Bench Progress

After three rounds of stripping, and one "swipe" with the sander using 60 grit...I still need to make a "pass" using 80, 100 then 220 grits before I can stain!  Hope to get this done tonight (sanded and stained that is!)

Front of the bench  There are still some dark spots from the previous stain, but I am down to needing a 220 grit sanding...I am planning on leaving it dark in those spaces so it stands out once I stain it dark.

Organic vs the other stuff...

SO..in doing this furniture project (that would be the storage bench mentioned earlier in this blog) i had to strip the paint off the interior of the bench.  I started with the Citristrip because it is organic and not as "harsh" as the chemical stripper.  As I learned it is also not as effective as the chemical stripper.  I tried TWICE to remove the paint using the orange stuff, and had to wait 48 hours after that to use the Extra Strength stripper, and I still have a lot of sanding to do...so for future projects (and there will be) I will just start with the chemical stripper and be done with it!

But everyone should note, the strong stuff will burn your skin!  (Lesson Learned) so make sure you wear long sleeves and gloves!!!!

New Gadget!

According to my stat report I have a lot of views from other countries...so I have recently installed a stat keeper at the very bottom of my page!  It will record the number of page views, and the number of views per country!  I'm super excited to have this and to share it with everyone! (it's free!)

Quick Sketch for my PSA

This is just a quick sketch of what I was thinking about doing for my PSA project.  Comments and suggestions welcome..and yes I will make sure the car looks better than that one! :)

This is a car I found on Wrecked Exotics thought it would make a great "statement" for this PSA

Most of the rest of the images, the text that is, I am planning on doing freehand, using the picture on top as a guide for the lettering, and I'm planning on adding a cool line twist to it.  That way it looks like it was handwritten...which of course it was!! :0)

I also found a picture by doing a google search to use as a background, it is just a road, and I used photoshop to turn it into a hand drawn look, that way the car has a good contrast.

CAD drawings of the original bench

Finished Alternative Representation!

I want to thank everyone that helped me with this project!  I am very excited at the end result!  So without further ado...here it is!

PSA Poster Inspiration

This is an image of the poster I have chosen to use as inspiration for my PSA poster project...more to come, but in the meantime just enjoy the view!