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Ray Dunakin
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Posted - 03/07/2020 : 02:45:46 AM
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Good start!
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TRAINS1941
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Posted - 03/07/2020 : 08:11:15 AM
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Beautiful window. Great start.
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Jerry
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jbvb
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Posted - 03/07/2020 : 08:24:42 AM
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Your patience and skill will get you there, but it will be a long journey.
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Terrell
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Posted - 03/08/2020 : 4:10:23 PM
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Thanks, Rich, Mark, Bill, Ray and Jerry !!
Yes, it's going to be a long journey and the road keeps getting longer.
I finally got a good crackled paint look. Except I wasn't going for that. 

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Pennman
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Posted - 03/08/2020 : 6:05:13 PM
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That looks really great Fred. Some things happen for the best when we least expect it.
Rich
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Michael Hohn
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Posted - 03/08/2020 : 6:37:53 PM
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That’s a great effect. Do you know why that happened and are you going to be able to do it again?
Mike
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Terrell
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Posted - 03/08/2020 : 7:50:58 PM
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Thanks, Guys.
It is a great effect but not what I wanted on this build. I'm pretty baffled as to why it happened. There's 3 coats of paint on the walls. I painted them once with something I had on hand that I thought was close to prototypical. Then decided I didn't like it. Went to see if I could find something close (in a rattle can), couldn't. So I decided to go with what I had but it needed a second coat, I did. Decided this morning I still didn't like it and found something a little "better". Sprayed it with that. And that's what I got. I've had that happen using different brands, particularly enamel and Floquil together but this was all Rustoleum. So that surprised me. Can I duplicate it for the other 2/3 of the build, I don't know. It could be the 3 layers of paint, could be I have to paint all three layers in the morning, leaving identical cure time between, at just the right temperature with just the right amount of humididty… I don't know!
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Pennman
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Posted - 03/08/2020 : 8:23:54 PM
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Yeah, Fred, that's what I was thinking either it was affected by humidity or perhaps the paint was old, separated in the can or wasn't shook up enough. If it was me, I might try using a brushable acrylic paint with a little flow improver mixed in. The brush marks would be unseen. Whatever you decide, I'm sure you have the experience to correct it.
Rich
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Terrell
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Posted - 03/08/2020 : 8:54:09 PM
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I should have mentioned that the wind has to be blowing out of the northwest, gusting to 40mph, one day and out of the northeast, gusting to 30, the next.
I do know 2 things, I'm not going to rebuild those 7 walls and I'll never paint again on March 8 if it falls on a Sunday. You can mark my words.

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Carl B
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Posted - 03/09/2020 : 07:23:57 AM
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never paint again on March 8 if it falls on a Sunday.
That's just good science. 
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Michael Hohn
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Posted - 03/09/2020 : 10:07:07 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Carl B
never paint again on March 8 if it falls on a Sunday.
That's just good science. 
Better not paint next Sunday either. Beware the Ides of March.
Mike
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deemery
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Posted - 03/09/2020 : 10:25:21 AM
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Somewhere I've seen crackle medium, that you'd mix with the paint. Michaels in the craft paint dept?
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Frank Palmer
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Posted - 03/09/2020 : 11:05:08 AM
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I'm not going to rebuild those 7 walls.
I hear ya' there. 
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TRAINS1941
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Posted - 03/09/2020 : 11:38:19 AM
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Looks like the old "Snap,Crackle and Pop" gremlins at work!!
I'm sure with your talent it will be just fine!
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Jerry
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Terrell
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Posted - 03/09/2020 : 2:13:24 PM
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Ok, I went over the walls with another light coat this morning. It has toned down the crackling enough that I can live with it. So construction is resuming.... until the next calamity.

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