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
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.
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
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
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!
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
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