Ceenoa

She’s finished!

Well, she still needs an Orange Oil rub down to protect her (she is at the beach after all).

“Inlet” Huon Pine & Resin Serving Board

To help her get to this point I just had to follow these steps:

remove tape

remoe acrylic backing

admire “worm” pattern

There IS always one!

remove frame

trim edges

Well, actually, there were a few more steps involved, at various non-pictured times, that went something like this:

• pour colour layer 3 – over fiddle AGAIN!
• wait 24 hours
• pour clear layer four
• wait 24 hours
• remove the sticky embrace of the plasticine – be happy that no resin seeped out
• turn her over and look at her back – be happy that only minimal resin seeped under the acrylic backing
• remove acrylic backing sheet – be happy that it released so easily
• remind self to weight down wood better next time so no resin seepage occurs
• spend some time admiring the back – colours and “worm” pattern are lovely
• regret that the front is not as nice as the back
• admire the back again
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• take some photos that won’t do it justice, but you have to try
• stop procrastinating and move on to unmolding her
• remove layers and layers of tape – be happy that the tape did, indeed, keep the resin where it was supposed to be
• remove the screws at each corner
• say “there IS always one” as the last screw refuses to unscrew with the power drill
• get a hand screwdriver and give it a twist, and it comes undone easily!
• use the tip of the screwdriver to wedge the frame open in the corner
• easily remove the four frames – be happy again that the tape didn’t stick to the resin
• remind self to get more tape
• trim off the little bits of resin that went under the frame
• take more photos (because you are so impatient) even though you know she still needs a lot of sanding to finish her off properly – especially her back
• go out to the wonky workshed and get the sander out – make a mess of resin dust everywhere
• wish again that you had a dust extractor system, and a proper workshed, but then be grateful that you have a space where you can do this messy stuff – even if it is a wet, gravel floored garden shed!
• come inside to the kitchen and get the hand sandpaper out – spend the next hour hand sanding from 400 to 12 000 grit
• accept that your back and arm are not going to like you later
• apply abrasive paste and polish and hand buff some more
• take more pictures tha tyou will have to edit later – and probably discard ’cause they don’t look good enough when compared to the real thing in front of you
• fall in love a little
• be happy