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Cracks in the paint

PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:00 pm
by CASHCOW
Trips to Lowes and Home Depot for stain for the interior cabinets.... only to find out that the color we need is a SPECIAL ORDER ITEM :x :x

So off we went to the paint department much to Mikes horror!! :fb

After 4 hours of painting and painting and painting ( and another trip to the Lowes to get a DIFFERENT COLOR of base coat after the "less than helpful" guy in the paint department mixed the wrong color and convienced me that it would be much darker after it dried.... :MLAS :laughter: was I an idiot or what....... :lol:

Anyway, this is what it looked like when we woke up the next morning :duh: :embarassed:

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BUT dont worry.... :thumbsup: It is suppose to have all those cracks.... we decided to crackle the cabinets to give them that Aged look......lol....

Wanted to share it with you. This is what the final picture looks like......
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:03 pm
by Tcurr
Looks awsome, I really like the look. That is coming back in some new homes these days.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:06 pm
by tonyj
That's a great effect!

PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:09 pm
by steve wolverton
That is so cool! :thumbsup:

cracks

PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:23 pm
by CASHCOW
Thanks guys.... it really was much easier than I thought it was gonna be.... :thinking: of course when I was painting the base coat on for the second time I dont think I was quite that positive about the process.....

We are so proud of how they turned out. Next, Mike is gonna start skinning the hatch....... He says he has put it off as long as he can :hammerhead: :running man: :moom walk:

I keep telling him that he has to start it one way or the other, so just suck it up.... :beerhat: NO NO NO>>>>>not the beer.... the fridge isway to close to the TD in the garage.....:rofl: :rofl:

PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:02 am
by Dooner
Guys,
That is totally awesome!!!!!!! I was thinking about the crackle look as one of the options for my galley cabinets. That turned out great. You have got to be proud of the way that turned out.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :applause:

paint

PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:31 pm
by sHoootR
hey that looks really Great, really nice effect... :thumbsup:

PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:08 pm
by Ken A Hood
And it'll hide any real cracks if you ever get any..........

PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:42 pm
by b.bodemer
Very cool look.............................. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Barb