappy primer....
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Re-spackling and dryin.
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Not Pictured: Sanding spackling down
Next level priming apparatus! (Made from a random box, small lazy susan covered with many sheets from one of those free paper mousepads for taking notes). Yes, I'm priming at 4am.
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