Man that looks good. Nice work.
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Started working on my basement bar..
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Right on... So I watched a video before I saw your post. I certainly appreciate your time in trying to help. This has been a process, that's for sure but I think I have got it figured out as you will see in the pictures below!
Thanks again!
Me too! I posted this on another forum and there are a couple haters on the barn wood but like I said, I'm a bachelor in a 3 BR 2Ba house that's like 125k . I'm building this for my friends and I, not some yuppies. lol When I get a 2-300k home it won't be so rustic!
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Yes! I'll get a better shot of it tonight. It's 1/50 and it's a Matte print with gold flake etc. It's pretty cool!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words..
So a couple of pics. I started over and finally got it as smooth as I think I can get it. I'm going to lay one more coat of satin on it and then start on the top bar.
Guys, I went a different direction with the bottom bar top. After multiple coats of the satin I realized I really wanted a little sheen on it since the wood looked so good. I think I sanded this thing like 6 times and then I laid some clear semi gloss over it. 1 coat, sand and then the latest. I think I'm finished with it and moving onto the Penny bar top. LOL I'm over it.
Remember, I have never worked with wood of any kind let alone finishing it. So it's been a learning process. I still have some really small marks on the surface from the buffer but I've got no clue how to get them out.
Also - I am painting this side of the basement so it's not blue. That should help!
This is right when I hung the TV and before the new polyurethane - It will be cleaned up when I'm finished..
Remember, I have never worked with wood of any kind let alone finishing it. So it's been a learning process. I still have some really small marks on the surface from the buffer but I've got no clue how to get them out.
Also - I am painting this side of the basement so it's not blue. That should help!
This is right when I hung the TV and before the new polyurethane - It will be cleaned up when I'm finished..
Doing great work for your first project with wood/stain/lacquer. It's not an easy process. I've done a bit of it myself and it's a game you have to play right otherwise it turns out awful. Looks like you're getting the hang of it quick
Wow..
It's been a while since I have worked on the bar. Life happened, I got busy and didn't mess with it for months.
Well, I got back at it last week and hit it hard on the bar top. A couple buddies came over and helped me get it set and framed up.
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Stained it..
Now I'm starting to lay pennies and royally fvcked up when I used Gorilla Glue. It foamed up, ended up coming home on lunch and scraping it all up and starting over. I sanded it down and restained. I wasn't going to let it go to shit after all this work lol
Now we try super glue and plenty of bourbon
Here comes the fun part.. The bar top epoxy. This stuff isn't cheap so I was a bit concerned since I have never used it before. Anyway, tonight we did the seal coat and tomorrow I will do the flood coat. It was sketchy as shit but I think it is turning out pretty solid.
Still a long ways to go but I will keep updating.
It's been a while since I have worked on the bar. Life happened, I got busy and didn't mess with it for months.
Well, I got back at it last week and hit it hard on the bar top. A couple buddies came over and helped me get it set and framed up.
Stained it..
Now I'm starting to lay pennies and royally fvcked up when I used Gorilla Glue. It foamed up, ended up coming home on lunch and scraping it all up and starting over. I sanded it down and restained. I wasn't going to let it go to shit after all this work lol
Now we try super glue and plenty of bourbon
Here comes the fun part.. The bar top epoxy. This stuff isn't cheap so I was a bit concerned since I have never used it before. Anyway, tonight we did the seal coat and tomorrow I will do the flood coat. It was sketchy as shit but I think it is turning out pretty solid.
Still a long ways to go but I will keep updating.
HOLY SHIT that is awesome!!! Massively sweet attention to detail!
Great job, I love the penny idea.
Looks awesome. Nice work
Looks good.
Looking sweet!
Quarters would’ve been cooler!
Looks great man.
Looks great man.
Well done!
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Thanks man, I'm super happy with it. Tonight I'll be doing the flood coat which is 3x as much bar top epoxy so I'm a bit skeptical lol
Thanks a lot bud. It was just over 6,000 pennies and a lot of super glue lol
Thanks a bunch.
Yea, quarters would have been sweet but I do like the copper look. I'm way deeper in $ than I expected to be so I'm glad I went with the pennies. LOL
Edit- Thanks for all the kind replies. I appreciate it.
Someone who knows how to math could figure out what the quarters would’ve cost... probably a “little” more than $60.
Whatre you doing for lighting, or did I miss that?
Whatre you doing for lighting, or did I miss that?
I think it wouldve been +\- 924 dollars assuming 6000 pennies were used.
Based on a penny surface area of 90.725cm compared to 147.136cm for a quarter.
Someone confirm that I failed.
Based on a penny surface area of 90.725cm compared to 147.136cm for a quarter.
Someone confirm that I failed.
Yea, I'm out on the quarters at this point haha.
Lighting for the bar or just in the basement? I'll keep my recessed lighting as is. I have 100 ft of LED strip to go under the bar top.
In the basement. Recessed lighting is great, that’s what I was curious about.
I think your circumference measurements are way off. I'd be willing to bet that a quarter is around 30% larger in circumference than a penny. So requiring 30% less coins to fill the area of the bar, figure we're looking at 1,800 or so quarters which would be in the neighborhood of $450.
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