HW Gun, Gerry Lopez Loove - Paint Question

General Discussion
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Hey all, long time no post…
Well, I’ve been working on this one for a while. It needs a final sanding and a glass job…but here is what I have so far. The deck is pine with an inlayed cedar lightning bolt and cedar rails. The bottom is all cedar with a mahogany fin box. I started this a while ago but never got around to glassing it. Ive been working on and off for the past few months. I finished it (up to this point) about two months ago…its been sitting in the basement ready for glass. I think the cold weather puts me in hibernation. I guess you can call it a retro mini gun Gerry Lopez tribute.



Ok - as for my question. when I cut the outline I think I had one to many rum drinks in me…if you were to stand at the nose of the board and eyeball the outline (where the deck meets the rails) its not the smoothest thing. Its a bit wavy and doesn’t quite “flow”. The bottom looks great…its the deck that has the inconsistent rail line. Two trains of thoughts from different people…

1-Leave it alone. “You want things two perfect”. “Its hand made…thats what makes it original…tell people how good the rum was while cutting out the board”. “It’ll be covered up with wax and you’ll never notice the outline…even with out the wax its hard to see”

2-Fix it. And for this I need help. Ideas? I was thinking of painting a nice pin strip line down the outline of the board to cover up the wavy outline. Or maybe a pin strip tape? Ideas? I think it would only take a 1/4 inch (or less) line to cover the point where the deck meets the rails to make it look perfect.
Ideas? Could I even paint on a board like this and not have it effect the epoxy? What type of paint??
Thanks!

I 'm incredibly nit-picky when it comes to my own work. Its not a gap at all. Check out the picture below. The problem is not something you can feel, its only something you can see. When I cut out the outline it was a bity bumpy in places. I didn’t fare it out correctly…so when I put my rails on (not bead and cove, solid rails) they formed to the uneven outline. The board is smooth, its only when you eyeball from the nose to the tail, you can see the wavyness.
The picture is very exagerated…but you get the idea. I feel like with a nice pin-strip down the rail lines, I could cover up the few uneven bumbs in the rail line (The red line). The pin strip would cover the where the white deck meets the dark cedar rails.

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I couldn’t edit my post…so here are the pictures I meant to post! Enjoy

The last pic is an exagerated view of what the outline looks like when eyeballed from the nose.

Thanks

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Pin line tape will work just fine with an epoxy laminate. Just get the tape straight and it’ll look great.

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I wonder where I could pick up some pin line tape in the NY area…?

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Auto parts stores. Auto zone.

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Any suggestion on what type of paint is safe (compatible) to use with epoxy? I was told Acrylic…is that right?

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Up,

I think a pinline might accentuate the wavy outline. Plus, I don’t think it would look that good on you nice wood work. I’ve been able to improve a wavy rail line using layers of fiberglass ‘pyramided’ in the low spot, then sanded to the line I intended. Don’t know if that makes sense. Mike

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rooster…thanks, but its not something you can fix with fiberglass. Its tough to explain the “waveyness”. Its not an up/down waveyness, its more of a side to side. Image a perfect foam board with nice smooth rails ready to be glassed, now put a 1/8" pin line down the rail lines. Now image that 1/8" pinline came out wavey (side to side wavey). If you can’t remove the pin line, you can lay a 1/4" pin line over the 1/8" line to cover the first uneveness.

Thats basically what I’m trying to do. Cover the naturall pin line of the dark wood meeting the light wood with a pin line or painted line. The board is smooth and even to the touch, I’m just trying to correct the uneven rail line.

I think I’m going to go with a painted pin line, just don’t know what type of paint to use.

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Up,

I think I get it. I still would not put a pinline on that pretty wood. It’s a very nice board and I bet you are the only one who would notice it. I made a board for a friend. He said it looked good. I told him there was there was one flaw that really bugged me. He wanted me to point it out and I said, “Nope, you find it.” He never did or was too polite to say. Mike

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Uponone-

I see what you mean about the wavy outline on the deck but my vote would be to leave it alone. I think an acrylic pinline would look out of place on an all wood board. Kinda like drawing eyebrows on the Mona Lisa with a crayon.