/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7557205
Blade process was:
-Elmer’s wood filler (to fill in grain).
-Sand smooth; 100 grit, 220 grit, 320 grit.
-Shellac (to seal wood grain); two coats.
-Sand with 220 grit, 320 grit.
-Rustoleum Filler primer, 2 coats, sand smooth with 220 grit, 320 grit, 400 grit each coat
-Graphite wheel paint, 2 light coats, WET sand with 400 grit, 600 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit, 2000 grit each coat
-Graphite wheel paint, 1 medium wet coat, WET sand with 400 grit, 600 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit, 2000 grit
-Rustoleum 2X Clear Gloss, 8 coats, wet sand each coat 1000 grit, 1500 grit, 2000 grit.
-2 coats Pledge FloorCare (known as "Future Wax" by scale model kit builders; name kept changing throughout the decades).

Could have done with less clear coats though, since the Pledge can do that gloss by itself with only 1 coat. It's THAT shiny/wet looking. Just discovered it later on, that's why.

Polish (or keep polished) with a *pure polish* type of car polish. I used Meguiar's Show Care Glaze 7 with a microfiber towel. Don't use abrasive polishes, will dull the Pledge.

Hope this helps. I do want to add this is my first wood prop (well, 1.5st, since I redid it), so there might be some stuff I could have done better instead that is glaringly obvious to more experienced woodworkers.