Horse

[FrankEV]

H. Botas pattern called Horse (not toooo imaginative name) resized slightly to suit a standard 11X14 frame.  Cut from 1/8 BB Ply and affixed to a 1/8 BB Backer painted dark brown.  Cut with Pagus #0 spiral blades (more than a few used).  Panel set loose in a Custom made Poplar Frame stained with Minwax Early American.  A fitting color, I thought,  for the subject.

This project had its fair share of "You Just Can't Fix Stupid" happenings. 

First after applying the shelf liner as normal I used  spray adheasive to affix the pattern to the panel.   It then sat on the bench for a few days while I finished up some other work,  Now it was time to start cutting only to find I applied the  pattern to the back (wood) side, not on top of the liner material.  OK, so I cut it anyway as is. 

The bottom side with the liner on it did not cut clean and hung on to every fuzzie. Messy to say the least.  Finished the cut and now had to remove the liner and the pattern.  The liner came off fairly easy but in the busy areas it was hard to see if any liittle bits remained.  I use clear liner I get at Walmart. Took a lot of time to make sure it was all off.

Now it was time to remove the pattern.  Used Mineral Sperits as some on here have said they use and yes it released the paper pattern but it was difficult to get all the adheasive off. The wood soaked up the MS and it took a few days to dry so it could be sanded.  The remnant adheisive gummed up the sand paper and had to use a razor blade to scrape off the residue befor it could be finally sanded.  

Then I made the Frame.  Needless to say "Stupid" just kept happening.  Won't bore you with that story.

This, what appeared to be a  rather easy project, took about 4 extra days to complete.   All in all I'm fairly happy with the final results, but I have to keep "Stupid" from taking it toll in the future.       

Edited October 1, 2020 by FrankEV

[heppnerguy]

15 minutes ago, FrankEV said:

H. Botas pattern called Horse (not toooo imaginative name) resized slightly to suit a standard 11X14 frame.  Cut from 1/8 BB Ply and affixed to a 1/8 BB Backer painted dark brown.  Cut with Pagus #0 spiral blades (more than a few used).  Panel set loose in a Custom made Poplar Frame stained with Minwax Early American.  A fitting color, I thought,  for the subject.

This project had its fair share of "You Just Can't Fix Stupid" happenings. 

First after applying the shelf liner as normal I used  spray adheasive to affix the pattern to the panel.   It then sat on the bench for a few days while I finished up some other work,  Now it was time to start cutting only to find I applied the  pattern to the back (wood) side, not on top of the liner material.  OK, so I cut it anyway as is. 

The bottom side with the liner on it did not cut clean and hung on to every fuzzie. Messy to say the least.  Finished the cut and now had to remove the liner and the pattern.  The liner came off fairly easy but in the busy areas it was hard to see if any liittle bits remained.  I use clear liner I get at Walmart. Took a lot of time to make sure it was all off.

Now it was time to remove the pattern.  Used Mineral Sperits as some on here have said they use and yes it released the paper pattern but it was difficult to get all the adheasive off. The wood soaked up the MS and it took a few days to dry so it could be sanded.  The remnant adheisive gummed up the sand paper and had to use a razor blade to scrape off the residue befor it could be finally sanded.  

Then I made the Frame.  Needless to say "Stupid" just kept happening.  Won't bore you with that story.

This, what appeared to be a  rather easy project, took about 4 extra days to complete.   All in all I'm fairly happy with the final results, but I have to keep "Stupid" from taking it toll in the future.       

I have to say, I like your piece. The frame is perfect for it and your work is very good also. No one would ever guess that  everything did not go as planned. We all have "our moments", you know

 

Well with all that mess you had to go through with the pattern being glued to the wrong side, I  think at that point you probably should have removed the pattern and printed another one and then placed it where you intended the first one to go.

   As far as removing the pattern with mineral spirits, you do not need to put very much on it to begin with, just dampen it with a rag tip dipped in the MS and rub the dampened part lightly over the pattern and wait a couple of minutes and it should fall off, almost on it's own.   If  you find there  was a little bit of residue left on the wood after that, then take the lightly dampened rag of the residue and it should come off quite easily.  Perhaps you are using too much spray glue also. It only take a light once over on the back of the pattern and let it set for a couple of minutes and you  will find it  sticks really well, providing the wood is clean at the start. I used to spray a pretty good amount of glue on my pattern and then put it on my board as quickly as I could before it could dry. Then I read about the way I just described to  you.  and gave it a try. I really was afraid the pattern would come off if I waited for the  glue to sit awhile but to my surprise, it  worked really well. 

Dick

heppnerguy

[rjR]

Ah-- Some of the best things we do have to have a few rumbles!

 

Very nicely done!

[ike]

I am allowed one stupid a day, I am now at the year 2087

IKE

[FrankEV]

12 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

...Well with all that mess you had to go through with the pattern being glued to the wrong side, I  think at that point you probably should have removed the pattern and printed another one and then placed it where you intended the first one to go...

You are absolutely correct...as I said you just can't fix stupid.  When it gets on a roll it just keeps on going like the Energiser Bunny!

[daveww1]

very nice job

[amazingkevin]

Shiny is what sells! Fine finish work payed of! Good one Frank!!!

[heppnerguy]

On 10/2/2020 at 5:26 AM, FrankEV said:

You are absolutely correct...as I said you just can't fix stupid.  When it gets on a roll it just keeps on going like the Energiser Bunny!

As we get older more of these crazy things seem to happen, almost daily, at least to me. It can't keep happening or I  just might  forget who  I  am. 

Dick

heppnerguy