Picking up where I left off in Hickory with the tool chest build
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Richard,
Where did you get those hinges?
Hank, these came from Lee Valley. They carry several styles and sizes. I then had to bend them, so I heated them to a red hot and bent them to the slope of the chest allowing them to lay flat with the lid closed and making the lid self supporting when open. I did not do this on my personal box for several reasons, wishing I had after the fact, maybe later this year I'll pull the top board lose and redo the hinge arrangement on mine, or maybe not. I have to say I like the hinge arrangement on this one better. So bending them wasn't to bad, the only issue was I set off the fire alarm in the house and scared the crap out of the cats not mention I sure wasn't expecting it. Thank goodness Mona wasn't home I would have had some explaining to do.
Are you putting the brown over the yellow, then distressing it? If so, I would say that is pretty close to the NCWW colors. The distressing in the first pic doesn't look too "natural". I'm long on critique, but short on how-to. :icon_scra
Is that milk paint?
Is that milk paint?
i was playing with a crackle medium to see what the reaction was and to see the colors. You're right that doesn't look very natural yet. And yep that's Milk Paint. It's the fourth project I've done with the product, but the first one useing the crackle medium. It's going to take a couple more sample boards.
I used milk paint on my Dutch Tool Chest too. I chose the same colors as Chris Schwarz, red base color with black topcoat. I love this chest!!! I work out of it every day and it houses my most frequently used tools perfectly. This chest has survived 2 years of expansion and contraction and the top has not cracked or distorted at all (great historical design). Good luck with your crackle experiments and we are excited to see the end results.
Peace,
-Aaron
Peace,
-Aaron
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