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.
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
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....
Re-spackling and dryin.
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.
