It's probably too late to help you, but might help someone else; fibre board absorbs spray paint, hence why you had to use so much (probably took forever as well). A quick coat of a wall/ceiling paint with roller and brushes as a sealer before rattlecan top coat(s) would really have helped here, and you'd end up with a more even finish as well. Otherwise, looking good! Interested to see it all come together
Nice work man! If I may suggest, try a paint roller and brush on the other console if you haven't done it already, it'll save you a few spray cans and then you can finish it up with spray paint for the final color or do that again with a roller ;) a white base of wood primer will fill in nicely the grains & small imperfections and it's an easy color to cover up with a smaller amount of paint than the brown color of the wood
I would recommend for the outer skin use a thick felt and staple it down and pull it tight and go a long till it's done then fiberglass resin over the felt to harden it up. Then sand and paint if you want to do that.
An excellent trick with mdf is to brush on Shilac and let it dry, probably 2 coats. This will seal it and act as a primer. Then you can paint it with a lot less paint because it won't act like a spunge soaking up the paint. Just don't knock over the can of Shilac on the driveway. Don't ask me how I know. Well, I may as well tell you. I was shilacing my ejection seat for my Harrier. Instead I accidentally shilaced the driveway when my foot knocked over the can. I had a nice 8 foot shiny spot on the driveway for 1 1/2 years before it finally weathered off! 😂
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It's probably too late to help you, but might help someone else; fibre board absorbs spray paint, hence why you had to use so much (probably took forever as well). A quick coat of a wall/ceiling paint with roller and brushes as a sealer before rattlecan top coat(s) would really have helped here, and you'd end up with a more even finish as well.
Otherwise, looking good! Interested to see it all come together
@@_Majik yep. Learned this too late. Def a lesson for next time
Nice work man! If I may suggest, try a paint roller and brush on the other console if you haven't done it already, it'll save you a few spray cans and then you can finish it up with spray paint for the final color or do that again with a roller ;) a white base of wood primer will fill in nicely the grains & small imperfections and it's an easy color to cover up with a smaller amount of paint than the brown color of the wood
@@The_ViperProject yeah, I learned this too late I’m afraid
I would recommend for the outer skin use a thick felt and staple it down and pull it tight and go a long till it's done then fiberglass resin over the felt to harden it up. Then sand and paint if you want to do that.
@@ekhatchey funny you mention it, I’m fiberglassing the interior walls next so that’s a great suggestion. Thanks!
An excellent trick with mdf is to brush on Shilac and let it dry, probably 2 coats. This will seal it and act as a primer. Then you can paint it with a lot less paint because it won't act like a spunge soaking up the paint. Just don't knock over the can of Shilac on the driveway. Don't ask me how I know. Well, I may as well tell you. I was shilacing my ejection seat for my Harrier. Instead I accidentally shilaced the driveway when my foot knocked over the can. I had a nice 8 foot shiny spot on the driveway for 1 1/2 years before it finally weathered off! 😂
@@JLTSoft holy cow! Durable stuff I guess!
u +oobe can eat ym ssa